Beat your budget
readMedia costs about as much per year as sending one letter home, yet a subscription includes unlimited use for the year. Every placement, every lead, gets cheaper the more you use Hometown Newsmaker. No other marketing program you'll run gets such a compelling ROI.
Master next-generation PR
Successful public relations today takes more than one department can handle: media relations, search engine optimization, social media, syndication and more. "Best practices" are built in to make you effective just by clicking a button.
Become a social media powerhouse
Every story sent by Hometown Newsmaker and Newsmaker is optimized for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. At no extra time or effort, we ensure that your social media needs are covered when you distribute news.
Not just for schools
Hometown Newsmaker is a perfect fit for any organization publicizing local news stories throughout the country. If you're announcing leadership appointments, high-achieving employees, travel participants, tour schedules or service rollouts, readMedia can get the word out.
Get news out FAST
Hometowners sent through readMedia are over the wire as soon as our staff is finished checking them for accuracy. That means you get the word out in minutes -- not hours, days or weeks. Plus we provide a detailed delivery report as soon as your hometowner has been delivered.
White-glove customer service
We believe in taking great care of our customers and making sure they're successful. You'll get regular tips about how to succeed at your job, professional press release templates and advice, and metrics to help you measure success. And you can always call us -- a real person will always be ready to help.
Just a few ways customers use
readMedia for hometown news...
Click on the links below for example hometown news press releases.
News outlets love local content about their residents, and our customers use readMedia's Hometown Newsmaker to send creative hometown news stories around the country.
Hometown news is not just for schools, it's for military organizations, franchised businesses, national or regional not-for-profits, music bands, sports teams, travel organizations and anyone with hyperlocal news that needs to get the word out cost effectively.
Academics
- Achievement Award
- Dean's List
- Graduation
- Honors Society
- Internships
- New Students
- Research Grant
- Service Project
- Scholarship Awards
- Student Government
- Student Manager
- Study Abroad
- Teaching Assistantships
- Who's Who
- Writing Center Coaches
Staff
Arts
Graduates
Student Life
Hometown news works for schools!
Hometown news is enrollment marketing that works. That’s why 80% of schools have a hometown news program to share student accomplishments with local media outlets, publish news online and get people talking about your school. From pleasing parents and delighting alumni to reaching prospective students, readMedia’s Hometown Newsmaker gets the word out about your school.
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But don't take our word for it. Here's what our customers have to say…
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University of Vermont’s Karen Reardon talks about using hometowners as a key component of the enrollment marketing process, and finally throwing away her map and magnifying glass.
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Stephen Mease of Champlain College streamlined hometown news distribution and reached new audiences with readMedia. Hear how!
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Buff Lindau of St. Michael’s College turns bread-and-butter hometowners into a “thrilling” way to make media relations into an important part of the recruiting process for St. Michael’s.
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Greg Kie from SUNY Canton saves time, money and energy and gets immediate results from using Newsmaker and Hometown Newsmaker to send his news releases.
