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Cision - Share the latest company press releases to engage employees
Cision - Share the latest company press releases to engage employees

Connect your digital signage displays with Cision to follow your company’s lates press releases and stock information

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Written by Leonie
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Cision is a global cloud-based communications and PR tool that covers all aspects of company's communication needs, helping you reach, target and engage your audience.

Cision App main features

✔ Press releases in a news like format on digital signage

✔ Easy set up – copy your feed url


Cision App - Activate and use

Prerequisite:

  • Your company's URL to Cision site. This is provided to you by Cision.

Easiest way for activating a content App is from Valotalive Dashboard. Just click the icon of the content you wish to activate and proceed. More detailed info of the first steps can be found here:

Settings on the Apps' Configuration tab

  1. URL to Cision news

    Add your company's URL provided to you by Cision

  2. Article view time

    How many seconds each article is shown on the screen, default being 10 seconds.

  3. Add your company logo according to your company's preferences

    1. Main logo to be shown on the bottom of the view

    2. Logo to be shown on the top of the view

      See some examples of the logo placement on the below image. Only choose one logo place for an optimal result.

  4. Call to action text
    This text is shown at the bottom right corner. Use [b] to bold parts of the text.
    See the example of the Call to action text placement below.

  5. SHOW ADVANCED

    1. Cut only the ingress from the post's text
      Use this to part an introductory paragraph to the Display.

    2. Number of latest posts to fetch

      Choose how many latest posts should be shown

    3. Max age of posts

      You can enter a maximum age of the posts, if this App should show only the latest posts

    4. Show author

      Show author's name and photo if they are provided with data

    5. News in one show cycle

      Choose how many news should be shown in one show cycle. Min. 1, max. 12

    6. Top Logo size

      Size of the top logo

    7. [App] Posts must be newer than

      You can enter a maximum age of the posts, if this App should show only latest posts

    8. [App] Number of latest posts to follow

      Choose how many of the latest posts should be shown. A large number tends to hide latest posts

Complete the work by adding the app to a flow or directly to a display.

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