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		<title>Web Photo Resizer: perfect for editing images for NewsCactus sites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were recently introduced to a cool tool that helps you optimize and resize photos for the Web.
It’s called Web Photo Resizer.
In the past we have blogged about using Picasa as a free image editing tool. Now there’s another option that we think is even easier, Web Photo Resizer.
There are currently two different image sizes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/web-photo-resizer-perfect-for-editing-images-for-newscactus-sites-1000127.htm</link>
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		<title>Video about creating and using an online newsroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video of NewsCactus founder, Pete Codella, speaking after the Ragan Communications and PRSA Social Media for Communicators conference in Las Vegas earlier year about the benefits of using an online newsroom:

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		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/video-about-creating-and-using-an-online-newsroom-1000104.htm</link>
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		<title>Of Mice and Money: how an online press room helps with search placement and saving money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’ve surely heard the expression word of mouth. But have you heard the expression word of mouse?
I first heard it from Park City Mountain Resort’s director of marketing and communications, Krista Parry (@krista_parry).
The concept is simple: word spreads these days like lightning through the Internet. Social networks carry messages to the edges of the Web, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/of-mice-and-money-how-an-online-press-room-helps-with-search-placement-and-saving-money-100094.htm</link>
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		<title>9 reasons why an online newsroom helps with inbound marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology, more than any other thing, has caused the convergence of traditional advertising, public relations and marketing. Call it marketing communications, or claim it all falls under one of those three umbrellas, the fact remains: to be effective at securing customers or influencing opinion (and ultimately action), you need to master inbound marketing.
Inbound marketing is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/9-reasons-why-an-online-newsroom-helps-with-inbound-marketing-100088.htm</link>
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		<title>Why companies that don’t blog should use an online newsroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons not to blog, including:

the legal department won’t approve it
laws don’t allow certain types of disclosure
there’s a lack of resources with which to create, write and maintain a blog
there’s no appetite for managing comments

Some choose to blog without allowing comments. But that flies in the face of one of the underlying goals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/why-companies-that-don%e2%80%99t-blog-should-use-an-online-newsroom-100073.htm</link>
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		<title>NewsCactus introductory presentation on SlideShare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Care to learn a bit more about the NewsCactus online newsroom solution?
Click here to view an introductory presentation posted on SlideShare.
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		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/newscactus-introductory-presentation-on-slideshare-100071.htm</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn Poll: Do you or your company post press releases in an online newsroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently conducted a poll of professionals on LinkedIn regarding the practice of posting press releases in some sort of online newsroom.
We were curious to see, in real life and from real business people, how many of them use the Web to display corporate press releases.
Of course we’re biased and believe the practice of publishing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/linkedin-poll-do-you-or-your-company-post-press-releases-in-an-online-newsroom-100063.htm</link>
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		<title>Web sites are invaluable during times of crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its most recent CEO survey, PRWeek reported that 70.5 percent of CEOs cited their Web site as the most effective means of communication during a crisis.
31 percent cited a company blog.
Having a corporate newsroom augments information on a Web site and certainly better positions a company to respond to information, and misinformation, in times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/web-sites-are-invaluable-during-times-of-crisis-100061.htm</link>
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		<title>Press release distribution now or scheduled for the future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another cool feature of the NewsCactus online newsroom solution is the user’s ability to upload a press release now and choose from three distribution options:

Publish the press release immediately
Schedule the press release for future distribution; just specify the appropriate day and time
Save the release as a draft to come back later and polish it up

A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/press-release-distribution-now-or-scheduled-for-the-future-100059.htm</link>
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		<title>NewsCactus is a mobile friendly online newsroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NewsCactus online newsroom is mobile friendly. Newsroom visitors on mobile devices are able to easily navigate and locate company information.
Mobile marketing is one of the fastest growing trends in the communication industry. Using a tool that’s mobile compatible puts you and your organization ahead of the curve.
By way of example:
At a recent social media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.newscactus.com/newscactus-is-a-mobile-friendly-online-newsroom-100040.htm</link>
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