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Software Wire is the Internet's only resource for advance and same-day, e-mail distribution of software news releases and software new product announcements. Additionally, we can submit your story to online websites and databases like Yahoo, AOL, C/net, Lycos and others for viewing by investors and end-users. Our client news has been placed with many high-profile news organizations including The Los Angeles Times, Internetnews.com, Java World, Newsbytes News Network, PC Magazine, Software Magazine, the Washington Post and hundreds of other technology and mainstream publications.

Software Wire  has an outstanding reputation among journalists. We are known for sending only high-quality, high-interest news to reporters and Web news journalists based on the beat they cover. Customized distribution lists are generated for each assignment we accept.

Our staff works the Web daily feeding leads to online journalists, industry mailing-lists, and newsgroups (if appropriate). Full-text versions of all client news releases are linked from our site for pick-up by web-based search and data services.

At Software Wire, all our clients receive personalized attention to deliver a complete media distribution covering all available media pulled from a custom database of subscribing media contacts in the online community, plus off-line print, radio and television. All copy sent through our network is reviewed by a staff person for clarity, journalistic standards and news value.

Our distributions are each sent manually based on each client's specific contact requirements. We work directly with public relations agencies, small, mid-sized and large companies worldwide.

SERVICES AND FEES

Distribution to Journalist plus online portal placement: US$349.00
 

Click HERE to submit a release online. The rate is US$349 for distribution by e-mail to our customized list of journalists plus insertion into high-profile websites, databases and online portals. Websites receiving this feed include Yahoo, CNET, Excite, CBS Marketwatch, Silicon Valley Business Ink, AOL and 5.600 additional sites offering direct viewing by end users and investors. This option is highly recommended for clients who want to increase awareness of their product and company among investors and the venture capital community. 

FORMAT: Please send news release by e-mail to news@softwarewire.com or submit it through the online form. We will confirm receipt of the release. For same-day distribution we suggest you phone to check availability.

REACH: Software Wire e-mail distribution will be received by 400-2000 editors depending on the subject of the release. A headline link to your story will run in  the Software Wire News Digest. All stories are archived for 90 days in our search bank.

REPORTING: Software Wire will supply a complete list by e-mail of all the media sources who received a copy of the release.Clients who purchase our web portal placement service will receive a report following the placement of locations where they may view their release online. This is typically 10-15 locations that a robot tracks over the period of one hour.

News Release Writing $250.00

Clients who need assistance with news release writing can have an experienced editor draft release generally within one week. Click the Writing Service link to read more about this service and our success stories. To view a sample format for a software product release click here.

Key Points to Remember

Individual and private messaging. Distribution is within 24 hours. Your release is sent in a separate e-mail message with its own subject header to a journalist. Software Wire client news is not sent with other headline links to a reporter. Journalists receive a complete copy of your press release by e-mail. This assures that media can evaluate the content of the press release quickly based on the subject header and full content of the release without taking additional steps or having graphical or Web browser access.

Trusted. Our media contacts have registered to receive our news. Many of our contacts have been receiving news by e-mail from our parent company Xpress Press for four years. Reporters know us and trust our credibility. They depend on us to only deliver high-quality, high-interest news releases.

Verified. Following a Software Wire distribution our clients receive a comprehensive follow-up report listing all media who received a copy of the press release along with an invoice.

All press releases are posted at www.softwarewire.com and are maintained in our online archives for searching.

For Information about releasing NON-SOFTWARE NEWS please visit the Xpress Press home page.

Review our  partial list of news contacts. ATTN: Media Professionals please subscribe here to be added to our database.

• National and regional US and Canadian based daily and weekly newspapers, including the UPI and AP wire
  
• International Daily Newspapers
  
• Business, Trade and Consumer magazines
  
• Online industry specific web sites and publications
  
• Electronic business and industry specific newsletters
  
• Radio and television stations including the top 25 US markets according to Arbitron rankings
  
• Freelance and nationally syndicated writers, editors and columnists.