Time-Saving Tips for Using Newsdesk

May 17, 2013 Chad Bolender Leave a Comment

To help you get up-to-the-minute information faster and easier using Newsdesk, we’ve put together a few quick tips for you:

Do you frequently make the same changes to your searches? If so, setting up a search template can save you time. Then, when you search, it’ll use your template already customized to your search preferences.  Here’s how:

1. From the “My Content” drop-down menu, select “Edit search template”
2. Add keywords, set media types, languages, etc. to customize the template for the types of searches you usually perform
3. Click “Save”

Want to add your own articles to your search? You can manually insert articles and company information such as a link to PDFs and announcements to send out to your website or intranet using an RSS feed via the Export tab or in a Newsletter from the Email tab.  It’s easy:

1. Open the drop-down menu for the search you would like to add an article to
2. Click “Add Article”
3. Enter the headline, body, source name, etc.
4. Refresh your search and see your newly added article. It will automatically appear in any alerts or exported feeds containing that search.

Need to do further analysis? You can download data into Excel from Newsdesk. Here’s how:

1. Open the drop-down menu for the search you would like to download the information from
2. Click “Analyze Feed”
3. Click “View Analysis”
4. From the “Download” drop-down menu, select “Feed Statistics” or “Article Data”

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