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About Us

 

Sponsored Profiles

 

In our newest editorial feature, Entrepreneurial Dominion, we profile small and midsized companies culled from our news sources. We highlight innovators that stand out with a unique product, a remarkable technology, a novel business model or exceptional execution of its business strategy.

 

You can’t influence our news picks. Don't try to lobby us -- we'll say, "No." But you can do the next best thing: Run a sponsored profile of your company on VA Newswire. Not only do we deliver an article written by experienced business journalists, we provide a promotional package of unparalleled value.

 

Here’s what we offer:

  

Company profile: VA Newswire will write a reader-friendly profile of your business, employing professional writers and editors with years of business-journalism experience.

 

Placement: Your pick! We'll place your sponsored profile in any editorial section of VA Newswire you want: Expansions & Relocations, Who's Hot, Who's Not, Who's Winning Business, Deal Makers, Innovators, R&D/Intellectual Property, People or Trends.

 

Online promotion:

 

  • Publication in VA Newswire as “sponsored content” – reach 6,000 subscribers.

  • Permanent listing in our “Profile” archives on the VA Newswire website -- where your article will get "Googled."

  • Bulk e-mail distribution of the profile in HTML format to your list of clients, prospects and contacts.

  • Forward-to-a-Friend e-mail functionality – blast out extra copies of the profile any time! Allow third parties to forward your profile to others.

  • Printer-friendly PDF. Readers can print out two-page, three-column copies of the profile directly from the website.

  • Re-publication rights. Re-publish the profile in print, on your Web, however you want.

  • Readership report – measure your response and find out how many people read your profile.

  • Google and Yahoo promotion – pay-for-click at leading search engines to drive traffic to your profile. (Optional)

For pricing information and other details, call Jim Bacon at (804) 873-1543 or e-mail him at jim@vanewswire.com.

 

Testimonials

 

kSero. On April 14, 2004, VA Newswire published a profile of Susan Hardwicke, CEO of kSero, who is creating new cognitive development programs and treatment centers. The article, combined with our unique e-mail promotion, inundated her with positive attention.

 

Within two days, Hardwicke received 23 e-mails and one phone call in direct response to the article. At least six people mentioned seeing the article in phone conversations, and one person commented on it in person – less than an hour after it was published! To top it all off, she says, “At least five people mentioned the article to my COO at a Charlottesville Venture Group event, one of whom is interested in investing.”

 

How did Susan Hardwicke generate all that buzz? Here's the story. Read more. 

 

Chmura Hears ka-Ching! ka-Ching!

 

Christine Chmura, president of Chmura Economics & Analytics, has only one complaint about VA Newswire’s digital promotional package. “Last week was a real busy week,” she says. “We got so many leads that we had to put in extra time to get our regular work done!”

 

VA Newswire published an Entrepreneurial Dominion profile about Chmura’s company on April 28. The article ran as news content, not an advertisement, but she liked the way the story succinctly described her innovative workforce-database and analysis tool, JobsEQ, so she signed up for VA Newswire’s special digital promotional package. The results exceeded her wildest expectations: 30 e-mail responses, a couple of phone calls, a newspaper article and innumerable mentions in personal conversations. Read more.

 

Click on the "Profiles" button on the navigation bar to view past "Entrepreneurial Dominion" features.