Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Impressions are a diagnostic metric; if your earned media placement or advertisement isn’t seen by anyone, then we know its impact to your business is also zero. For example, I drive past billboards and advertisements every morning on my commute to work. I can’t recall a single brand or product on any recent drive.

Analytics 132

Analytics Measurement Software Survey 132

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We’ve talked a lot in the past year about Facebook, from the evolution of its advertising offering to the almost complete destruction of organic reach for brand pages. As a brand manager, the best thing you can do is accept this fact and adjust strategies.

Data-Driven PR 60

Data-Driven PR Facebook Analytics Google 60

Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

It’s hard to miss all the articles and blog posts about how the PR industry is changing, how it’s integrating with new skill sets. Today, I wanted to dive a little more into my personal experience on the subject – including why PR pros should honestly start thinking about expanding their skill sets (and where to start).

Marketing 60

Marketing Data-Driven PR Analytics Training 60

Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. I n other words, when it comes to marketing, what are more “traditional” B2B companies doing these days?

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Construction Analytics 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? For those brands and professionals who do not engage machine learning technologies in their work, they will see their relative share of voice decline. The solution to this quandary is the owned audience. Dark Social and Influence. Christopher S.

Trends 83

Trends Publicity Analytics Software 83

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Impressions are a diagnostic metric; if your earned media placement or advertisement is seen by zero people, then for certain we can determine that its impact to your business is also zero. For example, I drive past billboards and advertisements every morning on the commute to work. Impressions are worth nothing by themselves.

Analytics 60

Analytics Measurement Software Advertising 60

Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

Do we help build confidence in a brand to nurture or ease the selling process? Once we have qualitative data, we blend it with quantitative data to understand our customer behavior, then modify our sales, marketing, advertising, and public relations strategies to align with our customers. Christopher S.

Measurement 147

Measurement Data Study Advertising 147

Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

However, if we distill down the essence of public relations, it’s to build awareness and trust in a brand, such that people want to share it, talk about it, and ultimately buy from it. The biggest problem brands face – for the most part – isn’t negative press. What is branded non-negative search?

Measurement 107

Measurement SEO Policies Reputation 107

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Of all the industries using the new format, B2C financial services – banking and retail investment brands – are using the most characters in the new format. Marketing and advertising. The accounts are a mix of individual users/people, as well as brands. Who’s the most verbose? Floral and gifts. The Fortune 10.

B2C 103

B2C Airlines Pharmaceuticals B2B 103

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Today, with over 2 billion smartphones in use, the ways in which consumers experience brands is fundamentally different. The way we think of the “internet” as a place for brands must fundamentally change to reflect the rise of mobile. In the internet of a decade ago, users experienced brands primarily through web browsers.

Mobile 60

Mobile Examples Brand Branding 60