GoldCoastNewswire.com teamed with AssistingU.com to apply state-of-the-art publishing platform to meet publicity needs for smallto mid-size businesses.

Editor Keith Jajko recently announced the launch of Gold Coast Newswire, an online news distribution service aimed at helping smallto mid-size businesses and organizations to publicize their activities quickly and affordably.

The business will cater to businesses not large enough to afford national newswire services or expensive public relations agencies to disseminate important information.

More information and services are available at www. goldcoastnewswire.com.

Initially the business will focus on the California coastal region from the San Fernando Valley through Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Visitors can type in information about important company or organization news, and submit an order for Gold Coast Newswire to craft a media release and distribute it to preferred media destinations on a per-release basis.

Month-to-month contracts for multiple releases per month are also available.

"It's a perfect vehicle for the company that might distribute one or two news items a month, not enough to justify an ongoing monthly retainer," Jajko said. "It's very easy to use, and it can be tapped when needed to publicize important events or actions by any company or organization."

Besides posting news releases on the site, Gold Coast Newswire distributes news releases by e-mail or fax to media outlets as requested by clients.

The site was designed by AssistingU.com, a Simi Valleybased provider of Internet design and hosting services.

AssistingU.com used WordPress, a state-of-the-art semantic publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability, to allow for easy and timely editing and posting of news items on the site. Celebrating its seventh anniversary, AssistingU.com has a complaint-free record from the Better Business Bureau of the tricounties, and is a member of the Simi Valley and Ventura Chambers of Commerce.

Assistingu.com has developed more than 200 commercial websites for local businesses, and recently opened a sales office in Austin, Texas.