BNET.com Unveils New Community Blogging Tool for BNET Industries

Business Executives Collaborate With Industry Bloggers on BNET Industries' News and Analysis

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BNET (www.bnet.com), a Web site that provides information and tools to help business managers succeed at work, and a property of CBS Interactive, today announced the official launch of its community blogging tool (http://submit.bnet.com) on BNET Industries (http://industry.bnet.com). This offering will allow industry insiders within the user community to share their perspectives and insight on the latest news and industry events with other BNET Industries readers. As part of BNET's free and comprehensive resources for busy professionals, BNET Industries offers in-depth news and analysis within individual business sectors.

Launched in April, BNET Industries combines original reporting with business fundamentals on more than 9,000 public companies, giving business managers a single destination to research activity within their business ecosystem. As part of one of the most visited business websites, the BNET Industries community is comprised of C-level executives and senior managers -- people who know their businesses and industries. By combining original reporting from its industry bloggers and real-life experiences of its users, the community blogging tool offers users an opportunity to share their expertise with the BNET Industries community.

To submit a post to BNET Industries, registered users can visit http://submit.bnet.com or click on the button that appears on the homepage of BNET Industries. Registration for BNET accounts is free. Once submitted, BNET Industries editors review posts for grammar, content and relevancy. Once approved, the posts then appear alongside BNET Industries writers' posts. The blog submissions must be related to one of the 11 BNET Industries, which include advertising, auto, energy, financial services, food, health, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, technology and travel.

"A huge percentage of our users are business managers who deal with the issues and challenges we cover on a daily basis," said Jeff Davis, executive editor at BNET. "By tapping into this knowledge base of real-life work experience, we're able to combine and complement our original blog reports from well-known journalists, and provide our community with the most comprehensive information on the topics that matter most to them."

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