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Three Signs You Should Invest in Measurement Tools

Shift Communications

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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8 Innovations in Public Relations Technology to Watch

Sword and the Script

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market.

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New Study Highlights Skills Gap in College Graduates

The Proactive Report

Here’s another stat: There’s a 45 percent under-employment rate for graduates with an advertising or PR major. Middleware and Integration Software. Software Revision Control Systems. SEO/SEM Marketing. The PR Measurement Course could give you that extra edge on your resume. User Interface Design.

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B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success

Sword and the Script

The first measure came from a business with a marketing automation system implemented. The second measure was largely a manual effort: going back through the deals closed at the end of the year and identifying which ones had downloaded gated for content featured on the blog. Components to Effectively Measure a B2B Blog.

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3 Studies to Help You Keep Your Marketing Budget and Fend Off Reactionary Cuts [UML]

Sword and the Script

We have more studies, more data and more experience both in designing and measuring marketing and marketing in a downturn. She’s the CEO of Analytics Partners , a marketing analytics software and consulting company. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML].

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Owned Content: Calculating Success

Shift Communications

Marketers, PR Pros, and Advertisers are in a daily battle to remove opinion from decision making and tactical execution. Success is more than just clicks; it’s also SEO, social shares, engagement and quality of content. How can all of this be measured and analyzed? The Solution. SHIFT has the solution: SCALE.

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CommsTech versus PR Tech in the Court of Public Opinion [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. This is effectively native advertising, which Cision says is “proven to be more trustworthy.” CommsTech does seem like the broader category. Cision US Inc.