Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. Measurement templates.

Reddit 177

Reddit Software B2B Technology 177

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you.

Survey 81

Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

There was no announcement that I’m aware of, but a quick search shows some chatter about it on Twitter and Reddit , among other virtual watercoolers. This is because many of the queries aren’t from bona fide journalists, but from corporate bloggers. This view was echoed in some of the remarks about the rebranding on Reddit.

Brand 152

Brand Branding Reddit Pitching 152

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Sword and the Script

MARCH 15, 2022

In terms of social media monitoring, the company checks off the important boxes: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and forums. This is an important point, because you want to be able to measure and compare results over time. Similarly, Truescope build its own “wrapper” around results from TVEyes in their product.

Tools 160

Tools Media Software Analysis 160

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Here’s how the numbers break down specifically: 83% of reporters said Twitter was most valuable; 40% said Facebook; 26% said LinkedIn; 21% said Instagram; 13% said Reddit; 12% said YouTube; 8% said WhatsApp; 5% said Signal; and 1% said SnapChat. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Read more: What is PR?

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Sword and the Script

APRIL 3, 2018

The system provides measures for the routine items you’d expect: mentions, impressions, likes, comments, and sentiment. In other examples, I saw web and social posts from employees of a client I hadn’t seen before. It also monitors Reddit content but classifies the site, perhaps fittingly, as a forum.

Media 64

Media System Tools Google 64