The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has brought in unique online distribution company webitpr to handle the organisation’s online news release activity.
The IMI is the Sector Skills Council for the automotive retail industry, part of the Skills for Business network. The IMI is also the professional body for individuals working in the motor industry with over 25,000 members in the UK.
The year long brief will see webitpr distribute and monitor IMI news announcements to its database of online automotive and business contacts.
“As an organisation we realise that online media campaigns should run in tandem with the offline. However, the online world is much more dynamic in its nature compared to its offline counterpart and so by using the service provided by webitpr it allows us to take full advantage of a complex medium,” said Stuart Brooks, head of PR and public affairs at the IMI.
“After trialing their service and being thoroughly impressed with it, we knew that choosing webitpr over similar services was the right decision.”
This is the latest success for webitpr, which recently announced that the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, has signed up to use the company’s Social Media News Release platform and also a distribution partnership with financial publishing firm Dow Jones.
“The IMI is the de facto organisation for anyone involved in the UK motor industry so obviously we’re delighted to have them as a client and look forward to working with them in the coming year,” said chief executive of webitpr, Adam Parker.
Further information about webitpr and its services can be obtained by visiting webitpr at www.webitpr.com. Alternatively, please call +44 (0) 1522 883 640, or email enquiries@webitpr.com, with any enquiries or to arrange a free trial of the service.
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About webitpr
webitpr has specialised in online news distribution since its inception in 2000 and works on behalf of PR agency and corporate clients throughout the UK and Europe. The company is UK based and distributes news to its large database containing thousands of online media which cover a range of industries including telecoms, IT, Consumer Tech, Gaming, Broadcast, Pharma/Healthcare and Banking and Finance.
It provides a unique service by not only distributing news and multimedia content but by providing clients with the online editorial and blog coverage their news has generated. webitpr was the first UK distribution company to introduce the Social Media News Release – a new kind of press release to cater for the social media world.