PR in High Definition

MARCH 21, 2018

Facebook (and many of the social networks) have already been putting greater transparency measures in place in the recent waves of scrutiny and interest. For example, Facebook discussed openly how it deals with abuse and radicalisation , and Canada allowed consumers to see what ads a company is running at any one time.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We talk a lot about measuring PR on this blog and as a reader, you know that not all PR tactics directly impact the bottom line. If you don’t already have measurement tools and dashboards in place, these questions commonly asked by clients and brand management alike can be a good indicator that it’s well past time to get started.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Social Media Ecommerce Marketing Imagine this as a big umbrella that covers lots of stuff—building up your brand’s popularity, guiding customers to your website, advertising and selling products, and even the art of social selling and social commerce. Big names like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok are all in on this.

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Social Media Media Mobile SEO 86

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When it comes to the transformation of the public relations industry, Google, Facebook, and Twitter always receive the revolutionizing praise. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative.

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How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Of the three pillars of the marketer’s media mix — paid, owned and earned — earned media can be the most challenging to measure. Despite Facebook’s measurement problems , Google’s ad controversy and $7B of fraud allegations, the dollars keep flowing. The result was an all-boats-rise in the advertising market.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2017

The ability to target audiences on social is increasingly important considering that networks have grown in size (Facebook now has two billion monthly users ), and fake profiles have become increasingly prevalent (It is estimated that between 9 percent and 15 percent of monthly Twitter users are bots ).

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Prohibition

AUGUST 25, 2023

These channels include websites, search engines, social media platforms, email marketing, and online advertising. With the majority of consumers now relying on the internet for product research and purchasing decisions, having a strong online presence is essential. Ready to make your retail brand a success?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2024

In a world saturated with information, where consumers are more discerning than ever, the role of authenticity in public relations and communications cannot be overstated. Consumers crave genuine connections and are drawn to brands and personalities that share their values and beliefs. Think of the brands you deal with daily.

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Polaris

AUGUST 19, 2014

In my field, that means scoring a big win for a client—whether it’s securing a feature article in a national newspaper, improving engagement on a Facebook page or creating an eBook that attracts thousands of downloads. The public relations measurement challenge. The state of public relations measurement today.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We’re now seeing investment in digital marketing overtaking investment in traditional marketing at a rapidly increasing rate, with Britain being the largest online advertising market in Europe, and predictions that almost two-thirds of UK ad spend will be online by 2020. The world of marketing looks very different from what it once was.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 18, 2021

In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Or you could leverage other people’s groups on LinkedIn and Facebook. Read this article about leveraging Facebook Groups. The top of the funnel is filled by PR.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Consumers also want answers yesterday and have become impatient when they don’t have an answer within seconds. It’s hard to believe that by that time social networks like Facebook and Twitter will be over ten years old. First, it’s my feeling that we’ll see a greater understanding of the melding of PR, marketing and advertising.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2017

Data for the US shows that consumers spend an average of 5.6 4 Internet advertising set to pass television. Global spend on internet advertising is set to overtake television advertising in the next six months. The ability to target and measure ad performance makes digital ads attractive to brands. 9 Talk to me.

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NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Owned by Meta (formerly Facebook), Instagram has been the premier photo sharing app for more than a decade. Beyond daily snapshots, the app has become a breeding ground for brands to advertise their products to a wider audience with brand partnerships. Let’s dive into the data. Notable influencers with brand partnerships.

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Instagram Brand Branding Fashion 78

Prohibition

AUGUST 22, 2023

Here are some key strategies to consider: Utilising social media for retail marketing Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok offer powerful marketing opportunities for retailers. PR can help create a positive perception of your brand in the minds of consumers. Building a strong brand image is essential.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is a critical component of any digital marketing strategy. Because digital marketers are finding an increase in performance with pay-per-click advertising methods. Businesses that promote on social media have a variety of options for getting their advertisements and content visible on this platform.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, what businesses need the most is marketing strategy and the fundamentals – audience identification, positioning, messaging, distribution and feedback or measurement – haven’t changed even as tactics have evolved. Finally, you probably need to bring some budget for social media advertising and time to experiment with paid media techniques.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” ~ Peter Drucker. But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. THAT you can measure against. Find a way to measure engagement instead.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

An analysis of more than 22 million posts from over 56,000 business sites identified some revealing industry benchmarks on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter. What it found is that Instagram appeared to be the rising star among advertisers in 2020. In spite of Facebook’s enormous popularity, the study reported that the platform’s.26%

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Social Media Healthcare Brand Branding 88

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. And that requires good data – not only to find the right people and outlets but also to measure the reach and impact of these efforts. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook posts would have hundreds of comments with active conversations happening in the threads. Advertising has taken over. Specifically they’re looking for news and information to consume or they’re looking to be entertained–Pew’s research found exactly that in its recent report.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

We’ve watched traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television decrease in importance thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and other social platforms. Tools to measure and evaluate public relations might continue their march away from simplistic and output-based methods toward more valuable outcome-based measures.

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Publicity Social Media Television Measurement 162

Cision

MAY 6, 2015

Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE) (the measurement equivalent of the self-esteem movement), justifies what you have by what it would have cost if you’d bought it. There are plenty of different software packages that offer unique ways to capture and measure PR data, but there is still an unsatisfying aspect to these.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It also presents businesses a conundrum: the need to reach and convert online consumers has accelerated, yet much belief about digital and social customers is counter-intuitive. Take a look at Kohl’s Twitter replies and Facebook replies , and you’ll see that many customers use social media to resolve their issues with the brand.

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Social Media Facebook Print Advertising 120

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Reaching out to people that are more likely to be receptive to your brand is more cost efficient, less time consuming and more sustainable in the long run. To be a successful marketer, you must be able to measure your strategies. Without measuring your data, you won’t know what’s working and what’s not and how to move forward.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 17, 2019

These include native advertising, sponsored content, syndication; and paid influencers, search and social media. It reflects the innovation in digital media over the last 20 years driven by Facebook and Google. Facebook Facebook Ad Planner Instagram The Facebook Ad Planner is also used for campaigns on Instagram.

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Media How To Advertising Advertising 103

Polaris

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Twitter and Facebook lagged significantly behind the photo-sharing platform—engagement increased a mere 32% and 27% respectively. We’re recommending Instagram to clients more often as part of influencer outreach programs for consumer brands—and at the same time trying to determine the best approach to measure and evaluate results.

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Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

Marketing and advertising teams A/B test ad copy to see which messages resonate the most with their customers. Many of the insights Riggs discovered were due to his use of PR analytics and measuring the nuts and bolts of PR campaign success. Marketing Goal 4: Measure brand perception more effectively.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Most companies would agree that consumer trust is a valuable commodity — one that can’t be bought or sold. According to Nielsen’s Global Trust in Advertising study , consumers trust earned media and recommendations from friends and family more than any other source. 10 at PRSA’s 2017 International Conference in Boston.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 21, 2015

With the gajillions of measurable actions consumers take every day, the massive amount of information PR pros must sift through grows exponentially, which, in turn, can make locating those meaningful insights challenging. What consumer segment is most in need of your new, musky scent? Guest post by Leta Soza AirPR.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 29, 2018

Much ado was made during the month of January about Facebook’s Newsfeed changes. What actually happened, and how measurable has the impact been? To examine the changes, we looked at the Facebook engagement rates of 3,265 Facebook Pages with more than 1,000 followers in four categories: Overall Pages. Methodology.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve bought into that, then how do you find smarter ways to measure authoritative content? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. So how do you now measure the validity of this content? Image: Thinkstock.

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NewsWhip

APRIL 28, 2021

How has the consumer changed the news cycle and impacted PR measurement? Communications methods & measurement standards. The consumer-driven news cycle & PR measurement. And it’s no longer about that measurement piece at the end. APRIL 22, 2021 4pm Singapore / 12pm UAE / 9am Ireland.

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Consumer Measurement Local Data 78

Cision

MAY 2, 2016

” – Cory Haik, Chief Content Strategy Officer at Mic , speaking on a panel at the Facebook F8 Conference. Fast forward a few months and with very little conscious thought I get much of my News briefs from the Apple News app, as well as from Facebook, Twitter, Amazon’s Alexa and (of course) Google.

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Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

Advertising Age Online. Though marketing pros have been telling stories for a long time, consumers are looking for increasingly short, visual and engaging tales in order to hold their attention and build a connection. Advertising Week. Given that, ignoring or dismissing it seems massively flawed.” Search Engine Land.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Consumers are especially distracted by many other priorities for their attention. Snapchat’s revenue saw the traditional fourth quarter bounce that all established social networks see: Fourth quarter earnings almost always are strongly positive as advertisers pour money into social networks for the holidays. Snapchat notched 37.5%

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

We’ve been able to observe the impact of the virus on consumer behaviour and media consumption thanks to data from Brandwatch, OFCOM, Reuters Institute and YouGov, among others. In the consumer sector, the entertainment, gym, hospitality, sports and travel industries in the UK shutdown on 23 March when a lockdown was applied.

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