Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

From blog posts to white papers, most companies create some form of owned content but not all are utilizing it to its fullest potential – or even know how it performs on its own. Daily blog posts demand large amounts of time and effort. Owned content. The Problem. Owned content doesn’t always perform as well as it should. The Solution.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Untrusted PR professionals who don’t do the hard work of building relationships often focus only the client’s interests. Many of the communications systems of the digital age DO scale, such as email, instant messaging, text messages, and social media. For those who don’t know me, I rarely ever blog about lawns and gardens.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

We see this happening in the communications and PR industry. Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. At the same time, generation after generation of new media pop up, from blogs to social media to video influencers and more.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2015

We’ve covered the basics of public speaking here on the SHIFT blog before. Rather than just wing it or have a purely canned talk that may not be relevant to the audience and the event, we can look to data. As early as a month out, track the conference hashtag or social media profiles to see what the hot topics are.

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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).

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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 combined that with a review of the newsroom portions of their sites and their social profiles.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It certainly is convenient that nearly everyone carries a mobile device with built-in GPS, devices that are constantly communicating that location data to outside parties. Marketers and advertisers pay attention to this. For example, the MLB used Bluetooth Beacons in its ballparks to direct customers to their seats.

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