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What The Jumpshot Closure Means for Earned Media Attribution

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Avast developed Avast Antivirus in 2014. In 2016 it acquired competitor AVG Technologies , and merged Avast Antivirus with AVG AntiVirus. The Jumpshot closure has affected many businesses which relied on Jumpshot data to power their earned media measurement solutions. Some background on Jumpshot and browser plug-in data sources.

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Why innovation in PR tech is so slow

Stephen Waddington

Along the way content, distribution, analytics, and measurement tools have been acquired and bolted on. Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019).

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How to Plan for the Success of Your Earned Media Strategy

Cision

However, your goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART). Without SMART goals, measuring the success of your marketing strategy is next to impossible. A post shared by Tanesha Awasthi (@girlwithcurves) on Nov 23, 2016 at 4:23pm PST. Learn to Measure Success.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. And that requires good data – not only to find the right people and outlets but also to measure the reach and impact of these efforts. 2016: 11 Shrewd PR and Marketing Predictions You Can Bank On.

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Public relations and professionalism: work to do to realise full potential

Stephen Waddington

billion in 2016 (Public Relations and Communications Association, 2016). Chartered status is typically recognised a measure of competence within a profession. The scheme was changed to a one-day assessment in three areas of practice in 2014: ethics, strategy, and leadership.

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Private equity firm backs PR tool platform Cision in $2.74 billion deal

Stephen Waddington

The Cision Cloud platform includes listening, influencer identification, content planning, channel distribution and measurement. Cision’s media attribution model provides a means of quantative digital measurement but requires a cookie to be dropped on an earned media website. We’ve got communications in our sights,” he said.

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The PR Wisdom Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Check out this post from 2014 about “the greatest MLK speeches you never heard.” ” And in later speeches, the familiar and uplifting: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” (Los Los Angeles, 1967).