ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While traditionally PR work consisted of press releases, pitching, and occasional damage control, today’s PR teams must have a diverse digital skill set, including SEO strategy, social media savvy, data analysis and more. The internet and social platforms are key tools for storytelling, brand management and connection.

Analytics 170

Analytics Tools Social Media Trends 170

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

This is high, high quality brand storytelling folks. Microsoft may have figured out the key to fantastic brand storytelling–and I think it goes something like this… Your employees = personal stories. Hmm…strange for a corporate storytelling site, don’t you think? I see illustrations. And also: Comments.

Storytelling 165

Storytelling Web Case Study Brand 165

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The Media Relies on Visual Storytelling. Multimedia is a crucial component to impactful modern-day journalism. Journalists are no longer measured by the quality of their work; they are measured by the effectiveness of their work. How long did people spend reading it? Journalists rely on visual assets.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

Since PR and marketing are increasingly blurring their functions, sharing goals, data, and messages, the absence of collaboration is a lost opportunity. If leadership insists that only splashy features in Fast Company or The Wall Street Journal will do, it will miss many opportunities. No measure of success. It’s underfunded .

SEO 178

SEO Storytelling Product Launch Measurement 178

Onclusive

JANUARY 25, 2019

PR and content marketing are rapidly evolving with new access to data and insights, new methods of measurement and more channels to reach your audience than ever. Most conferences focus on media relations, crisis communications, social media, and measurement, plus a well-known awards show. ContentTECH Summit.

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Conference Content Marketing Marketing Internal 256

Onclusive

MAY 10, 2017

That said, here are 10 PR industry job trends, including some data sourced from the U.S. Contrary to popular belief, PR is measurable given the vast amounts of data that are now available to us. We’ve all heard the saying you can’t manage what you can’t measure.

Trends 150

Trends Publicity Data-Driven PR Government 150

PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

Artificial intelligence also has the potential to revolutionize journalism. Digital storytelling, social listening and native advertising will all dramatically increase in significance as well, even as blogs maintain an important role in disseminating information. Look for more PR shops to say they’re “data driven.”.

Publicity 167

Publicity Social Media Television Measurement 167

Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

The calculation takes into account a number of data points, such as social shares, SEO data and page rankings. According to a much quoted stat, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the last few years – 90% of the information you have access to now you simply didn’t have in time past. Adweek Online.

Marketing 0

Marketing Mobile Nonprofit Engineering 0

Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Fundamentals like creative collaboration, grassroots ideas, great storytelling, smart planning, are as important today as they have ever been. Is a Wall Street Journal mention going to make more of an impact for your business than an in-depth feature in a key vertical publication? Do you have a strong story and storytellers?

Strategy 78

Strategy Media Storytelling Pinterest 78

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Chris Lynch: I think they are, and I think that’s being driven in part by just how granular we can look at communications now due to the technology that we have in place to measure it. Steve Barrett: That’s true, marketers could always say, “well we drove sales and we got the Nielsen data to back it up, etc.,

Media 202

Media Storytelling Technology Data 202

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Growth of independent journalism. “We This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Data-driven PR. Data literacy is a prerequisite for PR.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I’ll sit in on keynotes and sessions to get the updates on pressing topics including measurement, diversity in communications, data and creative storytelling, etc. Book Reviews / Journal Research. Reading about their findings in peer-reviewed journals and offering your thoughts helps to continue the conversation.

Skype 150

Skype Industry Storytelling Interviews 150

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Yes, video storytelling is at an all-time high in terms of interest. Data analysts. We need to bolster our data mining and analytical skills if we’re to get that coveted “seat at the table.” While I think that number is very high, it’s also indicative of where we’re at in 2019. But, so is audio.

Brand 79

Brand Branding Survey Conference 79

Barokas

JANUARY 9, 2019

Sure everyone wants coverage in the Wall Street Journal, but is a mention there going to make more of an impact for your business than an in-depth feature in a key vertical publication? Do you have a strong story and storytellers? How do you measure success? Marketing and PR’s impact is notoriously difficult to measure.

Strategy 60

Strategy Media Pinterest Storytelling 60

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 7, 2019

Once data has been placed in a block, it cannot be changed. Ragan.com outlines some methods PR pros will use to interpret and refine their data, propelling effective messaging. In our Solo PR circles, we often discuss starting with the measurable goal and working backward to develop the campaign to get us there.

Trends 45

Trends Google Crisis Management Data 45

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

CMOs also choose to define it more broadly across technology (48%), content (44%), distribution channels (41%) and data (38%). 13) Storytelling the hottest trend in PR in 2018. It found analytical creatives do three things: “They treat creativity and data as equal partners.”. 5) The CMO role in the 4Ps may be changing.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Currently, PR professionals are still in love with the concept of “storytelling.” The problem with storytelling as a vehicle for engagement, and more importantly message placement, is that if everyone is following the same model, it all becomes noise again. ” Reports of the death of storytelling are not new.

Storytelling 87

Storytelling Measurement Ethics Web 87

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Perhaps public relations closer association at that time with journalism/mass communication schools in the US was a reason why there isn’t such strong academic connection with the social sciences. I think you’re right about making public relations measurement and evaluation more interesting.

Publicity 46

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 46

PR Conversations

APRIL 10, 2018

Recently, after a long hiatus during which my involvement with PR was largely on the evaluation and measurement side, I’ve come back to reading, thinking and writing about PR practice and theory. Practice is staying focused on hierarchical and strictly systematic, measurable models. Too close to propaganda.

Training 80

Training Measurement Technology Engineering 80

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Perhaps public relations closer association at that time with journalism/mass communication schools in the US was a reason why there isn’t such strong academic connection with the social sciences. I think you’re right about making public relations measurement and evaluation more interesting.

Publicity 41

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 41

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Perhaps public relations closer association at that time with journalism/mass communication schools in the US was a reason why there isn’t such strong academic connection with the social sciences. I think you’re right about making public relations measurement and evaluation more interesting.

Publicity 40

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The organizations who take their ESG, DEI, and social impact strategies seriously will be the ones who are unafraid to show their progress, no matter how big or small it may be, with a combination of visual and written storytelling. A great data divide. Brad Marley , Yelram Media Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

Although the trio’s conversation focused on the state of journalism in the District, the obstacles and opportunities they discussed not only apply to most news markets, they also impact their PR counterparts. Research, measurement, optimization and patience are key to success. Learn more about data visualization.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Journalism Print 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. Authentic storytelling continued to excel “For PR, authentic storytelling will continue to excel as consumers seek honest, genuine experiences and solutions.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

The top five communications tactics based on a weighted average are: data & analytics; storytelling; content marketing , blogging, and brand journalism; business social responsibility; and thought leadership. PR measurement. Top tactics in PR and comms. It’s also freely available for download as a PDF on SlideShare.

Survey 121

Survey Measurement Public Affairs Storytelling 121

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

The survey identified the top five reasons for firing an agency as follows: 1) cost (81%); 2) poor client service (47%); 3) inability to measure ROI (41%); 4) too much “hand-holding” (32%); 5) taking more work in-house (30%). 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization. is notoriously difficult to measure.

Survey 99

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 99

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Data and analytics capabilities will mature to allow companies to predict the best possible experience and communication touchpoints throughout the entire customer journey. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. Craig Dekshenieks | Aderant.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

the co-founder and chief data scientist at Signal AI, in a separate, but a clearly related, blog post. The current volume, speed and diversity of data is just too big and complex for monitoring to be handled manually.”. b) Getting on the same page about storytelling via MuckRack and Michelle Garrett.

Pitching 78

Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

You do need the storytelling, relationship building, creative and analytical skills. Further reading: Nurturing tomorrow’s leaders , Camier Communications, Isobel Camier How to build a PR measurement dashboard - Andrew Smith, director, Escherman Piotr Boiwka- Which data visualisation tool is the most worth to learn?

Google 119

Google Data Government Social Media 119

Beyond PR

JANUARY 18, 2018

In this webinar, we dove into how the decline of advertising has affected and even elevated earned media, as well as how earned media deserves a second look now that we have technological innovations that have changed how we measure results. We now have the tools to measure earned media from awareness to shopping cart conversions.

Media 75

Media Advertising Advertising Measurement 75

NewsWhip

JANUARY 16, 2020

In order to measure which links to content would count as actual articles, we sorted through our database that tracks billions of stories and filtered by those that 1) published in English and 2) were not gifs, memes or photos of quotes. Katherine is a Content Strategist working at the confluence of journalism + marketing.

Web 103

Web Local Journalism Storytelling 103

Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

Second, almost everything is now measurable. Now we’ve got incredibly powerful and granular measurement and analytics tools that tie together all our online efforts and increasingly account for offline efforts as well. Plus, modern event technology and management platforms open some amazing data collection opportunities.

Marketing 62

Marketing B2B Print Technology 62

NewsWhip

MAY 12, 2021

And, I sit on the strategy team, and I am essentially half numbers and measurement and half culture and trends. So, really I look at measuring the performance of our content and then trying to find trends to inform our content strategy. So, what metrics and data do you use to guide content creation? Lots and lots of reporting.

Trends 78

Trends Brand Branding Reddit 78

Onclusive

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Media’s Executive Editor of Content Strategies, recently sat down with AirPR to discuss sponsored content, PR, storytelling and the future of the industry. With decades of experience in journalism, PR and content marketing, Jon is now in charge of content for Inc. What are best practices in PR & content marketing measurement?

Interviews 294

Interviews Strategy Content Marketing Advertising 294

NewsWhip

MAY 27, 2021

The future of storytelling in healthcare communications. Real Chemistry’s Practice Leader of Media & Engagement Becky Vonsiatsky joins NewsWhip’s CEO Paul Quigley to discuss how healthcare storytelling will continue to connect authentically with key audiences, wherever they are. We pride ourselves on following the data.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Storytelling Communications Local 78

PR Conversations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Public relations education now trumps journalism. This is new, according to Thurlow, because, “Historically in Canada, most PR practitioners had a journalism degree.”. Such data may be available through related PR/communication associations. PR professionals aren’t being vigilant about program measurement and evaluation.

Study 99

Study Measurement Survey Education 99

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Our moderator was Jerry Swerling, Professor and Director of Public Relations Studies, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. So their first goal was to have a sizable group they could engage with to gather data. Once they had the data they analyzed it and discovered that they had a large group of fans who were over 50.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Groups Facebook Reputation 100