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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Track Campaign Effectiveness In the past, it was difficult to measure the impact of a PR campaign. Consider this quote from The New York Times : “Gone are the days when snaring attention for start-ups in the Valley meant mentions in print and on television, or even spotlights on technology Web sites and blogs.

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Measurement… Supplemented

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. The results? Sales of what?

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Measuring Public Relations Outcomes With Seth Duncan

Waxing UnLyrical

“Business outcomes tend to have two qualities in common; first, they have to be a measure of behavioral change (sales or otherwise); and second, as a metric, business outcomes must make sense/be recognizable across an organization.&# He then said, “The second way to measure offline business outcomes is to use primary research.

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How Pink Panties Heralded India's Social Media Movement

Waxing UnLyrical

In the Indian context, the web has begun to move beyond a media genre that was no different in terms of interruption when compared to conventional media like television and radio. As privacy and choice gained momentum, permission-based Internet activity has led to what we now describe as the social web.

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What Social Media Marketing Can—& Cannot—Do For Your Business

Polaris

It was January 2009—just over 5 years ago so the memory is fairly clear. Google Alerts will track mentions of your product on the web and on blogs. Instead, develop metrics that measure other things that matter to your business and that social readily delivers, such as customer engagement and satisfaction levels.

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Maddie : Lindy and I have talked to thousands of association executives who have voiced their frustrations about the social web. Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them.

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Influence or Popularity? Examining Influencer Marketing

Sword and the Script

My ideas are sometimes syndicated or shared in a variety of places around the web. However, when the social web exploded, many traditional PR pros were frozen in a lethargic traditionalist mentality and were slow to recognize how influence was shifting. My ideas are often syndicated in a variety of news and blog outlets.