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Public Relations Jobseekers: Act Before 2017 Ends

Shift Communications

As 2017 enters its final month, we hit a period in the US B2B world known as the great lull. As in, the weeks between Thanksgiving and December 10, 2017. Predicting PR Job Searches. Between Thanksgiving and December 10, 2017. Vice President, Marketing Technology. When To Find a Public Relations Job. Christopher S.

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How AI Can Help Your PR Strategy

Onclusive

In 2012, Gartner predicted that by this year (2017), the CMO will spend more on technology that the CIO. Fortunately, we now have two major tools at our fingertips: data and insights. Enter the era of data-driven PR through artificial intelligence. Identify PR funnel accelerators.

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Three Public Relations Mega-Trends in 2017

Shift Communications

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? In 2017, the tsunami of content will only increase. How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? However, the year that the bubble bursts will not be 2017. Let’s see if we’re ready for them. Content Shockwave.

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IBM Vision: The Future of AI and Public Relations

Shift Communications

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. We see this happening in the communications and PR industry. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 18, 2017. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Top Public Relations Trends in 2018: Introduction

Shift Communications

As we wind down 2017, our gaze inevitably turns to the horizon. In this series, we’ll examine some of the major trends we see ahead and how PR practitioners of all stripes should prepare. Thanks to technologies like cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet access, mobile devices, and machine learning, the pace of change will only increase.

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Breaching 140: Who’s Using Twitter’s 280 Characters?

Shift Communications

On September 26, 2017, Twitter surprised its users by announcing that certain users would have their tweet character limits doubled, from 140 characters to 280 characters. Vice President, Marketing Technology. We downloaded 4,832,877 tweets from Twitter dating back to September 1, 2017. B2B technology. Methodology.

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

Shift Communications

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. 2014: ZIPR Mobile PR Spokesperson App. Vice President, Marketing Technology.