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Embracing the Data-Driven PR Future (And Math)

Shift Communications

As communications becomes more digital, more quantified, and more data-driven, the pressure is on for pros to be as comfortable with data collection, metrics and measurement as they are at writing and creativity. To explore why this is important, let’s look at an example of how data helps PR get press for clients.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Data-driven PR.

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Review: Measure What Matters Most – A Think With Google Guide for Marketers

Shift Communications

Critical and creative thinking are fast becoming the skills to develop and Google seeks to help with that with this product. Measuring the the success of programs by the numbers is quickly becoming the standard in PR and marketing with access to so much data. Here at SHIFT we’re big fans of Think With Google.

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Media Relations Dos And Don’ts For Holiday PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But if holiday PR opportunities are approached carelessly, they can be squandered. From Labor Day to New Year’s Eve, fall holidays probably offer the best occasions for media coverage, but the approach needs to be relevant, respectful, and creative. Do release some relevant data. Dos and don’ts for holiday media pitching.

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Much to Loathe About Programmatic Thinking

Shift Communications

In my last post , I covered what for me was a particularly egregious misuse of marketing technology, when a bot promoted a white paper with “Fear and Loathing” in the title on the 10 th anniversary of the suicide of Hunter S. Data-driven PR does not equate with programmatic thinking. But creative thinking is the fuel.

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Keep it Simple: Getting Started With a Multi-Touch Attribution Model

Cision

Data measurement is the only way to ensure your business succeeds now and in the future. But as companies start to integrate more involved social media marketing strategies, the number of digital touch points increases, complicating the once simple customer journey and creating more data to analyze and understand.

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SHIFT Communications Creates HAROLD: First Artificially Intelligent, Cloud-Based PR Employee

Shift Communications

April 1, 2016 – Boston, MA – Cloud-based computing and artificial intelligence represent the future of content creation, distribution, public relations, and marketing. SHIFT Vice President of Marketing Technology Christopher Penn said, “HAROLD provides SHIFT with limitless scale. 2014: ZIPR Mobile PR Spokesperson App.