Editorial Guidelines

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⬇︎ 1.) Welcome

⬇︎ 2.) Content Quality: Rules

⬇︎ 3.) Content Quality: Features and Guidelines

⬇︎ 4.) Excluded Content

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⬆︎ 1.) Welcome

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Welcome to the AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Release News Distribution Service.

Thank you for using our services (“Services”). All Services are provided by Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. dba AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits (“AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits”), an independent privately-held company in the state of Ohio. For information about how to contact AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits, please visit our contact us page.

By using our Services, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service (“Terms”). Some of our Services allow you to submit or store content including but not limited to press releases. When you submit or store content to or through our Services, you must follow these editorial guidelines. Please read them carefully.

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⬆︎ 2.) Content Quality: Rules

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All Press Releases submitted to AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits for distribution must:

A.) Be written in an acceptable press release format.

B.) Avoid inflammatory language, hyperbole, and unattributed opinion, or invasion of someone’s privacy.

C.) Be accurate and free of potentially libelous material.

D.) Clearly identify opinions in quotes or attribute these statements as opinions belonging to the organization, and not state them as fact.

E.) Cite from a fact-checked news source.

F.) Contain explicit attribution to an authorized source such as court documents.

G.) Be free of content intended to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group.

H.) Not be threatening, abusive, menacing, offensive, violent, intimidating or otherwise objectionable.

I.) Not make attempts to incite fear or panic, including but not limited to releases predicting the end of the world or terrorist attacks.

J.) Not intend to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group, which is defined as content that is deemed intended to: (i) incite, advocate or express hatred, bigotry, racism or gratuitous violence; (ii) promote personal opinions attacking an individual or group; (iii) maliciously affect a company’s stock; (d) stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, shame or victimize an individual or group.

AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits will review your press releases before distribution to ensure that content is newsworthy, accurate and in an acceptable format.

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⬆︎ 3.) Content Quality: Features and Guidelines

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Attention to the following Features and Guidelines will help your press release get speedy approval and distribution on our platform.

A.) General Guidelines All AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases must contain a clear, timely and newsworthy angle and be free of advertising hype, direct address, and spam.

B.) Newsworthy Content Common news angles include timely information about a new product or service, business expansion, a recent event, organizational or community milestones like an anniversary or award, or the issuance of a tip sheet or expert opinion on a topic currently in the news. The news announcement must be clearly stated in the headline.

C.) Objective Tone AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases must be free of hype flags and direct addresses (i.e. “you,” “I,” “we,” etc.) unless used within a quotation from a spokesperson from a company or organization. Direct address is a flag that the content is an advertisement rather than a news release. Similarly, hype flags such as exclamation points (!); hyperbolic product/service claims; descriptions of a product or service as AMAZING, or the use of upper case characters to create emphasis, all challenge the credibility of your news announcement.

D.) Legally Accurate AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits requires a case number, court of record, complaint number or other sufficient documentation for all press releases referencing legal action or criminal matters.

E.) Financial Topics / Cryptocurrency Any financial-related topics including but not limited to Cryptocurrency, NFT, etc. must provide full transparency for verification, including contact information and postal addresses that match their website(s) and/or social media page(s).

F.) Valid Contact Information All AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases must contain a valid contact name, phone number, and email address in the contact information.

G.) Written Authorization In certain cases, such as with network marketing companies, with the use of a stock ticker symbol, or with major corporate announcements such as (but not limited to) those related to M&A (Merger & Acquisition), AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits may require written authorization from a company executive before a press release is approved for distribution. Independent representatives of network marketing companies, MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) or party plan companies must always obtain the express consent of the company’s executive.

H.) Standard Length All AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases should be between 300 and 800 words. The length of your release directly affects its distribution, and press releases that are overly short or overly long may have trouble being indexed in search engines.

I.) Standard Grammar and Spelling All AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases should be free of spelling and grammatical errors. Although jargon and acronyms are commonplace in natural language, make sure to include definitions for industry jargon so the average person can understand your terminology as well.

J.) Formatting AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits Press Releases cannot contain HTML tags or other formatting such as non-standard characters, tables or forced line breaks. Releases also cannot be written partially or entirely in all capital letters. Before submitting your release, please ensure that all links in your release are fully functional. If your website is not available or fully functional at the time of editorial review, you will need to remove the links from your release or wait until the website is in operation to re-submit.

K.) A Clear News Source AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits requires a clear news source to be identified in the headline. The news source is the company or organization that is issuing the release. If your agency, firm or business is distributing on behalf of a client, then the source would be the client’s company or organization name. It should also be clear how that company or organization relates to the news announcement.

L.) Email Addresses AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not recommend the use of email addresses within the body of the press release. If an email address is included, our editorial team will modify the email address to be in this format Name (at) example (dot) com.

M.) Accepted File Types AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits only accepts releases containing images with the following extensions: .JPG, .GIF, .PNG.

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⬆︎ 4.) Excluded Content

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The following content types are excluded from all Press Releases distributed by the AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits News Distribution Service.

A.) Advertisements If your press release is primarily aimed at selling a product or service, then it is an advertisement and not a press release. A good press release informs the media and the general public about a newsworthy topic. If the primary purpose of the document is to sell without any other newsworthy element, then it will be denied publication.

B.) False or Misleading Content Content that is verifiably untrue or misleading.

C.) Academic Writing Services AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not publish releases that promote and/or link to academic writing services. This includes essay, dissertation, thesis, application, research, paper, assignment, and/or homework writing services.

D.) Sexually Explicit Content To ensure the integrity of our service for all, AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept content about sexually explicit material or products. Press releases should not contain references or links to explicitly sexual material, illegal material or profane language. Please note that all 18-and-older websites are considered sexually explicit.

E.) Link SPAM All press releases have a limit of 3 active links per press release. This policy is in place to protect the value of the links in each press release and the value of links within the AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits network.

F.) Reprints News and feature images, articles, opinion columns, editorials or news stories from other websites or publications, especially if they are copyrighted, are not press releases.

G.) Duplicate Content A press release can only be distributed once through AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits. In addition, a significant majority of each press release must be original content. Templated content is not permitted. Using copyrighted content from other sources is a violation of AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits’s Terms of Service.

H.) Third-Party Legal Releases AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits only accepts press releases from law firms in which the firm is representing one of the parties in the case. AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept press releases regarding legal cases from third-party firms.

I.) Potentially Malicious AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not distribute content that in our opinion could harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group. This content is defined as anything that may: incite, advocate or express hatred, bigotry, racism or gratuitous violence; promote personal opinions attacking an individual or group; maliciously affect a company’s stock; or stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, shame or victimize an individual or group.

J.) Adverse to our Ethos AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not distribute content that is contrary to our beliefs in promoting an open and inclusive society.

K.) Written Authorization In certain cases, such as with network marketing companies, with the use of a stock ticker symbol, or with major corporate announcements such as (but not limited to) those related to M&A (Merger & Acquisition), AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits may require written authorization from a company executive before a press release is approved for distribution. Independent representatives of network marketing companies, MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) or party plan companies must always obtain the express consent of the company’s executive.

L.) Unauthorized Ticker Symbols While we encourage our clients to use any ticker symbols they are authorized to use in their press releases, we will need to receive the proper authorization from the source company for each ticker symbol used.

M.) Online Gambling AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not publish releases that promote or link to online gambling, fantasy sports, or related sites that utilize a “pay-to-play” model for participation.

N.) Payday or Short-Term Loans AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not publish releases that promote or link to payday, short-term term or other unsecured loan services.

O.) Gun Topics AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not publish releases that promote the sale of handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting guns, functioning antique guns, airsoft guns, paintball guns, bb guns, 3D-printed guns and any parts or component, whether finished or unfinished, that is essential to, or enhances the functionality of, a gun.

P.) Online Pharmaceuticals AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept releases from online pharmacies or websites that sell prescription drugs unless both the website and release explicitly state that a doctor’s prescription is required for purchase. In addition, pharmaceutical sites that are acceptable must be located within the United States or the United Kingdom.

Q.) Tobacco AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not publish releases that promote the sale of tobacco or any products containing tobacco, its consumption, or simulate tobacco smoking, e.g. vaping, e-cigarettes, herbal cigarettes, etc.

R.) Weight Loss Products AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not allow any weight loss products or ingredients.

S.) Health Supplements AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not allow any health supplement content, irrespective of any claims of legality.

T.) Sexual Enhancement Products AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not allow press releases that promote sexual enhancement products.

U.) Easy Money Schemes AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept releases that promote “make money online”, “work from home programs” or “get rich quick” schemes.

V.) Stock Recommendations AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept releases that promote stock picks, trading bots, newsletters, alerts, recommendations, advice or reviews. Publicly traded companies may still promote their own news.

W.) Forex Trading Platforms AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept releases that promote the use of Forex trading platforms, Forex trading demo accounts, Leveraged or Funded Forex trading accounts, or AI-based Forex trading tools or bots. Organizations may still submit releases that promote news about the Forex industry as a whole.

X.) BlackHat SEO Tactics AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not allow releases to promote or link to Black Hat SEO tactics or services. These types of services include, but are not limited to, keyword stuffing, link buying and selling, link stuffing, over-hyphenated domains, paid social media followers, and reputation management.

Y.) Viruses, Scripts, and Codes AT-Newswire By Top Tech Tidbits does not accept releases that contain or link to any viruses, scripts, programs, web pages or code that destroys, alters, or inhibits the operation of any computer system.

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