Submit PR

Submit PR

Middle East News 247 offers bonafide PR and marketing agencies, brands, private companies, government and semi-government companies, business and trade associations, and cultural and sports associations from across the globe the opportunity to submit standard press releases (PR) to our website; to benefit from our large and diverse digital audience spread primarily across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia region.

In general, we accept unsolicited PR for consideration of complimentary publication on our website.

Publishing PR on our website is the perfect marketing tool for engaging with your target audiences and amplifying your PR’s reach across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Benefits of publishing your PR on our website:

• Complimentary and extensive publicity for your PR campaigns across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia
• SEO optimised permanent placement on the website
• 280,000K+ views per PR
• Receive PR news links for sharing with clients, stakeholders, etc.
• PR is shared on our social media channels, including LinkedIn

PR (text) submission guidelines:

• PR should not replicate editorial or commercial content previously published on other digital platforms.
• PR must be in Word format and ideally sent as email attachments. We do not accept PDF formats.
• PR must include a headline/heading in bold that summarises the PR content. Include two bulleted standfirsts.
• PR must ideally include a footnote/boilerplate/backgrounder that provides additional information about the featured entity/entities, including a hyperlink to their official website.
• PR Word files must include image captions at the bottom. Do not expect our editors to try to figure out what the supplied images represent and how they relate to the submitted PR.
• PR Word files must be in a maximum of 2 colours: black and an additional colour. Avoid using other colours, highlights, italics, superscripts, subscripts, strikethroughs, emojis, clip art, etc.
• PR Word files can include one hyperlink relevant to the submitted content.
• PR Word files can feature any regular font family (ideally Arial or Calibri), with adequate spacing between sentences and paragraphs. Ideally, submit your content with single spacing between sentences and no indention.
• PR must be in English, well-written, clear, to the point, and well-structured.
• PR must ideally use UK (British) spellings over US spellings.
• PR must be a minimum of 300 words.
• PR must be free of plagiarism of any kind.
• PR must be civil and respectful in tone throughout.
• PR must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the United Arab Emirates and other GCC nations.
• PR must be spell-checked to ensure that the names of individuals, companies, etc., are 100% accurate.
• PR must include the official sender’s first and last name, work designation, company name, mobile number, landline number, and email contact details.
• The PR official sender bears full legal and other responsibilities for the PR.

PR (image and multimedia) submission guidelines:

• Editorial images relevant to the PR may be emailed as attachments or via file transfer site links (WeTransfer, etc.).
• Do not embed images and other visual content in the email body; extracting them is time-consuming for our editors.
• Images and other visual content must not have copyright or legal restrictions involving digital reproduction on our website.
• Images should have a brief file name relevant to the submitted PR. For example, name the image file as ‘art exhibition’ instead of simply ‘DSC_7690’.
• Images and other content emailed to us via file transfer sites (WeTransfer, etc.) should have a valid link for at least seven days.
• Please credit the images. If not, our editors may credit the images to sources mentioned in the PR.
• Submit images only in .jpeg or .png format.
• Our featured image size (the main image for each post) is 600×314 pixels. Only send images with these specs.
• For our featured image (the main image for each post), only submit images in landscape orientation, not portrait orientation. This is especially important when sending us headshots.
• Multimedia files (video) can be emailed to us using MP4 format via popular file transfer sites (WeTransfer, etc.).
• Multimedia content submitted to us for publishing on our website and social media channels must not have copyright or other legal restrictions. For example, there should be no restrictions on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

PR submission review process:

• We receive hundreds of PR and other editorial submissions from across the globe daily. Despite this intensity, our editors endeavour to review submissions within 24-48 hours of being emailed to us.
• We strive to publish your PR within 24-48 hours of receiving it.
• PR and other editorial content deemed of news value to our audience will feature in the PRESS RELEASES category on our website. See here: https://menews247.com/category/press-releases/
• Due to the sheer volume of PR and other editorial content we receive, we cannot provide feedback (email or otherwise) to queries about when the submitted PR and other editorial content will be published on the website.
• If your PR is not published on our website 48 hours after you send it in, please check the website before emailing us a reminder.

Published PR revision/retraction/deletion:

If you wish to revise/amend/retract/delete the PR you submitted and that we have since published on our website send an email explaining what needs to be done and requesting payment details to press@menews247.com.

An admin service fee of AED250 applies to effect any change, including, but not limited to, a revision, amendment, retraction, and deletion. Upon receipt of payment, we will act on the relevant content as soon as possible.

Where to submit?

Email PR to press@menews247.com

How to contact us?

Do not hesitate to contact us for support on submitting PR.

Email: press@menews247.com

WhatsApp: +971 56 852 2508

Disclaimer:

The PR information published on our website originates from external third-party providers. We do not exert control over such content and assume no responsibility for the PR accuracy or endorsement of views expressed therein.

We do not alter submitted PR (e.g., headline changes, body text editing, hyperlinks, etc.). The content is distributed as-is and is the sender’s sole responsibility, who bears full legal and all other responsibilities.

PR is published on our website solely for informational purposes and does not constitute tax, legal, or investment advice regarding the suitability or profitability of any security, portfolio, or investment strategy.

Middle East News 247 reserves the exclusive right to approve, disapprove, or remove parts or all of the submitted/published PR at any time and without prior notice. Any decision Middle East News 247 takes in this regard is FINAL and irreversible.