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What is Data-Driven PR? Part 1 of 9

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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Embracing the Data-Driven PR Future (And Math)

Shift Communications

Cutting corners in data, analysis, or insight development is when your program goes from impregnable to questionable. The bottom line: marketing communications needs to approach its understanding of data and metrics smartly. With software to help, it may not be as painful as you think. This goes for every industry.

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Top Data-Driven PR Trends of 2016: Interactive Infographics

Shift Communications

In this series, we’ll examine a few data-driven trends that could mean success or failure for your PR efforts in 2016. We marketers and communicators have killed the infographic. Nearly 20,000 times per day – and in a sampling of those tweets, they’re almost entirely from marketers. Christopher S.

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New SHIFT Webinar: Getting Started with Google Data Studio™

Shift Communications

It’s now available to marketers and communicators globally, and it’s a potent new tool for the data-driven PR practitioner, communicator, or marketer. Learn what Data Studio is, how it works, and how to build your first dashboard in our new, free on-demand webinar. What is Data Studio?

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How to measure the quality of your audience

Shift Communications

Certainly, you can look downfunnel and see how many closed deals you’re getting in your sales CRM, but if your website is broken or your retail staff are surly, you may not see the results you want no matter how good your PR is. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Looking good. Christopher S.

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B2B Marketers: Even more data is coming, are you ready?

Shift Communications

The world seems awash in data with trends like IoT, wearables and big data dominating the headlines. For a B2B marketer, these headlines can feel very consumer oriented and likely not relevant. That approach, although understandable on the surface, misses a number of undercurrents that B2B marketers will start to encounter.

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How to Research Industry Trends Hassle-Free

Shift Communications

The ability to tap into this knowledge can help inform owned, earned, and paid media of your organization’s PR and marketing efforts. While specific hashtags can be searched or “followed” within the platform, it’s difficult to capture top trending hashtags without buying into certain third-party tracking software. CrowdTangle.

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