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PR measurement by valuing intangible assets–brand and reputation

Stuart Bruce

Despite this appearing to defy logic and common sense it exists for a good reason to prevent ‘creative’ accounting. The table below clearly shows for equity analysts the importance of brands in financial decisions and reporting has increased significantly since 2001. You can’t just create or build it.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

When it comes to tracking our work via measurement, key performance indicators (KPIs) or whatever other preferred nomenclature you prefer, things get a little muddy. Thirty-eight percent stated that PR measurement is becoming more difficult, 20% stated it is becoming easier while 37% stated it was about the same. Creative Commons CC0.

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The art of smart thinking in public relations

PR Conversations

To their credit, they are usually on the course because they want to learn this stuff.) I believe measurement and evaluation is improving. Dr. Heather Yaxley: It is interesting to see some momentum around measurement and evaluation triggered in large part by publication of the Barcelona Principles in 2010.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

Similarly, and though we don’t use the terminology, big businesses hire panels of marketing agencies too – PR, creative, SEO, social, digital, advertising. If you look at the top reasons clients fire a PR firm (cost, poor client service, inability to measure ROI , too much hand-holding) these are all interrelated around being proactive.

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Instagram Is the Rihanna of Social Networks

Cision

But there are some measurable aspects of Instagram that are quite unique and special in the social media space. ” – Bono, The Guardian UK, 2001. Image: Eva Rinaldi ( Creative Commons ). percent (60 times Facebook’s engagement rate of.07 07 percent). ” – Robert Young, GigaOm, 2006.

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? Youre right: blogrolls are static backwaters and I tend to favor those whove been blogging about public relations longer (I started in 2001) - and miss out on some new and interesting voices. PR and the power of ideas , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies.

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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

Sword and the Script

Ned launched “ Job of the Week ” (JOTW) email newsletter in 2001 as a free resource for PR and communications professionals looking for work. 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization. 2) The top PR metrics and performance measures communications pros track. is notoriously difficult to measure.

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