Our Story
How RealWire came to be...
| 2000 | ...it began, with a teenager, an old computer and an idea (BBC article). The computer has been replaced, the teenager is older, wiser and the idea blossomed into WebitPR. |
| 2002 | The team starts to take shape with the hire of our first staff member. |
| 2003 | 1,000th press release distributed |
| 2004 | Press Association partnership commences |
| 2006 | Adam Parker appointed as Chief Executive |
| 2007 | Multimedia provision added First to introduce Social Media News Release service Dow Jones partnership commences |
| 2008 | David Sheppard appointed Chairman Lincolnshire’s Most Innovative Business Award North East Digital Innovator of the Year Award |
| 2009 | Changed name to RealWire 10,000th press release distributed First to introduce sector specific Twitter feeds RealWire study demonstrates Social Media News Releases achieve twice the coverage |
| 2010 | An Inconvenient PR Truth campaign leads to industry first professional body Media Spamming Charter PRFilter relevance targeting launched |
| 2011 | PRFilter expanded to online search application New website launched |
| 2012 | Lissted launched |
| 2013 | Free newsroom feature for frequent users |
| 2015 | Celebrated 15 years of service |
| 2016 | Appointment of Emily Gosling to MD 30,000th release distributed |