PRWeb, a leading online press release distribution newswire and a Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS) company, today announced the launch of "BlogThis," a new social media tool enabling bloggers to easily post and comment on PRWeb press releases in their blogs.
Part of PRWeb's growing social media toolset, "BlogThis" leverages the growing influence of Web 2.0 technologies to provide additional online visibility for PRWeb press releases. Bloggers can link their PRWeb account to their personal blog, providing a shortcut to post commentary on PRWeb news releases to their blog.
"As blogs and other social media grow in importance to public relations professionals and marketers, PRWeb continues to pioneer new methods to enhance the online visibility of our customers' press releases," said Joel Baker, PRWeb's President and COO. "BlogThis increases the interaction between social media and our customers, facilitating the process for bloggers and increasing the potential coverage for our customers' press releases within the social media world."
PRWeb's BlogThis feature is available for press releases distributed at the Social Media, SEO and Media Visibility levels.
About PRWeb
PRWeb is recognized as a leading online news and news release distribution service worldwide. Since 1997, PRWeb has been changing the way businesses, marketing departments and public relations firms think about press releases. PRWeb was the first company to develop a distribution strategy around direct-to-consumer communication and to build and offer a search engine optimized platform for press release distribution. PRWeb, located in Ferndale, WA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vocus, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand public relations management software. For more information, go to
http://www.prweb-inc.com.
