Shift Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Our top posts from the fourth quarter of 2015 focused on best and worst times for press releases, connecting PR and sales, and measuring PR for 2016 planning. Let’s take a look: The State of the Press Release in 2015. Ah, the question on every PR pro’s mind. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Our top posts from the third quarter of 2015 focused on PR strategy, Facebook, and Twitter. Let’s jump in: How to Choose a PR Strategy: Part 1 of 6. The hot topic in PR is always strategy. SHIFT honed in on creating a way to choose a PR strategy based on visible, measurable criteria and a meta-strategic framework.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

Shift Communications

JUNE 15, 2015

This is a question asked recently by Patrick Coffee of PR Newser at AdWeek. Should social media managers be skipping the hashtag? Rather than guess, let’s take a data-driven approach. Where a brand had more than one social media page or profile, we chose the page with the largest audience.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the spring of 2015, SHIFT launched its cutting-edge Marketing Technology Immersion (MTI) program to help the agency develop a better understanding of SHIFT’s data-driven approach to communications and client services. Social media analysis has become a common request for clients on both B2B and B2C teams here at SHIFT.

Marketing 60

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

In 2015, Google released its Customer Journey to Online Purchase insights tool and there was much rejoicing. We applied Google’s Customer Journey idea and paired it with data-driven models to help you understand what’s really working in your digital marketing plans. Discover the sequence your customers take to purchase.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Our top posts from the second quarter of 2015 focused on same-day content promotion, Game of Thrones, and expanding your skill set. One of the top questions in social media marketing (and content marketing in general) is how do you know what content is worth promoting? Social Media Game of Thrones: A Song of PR and Social.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

This often means using data about our current market or audience to create a model. A simple example may be an analysis of engagement for a brand’s 2015 social content, revealing what types of posts earned the most attention. A model is simply a substitute for reality that we can use to better understand the real thing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

The challenge in 2015 will be for you to build relationships first through effective engagement so that when you have something worth sharing, your preferred audiences will be receptive to you. Social media used to be a shiny object, a channel unto itself. Social media is now part and parcel of ordinary communications.

Marketing 60

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 60

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2016 focused on the different ways data and analytics have transformed the efforts of public relations professionals and how they affect client expectations. TOP DATA-DRIVEN PR TRENDS OF 2016: INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS. USE IBM WATSON ANALYTICS FOR ADVANCED SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS.

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