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CMOs Regard Measurement as Key to Proving Value

The Proactive Report

Two-thirds of the CMOs polled in the 2017 Marketing Performance Management Benchmark study said the pressure to measure value, impact, and contribution is growing. That might describe how PR pros feel about analytics and measurement too. So now would be a good time to upgrade your skills in this area.

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Social Media Strategy Template

The Proactive Report

92% of marketers claim that social media marketing is important for their business. No wonder then that there is so much discussion about how to measure results and reluctance on the part of the CFO to fund programs that have no strategy or defined metrics. Set measurable goals that align with the overall business goals.

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5 Content Pitfalls in Fast-Growing Businesses

The Proactive Report

Marketing and PR are two important components of growing a business. As marketing and branding expert Al Ries said, “PR starts the fire, marketing fans the flames.” 64% of marketers identify developing a comprehensive content strategy as a top challenge.( SEO writing is a vital PR skill today.

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Metrics in Crisis Comms, Marketing and Social Media [UML]

Sword and the Script

The way I see it there are two key challenges with measurement in marketing – and both are human. Asks any digital savvy marketer to drive more clicks or more webinar registrants and they certainly can. The second problem is that the things marketing wants to definitively measure tend to be asymmetric and intangible.

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Extreme Calendaring: Here’s How to Boost Productivity Now

PR News

Shopping for a 2017 wall calendar for my office over the holiday break, I had a hard time deciding between the zoo animals in yoga poses, all things Tuscany, or an adult coloring calendar. The post Extreme Calendaring: Here’s How to Boost Productivity Now appeared first on PR News Blog.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Today, the company is perhaps the largest of its kind, and I think understanding how it got to the place it is now, offers an interesting window into the world of PR and the evolution of technology for the digital PR community. Cision spins off Outmarket , which had previously been the Vocus marketing Suite.

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Digital PR Strategy: Industry Insights and The Methods That Secure Coverage in 2021

Buzzstream

I was clueless about the world of Digital PR and what it entailed – until I landed in the industry myself. Unlike its traditional PR counterpart, Digital PR is also conducted with SEO in mind and one of the key aims of outreach is to gain linked coverage on online news publications.