Author Archives: Jessica Granish

The Powerful Question of WHY – Every Business Owner Needs to Ask

Simon Sinek discusses the principal behind every successful person and business. A simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?”

3 Step Recipe to Building a Kick Ass Team That Matches your Core Values

Think of your ideal virtual business like a delicious brownie. You’ll need the right amount of different but complementary ingredients like flour and chocolate. These are the positions and skill sets of your employees. You’ll need the right cooking process, like the stirring and heating; these are the actions taken by you and your employees. And you’ll need a good recipe to guide you to the end result; this is an articulation of your core values for your organization to uphold. When the ingredients and process match the recipe, you get a delectable brownie. When your employees and their actions match your values, you get team authenticity and trust.

Why is cohesion of core values so important? First imagine what happens when conflicting values are at play. Employees who value efficiency over relationship building won’t engage authentically when a boss encourages small talk among the team. A company that values timeliness will encounter conflict with an employee who sees deadlines as suggestions. Employees utilizing different values when handling customer service issues will undermine company consistency, which will negatively impacts the company brand.

These issues can become even more common and even more impactful with a virtual team, which by its nature works apart as much as it works together. While employees collaborate on projects, the majority of the work and communication occurs online. A need for consistency and cohesion is stronger when employees are scattered across the earth.

Now imagine what happens when employees are in sync with the organization’s values. Everything becomes easier! There’s no conflict over clashing values. Employees all prioritize the same values when making decisions, creating cohesion and unity among the team. The common understanding of the organization’s values helps build a consistent brand. The end result? The delicious brownie.

So how do you get this delicious brownie? You need a recipe, the ingredients, and the process.

Step 1: Articulate Your Core Values

This is the writing the recipe stage, where you’re figuring out what you want the end result to look like. Explicitly stating the core values is the guiding direction to the authenticity and trust in a team, just like writing baking steps is the guiding direction to a delectable brownie.

For some inspiration, check out these core values from big organizations.

Starbucks “Contribute positively to our communities and our environment”
Procter and Gamble “We have a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo”
Quicken Loans “Responding with a sense of urgency is the ante to play”
Wells Fargo “Exceed the expectations of internal and external customers-surprise and delight them”
Zappos “Embrace and drive change”
Google “It’s best to do one thing really really well”

Step 2: Find Team Members With Those Core Values

This is the ingredient gathering stage. Hire individuals who embody your core values. Granted it’s tough to know from an interview whether someone holds the same values. But there are some ways to find out. Question their references and ask for specific examples of values at play. In the interview ask the individual to articulate their top three values. Describe a scenario where values are at play, and see which the interviewee prioritizes.

Step 3: Establish and Reinforce Those Core Values

This is the stirring, mixing, pouring, and heating of the brownie batter stage. Here are several steps you can take to reinforce values in your organization:

Articulate in writing the organization’s core values and distribute to employees. Write out the top values and provide examples of them at play. If your company values time with family, for example, write out how employees should not hesitate requesting a day off to care for sick child.
Model the values you want your employees to adopt. Be sure to showcase through your own actions the core values. Whenever possible, explain the thought process behind your decisions. For example, saying reliability is a key aspect of our customer service so disciplinary action will be in place if too many deadlines are missed.
Be intentional with communication. When we lose nonverbals (like tone and posture) in online communication, we attribute more meaning to the nonverbals we are left with (like emoticons, punctuation, and phrasing). If you want to create a more relaxed atmosphere, throw in smiley faces to the emails. If you want a more professional atmosphere, keep conversation concise and formal. Let these expectations be known.
Focus on the process, not just the results. Bosses who narrowly focus on results don’t care how it gets done, just that it does get done. Employees internalize this mentality and will often lose sight of company values (learning and improving one’s work, positive collaboration with team members, etc.) while they work for the results. As much as possible, reinforce values in your employees’ process.
Praise examples of employees’ modeling the values. If you value timeliness and an employee consistently turns in work on or before the deadline, reference this work ethic in an employee of the month dedication or a “gold star” email.

A virtual team is a great opportunity to run a business with more efficiency and employee freedom, but it does come with challenges. We can enable you to tackle those hurdles through our many services, from online business management strategy and implementation to administrative services. Give a call or shoot us an email today!

Work-Week Nutrition: Stay Properly Fueled Amongst the Chaos

Many Americans these days seem to be logging longer and longer hours, as well as longer and longer commutes. Spending anywhere from eight to twelve hours away from home, can make workday nutrition an afterthought. It doesn’t have to be! With a little prior planning, a healthy diet plan can fit into every busy lifestyle.

Prep – The most critical element to weekday nutrition is planning ahead.

Spend a couple hours, just once a week to plan a weekly menu and take a trip to the store.
Look for sales and specials on versatile foods that can be utilized in multiple components of the weekly menu. Ex: A $1 bag of whole carrots can make a delicious Carrot Curry soup, add crunch to a Thai Stir-fry, and be cut into hunger-satisfying snacks for break time. Buying on sale and in season each week, can help keep things nutritious while breaking up the monotony of a packed lunch.
When you get your groceries home, prep ‘em! Pre-wash and cut vegetables and fruits, and place into individual serving containers for on-the-go ease.

Breakfast – Whether you eat first thing in the morning, just after a morning workout, or while checking email at the office, make sure you don’t wait until lunch to feed that grumbly tummy. Eating breakfast wakes up your metabolism, helping your body use food as fuel, instead of precious brain power.

Oatmeal is a great morning go-to during the workweek. An entire batch can be made on Sunday night, minimizing the need for cooking in the morning. Just pop a serving in the microwave, top with almonds, fruit, and your choice of milk for an easy, nourishing breakfast.
A good ratio of complex carbs and protein help you function at capacity, as well as stave off hunger pangs before lunch. Good options are, two hard-boiled eggs with a piece of fruit, a Greek yogurt with low-sugar granola or cereal, or even the PB&J standby (on 100% whole wheat bread, of course)!

Lunch – Again, a good mix of carbs and protein is the way to go. Portion sizes are also key. Too little at lunch can leave you feeling drained and lead to afternoon sugar-snack attacks. Too much can set you straight into food coma, inducing grogginess.

Layered salads are all the rage! Start with a tall container or jar. Place heaviest, sauciest, and most acidic toppings in the bottom. Placing greens on top keeps them crisp. Whip up a batch of a simple vinaigrette and go! Great salad proteins include chicken breast, tuna fish, shrimp, hard-boiled eggs, chickpeas, kidney beans, grilled tofu, nuts and seeds.

Leftovers! Once or twice a week, take the time to make yourself and your family a healthy and nutritious dinner. Make at least one extra serving and immediately pack into a single serving container for the next day’s lunch. Excess portions can be frozen into single servings, for those “Omigod I slept through my alarm” mornings.
Who doesn’t love a bowl of warm soup on a cold Winter workday? On a lazy weekend day at home, simmer a pot of your favorite soup, chili, or stew and portion out into lunch servings for the week, or to freeze for future use. A hearty bowl of soup and whole wheat pita can make the perfect, healthy and nutritious lunch to keep you going until the end of the day.

Snacks – Need a little something in between meals? Don’t run to the office vending machine. Munch on something healthy to keep you functioning at your prime!

Greek yogurt has become increasingly popular in the U.S. And for good reason! It is highly packed with protein and comes in a rainbow of flavors for every palate. At 100-200 calories per serving, it makes the perfect indulgent snack
Try keeping shelf-stable snacks in your desk or car. Almonds and whole wheat crackers can satisfy that afternoon crunch-crave while filling you up on “real” food, rather than sodium filled junk.
Instead of heading out for your afternoon java with all the fat-filled fixings, take a break from your desk and make yourself a hot cup of green tea. It is a good source of cancer-fighting antioxidants, can help to speed metabolism, and with roughly half the caffeine of coffee, won’t keep you awake when your day is finally done.

It can be tough to make workweek nutrition a priority. By incorporating a few of these tips into your workweek routine, you can enjoy our mornings with less stress, save more of the hard-earned cash, and watch your health improve!

11 Awesome Appointment Scheduling Tools For Any Online Business That Are Free

There are few tasks in the professional life that are as tedious as scheduling appointments. Finding a time that works for everyone can be a losing battle of long email strings and accidental double-bookings. Then in the worse case scenario, you do have a double booking or you misread or interpreted an email, then you really look like a doofus. Then you have to do the “walk of shame” where you have to contact one person to try and reschedule, which can often times make you appear to not have your sh!t together to existing and potential new clients or customer. This can also be quite rhetorical and annoying too. Scheduling appointments with your clients or customers is unfortunately one those unexpected headaches that you may run into on your entrepreneurial journey.

For real…scheduling an appointment with clients shouldn’t be that hard, right?
You schedule alot of your life as it is, we do it when you go to the doctor, dentist, hair dresser, massage therapists and maybe even your fitness trainer, so why should it be so hard for a online business owner? There are a ton of great tools out there, some cost an arm and a leg, others are inexpensive and others are free. Fortunately, I have done the research for you and have 11 awesome appointment scheduling tools you can implement into your business that are free and also have upgrades available should you need to grow with it. Each of the 11 that are listed below has some pros and cons— and while some work with a range of calendar applications, others are narrowly focused to just one or two, it really just depends on what works best for you. One thing they have in common though is they’re a lot easier than playing email tag.

VCITA

Vcita.com allows you to engage new and returning clients on your website, email and social. Empower clients to interact with your business anytime on any device. Deliver amazing service with a personalized client portal. Manage customers and respond to client requests – at your office or on-the-go. Simplify teamwork with shared client records, unified calendar and easy lead transfer. Automate client communication, notifications & reminders. Allow clients to set and reschedule appointments anytime, from any device. Offers an online list of services, fees and scheduling options. Reduces no-shows by automating confirmations & reminders. Stays in-sync with your phone and existing calendar – Outlook, Google, iCal and more.

Set More

SetMore.com is an easy to use web based app that lets you manage your appointments. It lets your customers book appointments with you even when you are unavailable. You will get more appointments booked than before. You will get, responsive & clean appointment booking pages, Facebook fanpage booking button, Google Calendar sync, booking button for business website, SMS/Email appointment confirmations & reminders, employee scheduling and a lot more.

Acuity Scheduling

AcuityScheduling.com is like a personal-assistant for your schedule–only better. With Acuity Scheduling, booking appointments with your clients & customers doesn’t have to be a never-ending time suck anymore. (Hallelujah!) Let your clients view your real-time availability, select the date and time that works best for them, pay in advance via Stripe, Paypal or Authorize.net, and even cancel or reschedule all on their own–without you having to drive yourself crazy.

Reservio
Reservio.com allows you to save your time and start managing your bookings in online booking software. It helps you improve your services, promote your business better and grow it faster. Organize your schedule with simple on-line calendar and stay up-to-date anywhere you go. Get repetitive tasks made automatically, accept bookings 24/7, reduce your “no-shows” with email & SMS reminders.

Simply Book

SimplyBook.me offers an extensive online booking system with reminders for medical services, beauty salons, event planners etc. We offer free version for companies with less than 120 bookings a month. Our solution offers companies the possibility to send promotions at predefined times. Companies can also choose from different design templates, customized languages, choose from extensive add-ins options to enhance the system all in order to provide their clients with outstanding service.

Clickbook

Clickbook.net is an online scheduling software that allows service providers to schedule clients in the spots that the vendors themselves prefer. As most people now manage their business and make bookings on the go, the free online scheduling software is available via a mobile app. As with most mobile apps, the layout of the scheduling program is more basic. However, it still enables customers to sign in and book appointments, while service providers can access most of their dashboard to manage their account. The appointment schedule software can be synchronized with any device that supports iCal calendar subscription which includes Windows, Macintosh, Linux and most iPhones and iPods for complete flexibility and freedom.

10 to 8

10to8.com is a FREE online appointment scheduling & online booking solution, trusted by 11,000+ independent practitioners, tutors, coaches & small businesses. Send SMS & email reminders to cut no-shows, track client notes and attendance history, let clients book your free slots, take payments and manage complex availability with calendar sync. Secure data storage with bank-rate encryption. Setup in less than 2min, and say farewell to admin woes.

Calendly

Calendly.com allows you to say goodbye to email tag for scheduling appointments, interviews, calls, demos and much more. Checks your Google or Office 365 calendar for conflicts, so you’re never double-booked. Adds new events to your calendar automatically. Phone, tablet or desktop—you and your invitees can use Calendly anywhere, from any device. Automatically email custom confirmations and reminders to invitees. Set buffer times between meetings, prevent last minute meetings, create secret event types and much more. Set your capacity and let multiple invitees schedule the same slot. Useful for tours, webinars, classes, workshops, etc. Invitees can add their meetings to their favorite calendar platform in one click. No registration or signup required to schedule.

Doodle

Doodle.com offers a wide selection of online solutions that radically simplify the process of scheduling appointments, ranging from the group event “poll” that doesn’t require registration to the professional appearance with own branding. Once registered, connect your calendar and keep track of all your polls. By using your mobile device, you can respond to a meeting poll, initiate a poll, and see all of your polls at a glance. In addition to the mobile Web app, Doodle also offers a native app for iPads and iPhones.

When is Good

WhenIsGood.net is an easy way to find out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event. Click the grid for all the times that are good for you – you get a link to email to your invitees. They see your proposed times and click on when they are free. You visit your results page and see when everyone can do. No sign-up form. No password to choose. No fuss at all.

Assistant.To

Assistant.to continually monitors your availability and will work with your recipient to find a commonly available time. Uses the same secure servers & hosting as Dropbox, SAP, etc. with 99% uptime & SSL data encryption. Remembers your most common meeting locations and availability, so you can schedule a meeting in seconds. Book meetings with one email. No back & forth. No double bookings. And it’s free!

Need a Little Extra Support?

The back-and-forth headache of scheduling will never disappear completely, but these tools will help you decide on a meeting time and iron out the details in a much more efficient fashion. Give these apps a try, and opt out of email tag once and for all.

If you know you want to take advantage of the many benefits of online scheduling (or any other form of scheduling) but don’t want to spend the time navigating the scheduling tools, remember that Alpine Small Business Solutions is here for you! We can create and schedule meetings or appointments for you to meet your organization’s scheduling needs. And if there is any other aspect of social media management or business building that you want assistance with, we’d love to help. Just shoot us an email or call us up.

Maintaining Your Sanity While Working From Home

Working from home as a virtual assistant is a massive blessing. But sometimes, bad habits can sneak up and make it a curse. Suddenly, we’re frazzled workaholics with a glaze over our eyes. Suddenly, it’s 3pm and we haven’t left our bed or showered. Suddenly, we’re never fully present with our families and are always glancing at our emails.

The work from home life can be whatever you make it (that’s part of the appeal, right?) But sometimes we make it into an exhausting and draining experience- when it doesn’t need to be!

Maintaining your work-life balance while working from home takes some proactivity. Ironically, we need to set boundaries to enjoy the freedom of this lifestyle. Below are some action steps you can take to proactively make your life as a virtual assistant working from home as stellar as it should be.

Create a Regular Schedule

You’re probably thinking, Jessica that’s exactly why I don’t want to work a 9-5! I want to set my own hours and be a free soul working when I please.

And that’s great. In theory.

What actually happens when we fail to structure our day isn’t the balanced relaxed utopia we imagine. It’s a day where work sticks its tentacles where it doesn’t belong. We don’t disconnect from work, and it dominates our thoughts during dinner, during playtime with your kids, during your resting time. Before you know it, you’ve slid into workaholic habits never being able to turn off your work brain.

Creating a regular schedule isn’t about setting rigid 9-5 work hours. It’s about being intentional about separating your work time from your life time. It ensures you stay productive while working…and then leave it at work when you’re finished. When there’s no set lines between work and life, usually work takes over.

You don’t need to set 9-5 regular hours. Maybe you work in the mornings and late evenings when you’re most productive, and schedule a workout or social lunch during your afternoon energy lull. You can plan your day so it works best for you. And each day does not need to be the same. Maybe on Playdate Tuesdays you work from 8 to 10, then 12 to 6. That’s fine! The important thing is clear boundaries of your time.

And please, please, please schedule a cut off time for work! Whether it’s 5 or 8, you must have a designated “no more thinking about work” time. It’s amazing how quickly you will get drained when you lack an end working time for the day.

Designate a Work Area

Just like you need boundaries with your time, you need boundaries with your space. Find a place in your house that’s just for work. Ideally, it will be a separate room. But, if you don’t have the space for a full office, that’s okay. Maybe you can set a desk in your bedroom or the living room. What’s important is you have somewhere to go with minimal distractions.

When you’re setting up your work area, treat it like a real office. Fill it with supplies. Use a desktop calendar. Hang up photos of your family and decorate it. If it feels like a sterile box, you won’t want to work there. Showcase your personality to make it more inviting.

Designate a No Work Area

There are places in your home you shouldn’t work, like the dining room where the family gathers for dinner. Make sure there are clear areas where no work (or thoughts of work) are allowed so you can be fully present during family and relaxation time.

Take Regular Breaks

Sometimes, we get so into our flow we don’t realize we’ve been working for hours straight. The best way to fight stress and burnout is proactively, so it’s important to avoid this work grind. Schedule breaks into your day. Maybe it’s 10 minutes every hour with a half hour lunch break. Maybe it’s the Pomodoro method, where you work for 25 minutes and take a five-minute break. Play around with different strategies and find what works best for you.

Leave Your House

When you work from home, there’s a weird resistance about leaving. Maybe it’s the effort of gussying up to go out in public. Maybe it’s the drive time that could be spent working or resting. Maybe it’s Newton’s third law: an awesome virtual assistant at home will stay comfortably at home unless acted upon by an outside force.

Make sure you don’t become a hermit! You can meet up with your traditional office worker friends for lunch. Grab a happy hour with friends. Enroll in a weekly yoga class. Do something to make sure you leave your house at least three times a week.

Establish Boundaries with Your Family

This isn’t about becoming one of those scary “don’t you dare interrupt me while I’m working” work witches.

It’s about protecting the time you work and protecting the time you’re with family to make sure you’re fully present in each one.

Talk with your family members about what your work from home arrangement needs to look like. Go over when it is, and isn’t, appropriate to interrupt you at work. Go over when it is, and isn’t, appropriate for you to leave family time to go work. Make sure every family member feels heard, and is comfortable and clear with the conclusion you agree to.

Dress Like You’re Going to Work

But Jessica, isn’t one of the best parts of being a virtual assistant being able to work in PJs and sweats? Comfort for the win!

Some people (very few mind you) can work in grunge clothes without it affecting their work. Good for them!

But most of us experience a little phenomenon called “when we wear lounge around clothes, we tend to work in a lazier mindset”

Dressing for work helps shift your brain from relaxed mode into work mode. You can still rock a comfortable outfit, but try a step above the old ripped PJs.

Of course, if you’re work isn’t affected by what you wear then wear those PJs with pride!

[Video Tutorial] How to Set Up a Competitors Stream in Hootsuite

Today’s tutorial request comes in from Pat Balvanz. Pat signed up for Hootsuite and is curious how she can watch and follow her competitors in the Hootsuite platform.

13 + Free Stock Image Websites for Startups and those on a Budget!

There are many costs and concerns to consider when starting a new business, but one that you may not think of is quality images. When building your website, writing a blog, or doing social posts for your business, you will want to add photos to jazz up the look. Imagery is a great way to add imagination and creativity to your website, blog, and social media, but, you need to make sure you are not using copyrighted material. Finding high-quality images can take some time, but it is worth the time to present your business in a good light. (You can also hire a virtual assistant to take the time to find good images and present you with a few to choose from.)

As important as quality stock photos are for any business, you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get them. There are many sites that offer quality imagery that does not cost a thing. They may not always be exactly what you imagined, but you can often find something that will cover your needs at no-cost for your business.

Listed here are several sites that offer images with no charge and no issues with copy right. You can use these images for whatever you would like. Your online business manager may have others you can use as well.

Pixabay is a great tool for all your stock image needs. All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty-free for anything you like, even in commercial applications.

Morgue File contains free high-resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for corporate or public use. This site allows you to search for specific photos and has a very large archive. Be aware, there are links to other photos that you would have to pay for.

Unsplash is a great resource for high-resolutions photos. You must subscribe to the site, but after you sign up, you get 10 new photos every 10 days.

Gratisogroahy is a free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects.

Picjumbo is an easy-to-use site full of different categories of photos that are completely free for personal or commercial use.

Startup Stock Photos is an easy site that you can use all the photos from however you choose. It has an archive that you can browse through. The photos are high-quality but the site is relatively new so the archive is somewhat small still.

FreeImages is a free membership to resources for designers’ backgrounds, images, and photo collections.

Little Visuals is a subscription site. You get seven high-resolution images sent in a zipped file to you every seven days.

Life of Pix another site that allows you to use the photos however you choose with no copyright restrictions. They have a fairly large gallery that you can browse through different categories of photos.

Kabookpics is a Great place to get breathtaking Free Pictures for business or personal projects.

Death to the Stock Photo site is large and full of many different categories of photos. They send photos to you every month, but it does have an option to buy a subscription for premium options.

MMT Stock images are a free for commercial use photos by Jeffrey Betts.

Snapwire connects mobile photographers with businesses and brands that need creative imagery. Authentic, Royalty-Free photos created just for you

SplitShire site is run by a photographer who was sick of trying to find quality images that didn’t cost a fortune. It has a premium option that sends all the photos right to your Drop Box, but the site is large and full of categorized photos all for free.

New Old Stock has many photos that are popular or fairly well known. This site works under “no known copyright restrictions.” This basically means that the copy rights have expired or aren’t likely to be enforced, but they take no liability for their use.

RGBstock site requires registration, but is very large and full of photos that are categorized and have a search option available. The only restriction they have on the photos is that you can’t use them for anything in a resale form. In other words, you can’t print and sell their photos.

Freepik offers users, high quality graphic designs: exclusive illustrations and graphic resources carefully selected by our design team in order to provide our users with great content that can be used in both personal and commercial projects.

Bonus site… because we all like surprises

AllTheFreeStock is the one place to find all the FREE Stock Images Stock VideosSound EffectsIcons & more.. Get all the Free Stock Images, Videos, Music and Icons in one location. All of the sites under [ Free Stock Photos ] offers images listed under the Creative Commons Zero license, so you are free to use these images in commercial projects. [ Free Stock Videos ], [ Free Sound Effects ] & [ Free Icons ] offer different licenses.

I am sure there are many more great sites out there that have quality images free of charge that can be used in your small business, however, your creative heart desires. Share your favorites with us in the comments below.

10 Websites You Can Submit Your Press Release To For FREE

What is a Press Release you might ask...Well, it is a story a company or person wants to share that provide news worthy information about a particular event, service or product. There are many methods of getting the Press Release out to the masses and many of them cost to have your Press Release syndicated over the internet. There are also a myriad of sites that offer internet syndication for free…you just have to find them.

Below I have a list of 10 Press Release sites that are free of charge to submit to. Some have restrictions on how many Press Releases you can submit each day, or have some features disabled unless you upgrade your account, but free is free. You can’t really complain, right? Below are 9 easy to use hassle free websites you can submit your next Press Release to at no charge.

Don’t have time? Does all this info makes you dizzy? No problem, we got you covered. Contact us, today and let Alpine Small Business Solutions take care of all your Press Release Submission for you.

Click the icon to be taken directly to their website for more detailed information.

PR.com is a unique website where companies can promote literally everything about their business in a one stop shop business marketplace. A cross between a public relations and advertising entity, PR.com is a directory of businesses, products and services, a press release distribution service, job search website, and online publication of articles, reviews and celebrity interviews. With a full company profile, each business listed on PR.com has a powerful means by which to generate quality leads as well as gain worldwide and local exposure for all of their products, services and other business information.

PRLog was founded to help small, medium and large businesses and organizations in their online activities. Currently, the website offers following services press release distribution, press room hosting, business directory, job listings, and an expert directory.

Online PR Media was born a news announcement broadcasting solution that offers a perfect blend of traditional PR and SEO marketing. Online PR Media offers affordable multimedia press releases that achieve high search engine visibility — putting your message in front of the right people at exactly the right time. We’ve combined all of the features that internet marketers, business owners, and journalists have asked for in an online press release distribution site.

Newswire get your press release published on 7000+ News and Media Outlets. Your story is syndicated to a wide range of business, financial and news outlets to increase your presence online and in search. From our Basic Press Release to our Premium Distribution, you can select from a wide range of plans. Choose from the many affordable options we offer for distribution. New features include your own Newsroom, Email campaigns and Social Media. Submission is easy. Fill out one form and your press release is ready to be reviewed by our editorial staff. Detailed metrics provide insights on your content’s views and engagement. Premium submissions enjoy a detailed PDF report of your press release syndication.

Submit your free press release to an audience of millions with PressReleaser. PressReleaser is the hot new way to publicize your events, new products and other announcements. It only takes a few minutes to launch your free press release out to an audience of millions.

Directions Magazine is the geospatial industry’s oldest and most respected source of information and news. Engage with their articles, social media and webinars covering the latest trends and solutions. Directions is ready to share your message with their geospatial audience, 150,000 professionals around the world. They will target their 50,000 email subscribers, share on their growing social media channels, promote in their bi-monthly magazine digest, and display registration prominently on their website.

ThomasNet News® is a news service publishing news on new industrial products, services and industry news. If you would like to submit your new product, service or other industry news for review by the editors. If the new product release meets the editorial criteria, the editors will write a 400 to 500 character news summary of your product and you will be notified when they publish if you provide an e-mail address. Industry news may be published as submitted without notification.

PRZOOM is a press release & news distribution online submission service to corporations, PR agencies, market research reports, business journalists, freelance writers, news content providers sites. Their mission is to ensure that every organization has access to the media, regardless of size and geographic location.

Openpr.com reaches a large and constantly increasing number of decision-makers and policy-makers, which makes it an interesting platform for your corporate communication.
Furthermore, your article also appears regularly on Google News, often just a few minutes after its release on openPR.

PR*Urgent is a free press release and news distribution website. We publish high quality press releases, that gets you visibility in major search engines and news sites including Google News, MSN, Yahoo, Bing and much more.