Friday File: PRWeb Starts Sharing with Social Media

Online news distribution service PRWeb today announced that it has added the ShareThis Widget to enable its customers to share their news with popular social networks.

“Already recognized by Technorati as the newswire covered the most in the blogosphere, ShareThis will further enhance the online visibility of PRWeb releases as news is shared in more places than ever before,” said Jiyan Wei, director of product management for PRWeb. “Through ShareThis, our customers will be able to leverage the growing popularity and importance of social media platforms to drive traffic, stimulate viral activity and reach an even larger audience.”

For those who may be unaware, ShareThis is the sharing network that makes it simple and easy to share any online content. Through ShareThis, users can share content with a wide variety of social networks and email options, including Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and MySpace, among others. To use the ShareThis functionality on PRWeb, customers and readers can simply click on the ShareThis button included every online news release and select the social media networks where they wish to share their news.

Why Should this Matter to You?
Glad you asked. Think of how quickly social media has enabled news to be shared in real-time.

Events such as the plane landing on the Hudson in New York, to the recent political uprising in Iran have clearly demonstrated that social media has carved out a significant role in the way we receive our news.

So, what do you think? Will this new addition have any bearing on how you design your releases, and what components (video, audio, etc.) that you might add as upgrades?

For more information on this, or any of PRWeb’s other distribution services, please visit them online at http://www.prweb.com.

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