Creating a Press Room
A Press Room is a dedicated space where you can store and share your archive of press releases, images, videos, and other press materials. You can integrate the Press Room into your website or access it directly at Newsmachine Press Room(https://press.newsmachine.com). Check out an example here.
This guide walks you through the basics of setting up and managing your Press Release Distribution Service.
1. Logging in
- Visit our website at https://market.newsmachine.com/.
- Click on the “Log in” button in the top menu.
- Enter the username and password provided to you.
Note: Your subscription level determines your access to services such as Media Monitoring, Press Releases and Newsletters.
2. Creating a new Press Room
- Click on “Releases” in the top menu.
- Select “Press room” in the submenu.
- Click on “Settings” in the left-hand menu.
3. Configuring Press Room Settings
Once you access the settings, you can customize your Press Room with the following options:
- Organization name: The name of your organization (appears as the title of the page).
- Press Room URL: A permanent link to your newsroom (choose carefully).
- Logo: Upload your logo (recommended format: .png for best quality).
- Boilerplate: A short description of your organization placed in the footer of the Press Room.
- Strapline (Optional): A brief tagline displayed below your logo.
- Organization description: A summary of your organization (displayed at the top of the page).
- Website URL: A link to your organization’s website (appears at the footer of the page).
- Address details: Add your Street, Postcode, City, Country, and Postbox.
- Visibility: Choose whether your newsroom should be visible on Newsmachine.
- Switch to “Visible” when you are ready to publish.
- Save changes: Click on “Save” button after making updates.
4. Connecting Social Media
You can integrate your social media feeds (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) into your newsroom.
- Click on “Social Media” in the menu on the left.
- Click on “Add account” and select one of your linked accounts in Newsmachine Riposte.
- To link more accounts, go to Social → Settings.
- Arrange the display order with “Move up” or “Move down”.
- Click on “Delete” to delete an account.
Note: Once an account is linked, new posts will automatically appear in your Newsroom.
5. Embedding social media content in your Press Room
Embedding social media content on your newsroom page is easy with the embed codes provided by each platform. Explore our step-by-step guide for simple instructions on how to embed your feeds smoothly. You can embed up to 9 feeds in your newsroom. [Kolla in det här]
- Click on External feeds in the menu on the left.
- Click on the Add a feed button.
6. Publishing on your own domain
You can publish your Press Room on your own domain. Detailed instructions can be found on the “Own domain“ settings page.
7. Embed your Press Room on your own website
If you want to embed your Press Room on your own website, you can customize its appearance and features:
- Select which sections of the Press Room to display in embedded mode.
- Set the number of press releases to show.
- Upload a custom font (if needed).
- Use the CSS Editor to customize the style, such as colors, of your embedded Press Room.
📌 Related article: How to embed your press room on your WordPress site