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Press Release Features in Detail
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Activating the Press Release Feature

 

Clicking on the Features Management icon of the Administration Menu accesses the Feature Management page.

 

 

 

Clicking on Press Release on the Features Management page accesses the Press Release Feature Management Page.

 

Several items need to be prepared before the feature can be configured:

 

  • The broadcast template and the Press Release Template must be created.
  • The Media Types must be defined.
  • Media contacts should be imported or entered into the Contact Database
  • A sample biography and a sample closing statement should be loaded.

 

 

 

  • PR Media Type Link - The PR Media Type Link located on the Press Release Manager Feature Management page accesses the PR Media Types Management page. Administrative visitors can add or delete Media Types. Each organization can customize PR Media Types as it sees fit for its purposes. The Press Release input form presents all the organization’s PR Media Types to a visitor entering a press release for selection. Media Contact Records are designated to specific Media Types on from the Contact Management page. Hence, a visitor can choose to have a press release sent to only Business Editors, or only Talk Show Hosts, or Newspapers, etc. or an combination.

 

 

Clicking on Add New Type accesses the Media Type activate the Type entry field.

Enter a new type into the field and click Save  and the new type is added to the list.

 

To delete a Media Type, click on its name. It will appear in the Type field. Then click on Delete

 

  • Output Options - At the time of this writing created Fax and Printed press release functions are under development but not available even though they appear on the page in preparation for implementation. Therefore, Fax and Printed must be set to No or they will appear as options for those entering press releases.

 

  • Option Selection Field - This field determines which fax delivery methods are available to visitors using this feature. At the time of this writing created Fax and Printed press release functions are under development but not available even though they appear on the page in preparation for implementation. Therefore, Fax and Printed must be set to No or they will appear as options for those entering press releases.

 

  • Unit Price Field - If this field contains an amount, then visitors sending press releases will be billed by the number of releases sent times the amount set in this field. See the Financial Transactions Feature section to learn more about this feature.

 

  • Unit Cost Field - This field is used by the Transactions Management feature for certain cost containment functions. See the Financial Transactions Feature section to learn more about this feature.

 

 


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