Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. 3) Earned media improves advertising effectiveness.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As the importance of earned media continues to grow, PR pros and marketers are seeking alternative ways to drive brand awareness without spending on advertising and then access all of their mentions across the web. A great way to start is to brainstorm ways to measure up to your competition. Leverage Multiple Media Channels.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. How is public relations measured? Public relations (PR) practitioners use a variety of methods to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. The 10 Most Common Ways Comms Pros are Measuring PR.

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

Marketers, PR Pros, and Advertisers are in a daily battle to remove opinion from decision making and tactical execution. How can all of this be measured and analyzed? By using SCALE, successful content (by all definitions) can be compiled and analyzed. The Solution. SHIFT has the solution: SCALE.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars.

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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? What is that if not the definition of “authoritative”? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. Image: Thinkstock.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s measured by asking respondents to rate trust on a nine-point scale from “distrust” to “neutral” to “trust.” Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Write with journalistic ideals.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

We looked for sites with clear signals that they accepted guest posts, such as post titles and URLs with the words “contribute” or “write for us.” Check Traffic Organic traffic is one metric that most tools can provide, though they are estimations of traffic, not exact measures. Remember, Google wants sites to provide helpful content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is measurement lost? I didn’t think I’d get back into the blogging saddle for a few days yet, but I couldn’t help it when I read this excellent post from Nick Lucido on the problem with PR measurement. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It feels like the definition of integrated is moving to a business term vs. marketing one. Moving forward using “data” will not be enough, just as writing a few tweets and blog posts didn’t mean implementing real strategies back in the early days of social. Measurement Continues to Evolve. Visual Storytelling Accelerates.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

It’s hard to measure but there’s negative consequences for not doing it.”. ” Certainly, the digital fingerprints of the web provided better mechanisms to measure indicators in these areas. There are, it seems, two ideological camps: “can’t measure” and “measure everything.”

Marketing 60

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 6, 2011

by a recent PR Daily post, “ Advertising vs. PR: How to measure the value of editorial coverage (thank you, Heather Whaling , for pointing me to it). it’s a very weird justification of AVE (ad value equivalency) as a measure of “PR,&# which the author equates to “publicity&# (something else I am so tired of hearing).

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Lloyd of Chicago wrote the definitive book of jury selection in Illinois. – print advertising. – pay per click advertising. The rule is: if you can’t measure the results, eliminate it. We worked with an East Coast law firm to write thousands of words of content about a particular mass tort.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 22, 2017

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” copyright law dates from the Constitution. Look to technology to understand why.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 21, 2017

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” copyright law dates from the Constitution. Look to technology to understand why.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

3) Measuring the influence of coverage. You can view this measure in a couple of different ways – and the charts allow for you to drill down and take a look at the underlying coverage. In theory, this concept could definitively end the debate over PR measurement , at least from a marketing perspective. Sentiment analysis.

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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. Watch webinar.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Wanna Subscribe?

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

And that's why I decided to write this book because I saw these huge changes happening in our business. And the other big difference is that for the first time in all of history, social media is measurable. You can measure how many people have read your article, how many have liked it, and how many have shared it.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2016

PR has a strategic role to play as Ross Levanto recently wrote in a contributed article for O’Dwyer’s: “What account-based marketing presents is another case where the PR function can have a definitive impact on revenue creation, given that one of its central premises is tracking an account all the way through to customer status.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s. I definitely agree that the practicality of psychological studies can be hugely enjoyable and rewarding.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

Meanwhile, I was also learning the news I was writing. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. We were going to the media, and the media was writing so we could reach the targets. So, what made you write this book? Maxim: It came naturally.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s. I definitely agree that the practicality of psychological studies can be hugely enjoyable and rewarding.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Its almost sad. Cheesier [.]

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s. I definitely agree that the practicality of psychological studies can be hugely enjoyable and rewarding.

Publicity 40

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 40

PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Toni Muzi Falconi writes: Regular readers of this blog are aware of my long-term, personal relationship with the Grunigs, yet I confess surprise when I read Jim Grunig’s first comment on this earlier blog post. Many entered the profession because of their craft skills, such as writing or editing, and that is what they continue to do.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is third-party validation: there’s nothing you can say about yourself that’s as powerful as someone else saying it about you. Old fashioned press releases and advertising can lead to bona fide editorial coverage. Million and Eyes the U.S.

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

They think that anything goes, that they can write and say whatever they want, tell bits of stories, even make them up, and in doing so have a frantic fight for more likes and shares. There you can write longer, share, and argue easier, illustrate with photos. We all need to learn how and what we speak, write, look like.

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Social Media Media Writing Web 52

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Sticky PR Measurement: Are We There Yet? Measure me this How many times have you been asked, “Well, what is the value of public relations?” .&# or “Can you really measure that ?”

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5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Throughout the years, one thing has remained the same: the purpose of a media kit is to act as a one-stop shop of information for a journalist or media source to write a feature on the company. While this is a definite perk, it also means that the media kit needs to be the best possible representation of the brand.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 15, 2016

She’s definitely unique. I work alongside an exceptional team of people managing social media listening; so for the most part, I shy away from the earned piece of social and focus on everything else from strategy, advertising, tool management, governance, content optimization and more. What am I talking about? Keep digging.

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PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

” Artists, volunteers, audiences and organizers—we are committed to this new definition of Fringe… David Jordan, president, Vancouver Fringe ( The Toronto Fringe 2015 program). Interestingly, the only performance I found with an advertised Twitter hashtag in the print program book was the UK’s James and Jamesy #HighTea show.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Where every business has data, perhaps even the same data, we cannot have, by definition, the same creativity. That’s according to Oliver McAteer , writing for Campaign Live about a survey by buy-side vendor Sizmek. Marketing Dive: 67% of marketers think digital advertising hurts creative quality. Meanwhile, 84 percent say A.I.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Here are three easy measures. This measure is useful for making the case to invest in content marketing. That’s of an old school freelance writing metric, but it’s still a solid benchmark, or you can assess what you spend on content today, and back into your own number. So how do you make the case in the interim?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

And the measures of success cited were typically backlinks and organic search traffic. The definition of content marketing . The thought process is: “Oh, we write ebooks and blog posts, so we do content marketing.” In fact, if you advertise to build awareness, you are essentially renting an audience someone else has built.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

For all of these things be able to demonstrate the value that you added so that when it comes to applying for internships or writing to companies that you’d like to do some work experience for, you’ll have some practical PR know-how and successes that you can point at. Manage the social media for a sports team you are part of.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The advertising strategies of the past no longer stack up to today’s audiences. After graduating, I lived abroad in Paris and Seoul and landed gigs to write for expat magazines, manage social media platforms, photograph events and interview professionals. We need to make advertising more like needs-addressing.

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