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The Influencer Marketing Measurement Enigma

PRSay

Public relations has always been a challenge to measure. We used to calculate the value of earned media placements according to advertising value equivalency (AVE), based on the cost of a print media ad and the publication in which it appeared. If there’s anything marketing has a lot of, then it’s metrics. Does EMV even matter?

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Measuring Public Relations

5W PR

Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. Measuring your Website Traffic –It’s important to take a look at your website traffic before, during, and after PR.

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Can You Measure PR?

5W PR

Even so, measuring PR is hardly an exact science. Perhaps the biggest change the Barcelona Principles wrought on the PR industry is the rejection of Advertising Value Equivalents (AVE), a concrete statement that PR is not advertising; a news story is not an ad. Let’s be clear, however: they are still just that.

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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR firms have withstood the rise of many possible “PR killers” including email marketing, digital advertising, and social media, often integrating or using those disciplines to grow their business or even make earned media more effective. Track Campaign Effectiveness In the past, it was difficult to measure the impact of a PR campaign.

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How to Measure PR?

5W PR

Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. Measuring your Website Traffic–It’s important to take a look at your website traffic before, during, and after PR.

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5 Amazing Facts You Must Know About Facebook Advertising

Cision

According to the 2016 Content Marketing Benchmark Report by the Content Marketing Institute, the top three paid advertising methods used by B2B marketers to promote/distribute content are: Search Engine Marketing (66 percent); Print or Other Offline Promotion (57 percent); Traditional Online Banner Ads (55 percent). That is staggering.

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Native Advertising: Should PR Shore Up the Defenses or Lead an Expeditionary Force?

Shift Communications

With a host of media, advertising and adtech companies on the roster, many of our teams at SHIFT are grappling with stories relating to how native advertising is impacting these industries. According to an Advertising Age poll from this time last year, nearly two-thirds of marketers planned to increase their native spend.