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What is Data-Driven PR, Part 9: Pitching With Data

Shift Communications

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Using Data from Google Tools to Boost Your PR Pitches

Shift Communications

Our PR teams have been taking an analytical approach to forming their account strategies for some time, and our clients have been very pleased with the results. The homepage generates Trending Stories in real time as they are happening, which PR teams can help use to optimize rapid response opportunities. Casey Egan. Casey Egan.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros.

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Getting Your PR Measurement Program in Shape for 2016

Shift Communications

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) That does not mean we are left without resources to help define PR success and set the agenda for an even more data-driven PR program in the New Year. Tracking Key Indicators.

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How to build communities of social media influence

Shift Communications

In old influencer outreach programs, you’d reach out to the biggest individual dots and send them pitches. In old influence marketing, the biggest dots we pitched tended to cluster in one or two communities, but we want our message to reach many different communities. How do we think about communities of influence?

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From PR to Marketing: Why You Should Expand Your Skill Set

Shift Communications

years working on the technology PR team. The Agency had just sprouted a marketing technology team arm, and I had been itching to learn more in that area for some time. I was already starting to see the need to integrate our traditional PR practices with marketing tech. I spent the first 3.5 Amanda Grinavich.

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The secret to becoming a trusted PR professional

Shift Communications

Far too many PR professionals blindly mass email their pitches without making any attempt at the “Relations” part of Public Relations. This is a pitch almost entirely devoid of value for my audience. If they’d spent any time on my site, they’d know I wasn’t a good candidate for this pitch. Comment on their stuff.