Journalistic integrity. Authentic community.
May 17, 2024
Free Press Members
Are you part of a club, team, charity, school, congregation, social, civic, or similar group?
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Does your community know who you are? Make your organization's voice heard! Have your own Directory listing. And Write your own news stories!
Open doors in your community to build a relationship with your organization. Promote your activities, expand your networks, and increase local participation. Share your group's purpose, your news, your story with local like-minded supporters!
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The Free Press Member plan
If you are a group manager with a Free Press Group plan then you have two publishing tools available for $6.54/mo. Using the Community News you can build a thriving base of local community support.
Self-publishing
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Write and manage your group's Directory Listing and update it at your leisure. Have a new project to announce? Use your Directory listing. Have scores to publish? Post an article in the Community News!
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1. ​Publish news and stories about your group or club in the Community News on a regular basis. Stay top-of-mind with your audience.
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Convenience
Avoid the doom scrolling of other platforms. Be discovered more easily with our in-page search bar in the Community News.
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Community
Invite people to join you as Free Press Members, a free plan for your supporters to actively join in your news and events.
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Growth
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The Free Press Group plan offers your organization an affordable method to amplify the public relations effectiveness of your club, team, charity, school, congregation, social, civic, or similar group.
For example, you can post business updates, congregation announcements, or sports scores that you want readers and supporters to know about.​ And you can do it as often as you need to.​
You could be talking about... well, anything!
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You could be sharing your stories, your team's scores, your announcements, your community events, your workplace events, your social group reports, your business news, your congregations' celebrations, and more in your own self-published free press local news magazine.
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Club, team, charity, school, congregation, social, civic, or similar group managers can maintain their Directory listing and use the Community News to write human interest stories about their programs and people.
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​How do I start my own Free Press Member plan?
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​1. With your Free Press Group plan purchased, you will be able to log in and go to your Members Area.
Create your Account
2. Your purchase and account are managed by a familiar multistep confirmation process managed by Wix ecommerce which provides the back office for The Rubicon Free Press. Follow the instructions carefully to ensure success.
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​Welcome to the Member Area
3. Complete your Profile and any other relevant information that will assist your supporters to find and join you.
Join your first Social Media Channel
Community Group managers may make social media groups that operate much like the Big Tech platforms... with one primary exception, you have full management control.
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3. Create your Public Social Media Group and add that link to the Public Social Media Group field of your Group Directory listing.
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Maintain the group in the same manner as the big tech social media platforms.
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Start conversations. Moderate discussion. Share images, videos, and files.
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Build brand awareness of your unique offering to your local supporters and community.
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And that's not all you can do!
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Make your first Directory listing
4. Use the Group Directory submission form and list your club, team, charity, or similar organization in the Groups Directory.
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Once submitted, your listing will appear in the same format as the above screenshot in the Groups Directory section.
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Congratulations! You've posted your first of many updates to your dynamic directory listing.
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Any website Member can Search for your group using the Country, Region, City, and Group Type search bar at the top of the section.
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Make your first Community News story
5. Make your first post in Community News by simply repeating the same fields in the Got News form that is found in the Members Area.
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