HOUSTON, March 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newswire.net, a subsidiary of Extensions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EXTI) that is redefining the "press release," through a new type of newswire service that merges many of the functions of press release dissemination, journalism, social media and search engine optimization, today announced the launch of an innovative affiliate program that empowers thousands of independent journalist and bloggers across the country as significant influencers of local news flow across the Internet.
Erin Saxton, CEO of Newswire.net explains, "At Newswire.net we are redefining the press release for small and local businesses. While big corporations and government agencies often receive significant press coverage of news events, small local companies typically do not. In the past it has almost been a waste of time for a small company to issue a press release, even if the event was newsworthy. With Newswire.net this is a thing of the past. With our innovative news dissemination service, small companies can issue press releases that are guaranteed to get written about by our teams of locally-oriented independent journalist and bloggers. Because all press releases issued over Newswire.net and all articles written by our journalists are scanned by Google approximately every six minutes, our content often moves to the top of the news search. This enables small businesses to gain much needed exposure as potential local customers search for products and services on the Internet. The affiliate program we are announcing today significantly advances our efforts in these areas."
As a Newswire.net affiliate, independent journalists and bloggers are equipped with press credentials and sales collateral in order to leverage their local business and community contacts to help local businesses gain additional exposure to their products and services by using press release dissemination and article writing as powerful forms of local advertising. Each affiliate earns $100 for each press release they purchase on behalf of the local advertiser. This creates a strong opportunity for professional journalists to supplement their income and the opportunity for part time amateur writers and bloggers to join the ranks professionals.
About Extensions, Inc.
Extensions, Inc. is a technology company creating revenue generating opportunities through the development and monetization of its portfolio companies and technologies including the conversion of social media activity into keyword Search Engine Optimized (SEO) traffic. Our portfolio companies include; Newswire.net, a social network of independent journalists writing and distributing news under a unified Newswire banner; Cancer.im, a social network for cancer patients offering support from the perspective of cancer survivors; Overtise.com a platform allowing businesses the ability of harnessing social media as a Search Engine Optimization tool and Zeons, a retail fuel distributor focusing on the development of biodiesel.