Vocus Webinar Explores Bridging the Gap between PR and Media
Leading Journalist and Bloggers to Discuss the Tactics Needed for Public Relations Success within the New Media Landscape
Lanham, MD (Vocus) July 18, 2008
Vocus, Inc., (NASDAQ: VOCS) a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management (http://www. vocus. com/content/publicrelations. asp), today announced that it will sponsor a free webinar offering marketing and public relations professionals advice for approaching the media and improving relations between the media and PR professionals. Titled "The More Things Change; Bridging the Gap between PR and Media," the webinar will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 2:00 pm ET. To register for the webinar, please visit http://tinyurl. com/6g3e2p (http://tinyurl. com/6g3e2p)
Ben Worthen of the Wall Street Journal, Colin Delany of Epolitics. com and Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer will analyze the media industry, evaluate current PR practices and discuss ways to improve relations between the media and PR professionals. The webinar will offer strategies and techniques to achieve PR success within the new media landscape.
Part of Vocus' monthly series, this webinar is designed to provide an educational and informational resource for organizations to gain insight into the best practices for public relations and practical techniques that can be applied to their everyday communications campaigns. A replay of the webinar will be available free of charge following the event on the Vocus web site at http://onlinepressroom. net/vocus/ (http://onlinepressroom. net/vocus/), under Events.
About Vocus, Inc. (http://www. vocus. com/content/aboutus. asp):
Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS) is a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management. Our web-based software suite helps organizations of all sizes to fundamentally change the way they communicate with both the media and the public, optimizing their public relations and increasing their ability to measure its impact. Our on-demand software addresses the critical functions of public relations including media relations (http://www. vocus. com/content/prcontact. asp), news distribution and news monitoring (http://www. vocus. com/content/prnews. asp). We deliver our solutions over the Internet using a secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to quickly deploy and adopt our on-demand software. Vocus is used by more than 2,600 organizations worldwide and is available in five languages. Vocus is based in Lanham, MD with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information please visit www. vocus. com or call 800.345.5572.
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