LettsNews is the fastest way to gather, publish and distribute news. Here's how it's done.

LettsNews offers a streamlined, all-in-one software platform for creating and sharing your stories. By following these 5 steps, you can quickly move from initial news gathering to widespread distribution, ensuring your content reaches your audience at the speed of light.

1. Create your Content Items as reusable blocks for your story:

Before crafting your narrative, gather the essential elements that will form the foundation of your story. This includes:

• Facts and figures: Ensure accuracy by double-checking all data and statistics.
• Quotes: Capture direct quotes from sources to add credibility and voice to your story.
• Images and videos: Visual content enhances engagement and helps illustrate your points. Ensure you have the necessary rights to use any media.
• Links to relevant resources: Provide readers with opportunities to explore related information and deepen their understanding.

Think of these items as building blocks. Organise them carefully, perhaps by topic or theme, and use LettsNews' tagging system to make building your stories from Content Items smooth and easy.

2. Build your story and use the reusable blocks you've gathered:

Now it's time to weave your Content Items into a compelling narrative. Consider the following:

• Flow: Ensure a logical flow between your Content Items, using transitions to connect ideas and maintain reader interest.
• Headline and subheadings: Craft attention-grabbing headlines and descriptions that accurately reflect the story's content and entice readers to click.
• Visual hierarchy: Use LettsNews' expansive formatting tools and insert multiple Content Items to create visual hierarchy, making your story easy to scan and digest. This includes using bold text, bullet points, and white space effectively.

3. Share with your Team, get their edits and feedback:

Collaboration is crucial for producing high-quality content. Before publishing, share your draft with your team:

• Internal review: Utilise LettsNews' team function to share your Story (or your Content Items) in the Cloud with the rest of your team.
• Constructive criticism: Encourage your team to provide feedback on clarity, accuracy, style, and overall impact. Edit directly, or communicate through the Comments function to explain what you're doing and see a full log of all the changes made.
• Proofreading: A fresh pair of copy-edit eyes can catch errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Don't skip this crucial step!

4. When you have finished all your edits with your story, click to Save and then click Publish (the cloud icon at the top right of the page). Once your Story is published it cannot be unpublished:

This is the point of no return! Once you've incorporated all feedback and are satisfied with your story, click the Cloud icon to publish. Remember, that published stories cannot be unpublished, only copied as unpublished. Therefore, meticulous review and editing are important before hitting that publish button.

5. Distribute your story:

Publishing is just the first step. To maximise reach, actively distribute your story, click the "radio" icon in the top right of your story detail page and:

• Copy for Substack: Use LettsNew's bespoke "Copy for Substack" command to get a version of your story perfectly formatted and dropped into Substack.
• Distribute to WordPress: Link your wordpress website or blog to LettsNews and distribute your story with a single click of the button!
• Distribute to Medium: Do the same with your Medium blog and have your stories published there at the click of a button too, or select the tick box of both Medium and WordPress distributions and distribute across all of them with a single click of the "Distribute Selected" button

By following these 5 steps, you can leverage the power of LettsNews to rapidly create, publish, and distribute your stories, ensuring your message resonates with your target audience.

If you are a journalist, content manager or PR, sign up to LettsNews.com today!