We have recently been approached by several companies  requesting that we publish news items, which they would like to share with the global research and insights sector. GRBN, as the global network bringing together the regional federations, national associations and their members, is happy to now provide this service to members of national associations, which are members of the GRBN
Company News
GRBN has set up a new section on grbnnews.com called Company News specifically for sponsored content, and the news items will also be highlighted in the GRBN Global Insights newsletter. Company News is set to contain short newsworthy items of professional interest to the research sector and cover mergers/acquisitions, product launches, launches of new companies/divisions, new business/tenders awarded, corporate/social responsibility initiatives, senior hires, financial results and similar newsworthy stories. Members of GRBN member national associations are welcome submit media releases and news items for inclusion in the Company News section. The cost for inclusion in the sponsored Company News section is 400 US$. GRBN reserves the right to edit submitted item to ensure they are suitable for publication. The information required when making a submission is:
  1. News item title
    1. Maximum 100 characters including spaces
  2. News item highlight paragraph
    1. For inclusion in the Global Insights newsletter
    2. Maximum of 350 characters including spaces
    3. Cannot include links
  3. News item body text
    1. For inclusion in the Company News section on grbnnews.com and to be linked to from the newsletter via a ‘Read more’ button.
    2. Maximum of 500 words
    3. Can include links to external websites
  4. Featured image – grbnnews.com
    1. The file specifications for the featured image are: 1068×712 pixels (length x height).PNG format, maximum 500kb file size. The file name must be in the format: 1068×712-ft-im_NAME (where name is the name you choose)
  5. Featured image – Global Insights newsletter
    1. The file specifications for the featured image are: 214×142 pixels (length x height).PNG format, maximum 50kb file size. The file name must be in the format: 2014×142-ft-im_NAME (where name is the name you choose)
  6. Optional – Tweet
    1. Maximum 250 characters
Important points to note:
  • do not include subjective descriptions of your company (such as ‘a leading provider of…’); as anything that isn’t universally accepted to be fact will be edited out.
  • write in the third person (not ‘we’)
  • include the name of someone who can be quoted if you want to include an opinion or comment from the company
  • ask yourself: if another company submitted a news item like this, would I be interested in reading it?
For more information or to make a submission please contact Andrew Cannon.