Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For those who don’t watch, Succession follows the dysfunctional Roy family, whose patriarch, Logan Roy, owns and operates the largest media and entertainment company in the world. But, this is a blog about PR, communications and media relations, so enough about the plot summary.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. This is especially challenging with the increasingly fragmented media ecosystem, but Burrelles can help !

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

First up: PR measurement lets communicators speak the language of the boardroom. As public relations evolves to include data analysis that measures campaign results, communicators might be reluctant to embrace these new tools that have not traditionally been part of the profession. 17 livestream on PRSA’s LinkedIn page.

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Onclusive

APRIL 5, 2018

“ AirPR allows you to track more in-depth metrics than the other PR monitoring platforms. ”. This month, AirPR was recognized as a High Performer in the Grid® Report for PR Analytics | Spring 2018 based on our customer reviews. I always had the following questions: Does this software give me what I’m looking for?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

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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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

There is a long-standing joke in the PR industry that the most popular tool is Excel. Excel isn’t used to track the value that the PR industry creates but instead as a crude relationship management tool. The PR industry tool market emerged from Cision , Kantar Media formerly Precise, and Meltwater. It isn’t very funny.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. Second, any links in the text were added by me and not ChatGPT.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

SEMrush goes IPO; Meltwater acquires Linkfluence; G2 names best media monitoring solutions; Critical Mention adds GA integration; Vetted is generally availability. This time last year was the first PR Tech Sum published after the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. SEMrush goes IPO. million of red ink on $92.01

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Onclusive

JANUARY 6, 2020

A good piece of earned media content can do the same thing. Earned media content — sometimes the result of your PR efforts — is so valuable and persuasive precisely because it is not you communicating with your audience, and they realize that. Think about it.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Recently, 500 public relations , social media, and marketing experts were asked by Meltwater , the media intelligence and monitoring company, to weigh in on how they prioritize their responsibilities, time, and budget as the industry shifts to digital and social content creation.

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Mindful Marketing

MAY 10, 2016

In PR circles today, measurement and analytics are all the rage – at least at a conversational level. There are multitudes of twitter chats, blog posts and speakers claiming to help you create scorecards, monitor your media more intelligently, measure the impact of your social media, and become a “measurement ninja.”

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Prohibition

APRIL 18, 2023

Measuring the success of your PR activity can be difficult, as results are often more tricky to quantify than traditional advertising and marketing campaigns. So how do you measure the success of your PR efforts? We’ve compiled a list of key metrics that you can consider when it comes to evaluating your PR activity.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 9, 2016

That was how we measured the PR team’s performance – by counting the publicity clips our work generated. Fast-forward a couple of decades, and the PR industry has grown far larger and more sophisticated. We use social media listening tools, review market research, and create SEO-enhanced content.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

At times, technology PR can feel like a shape-shifting beast — large, fast-moving, and even a little intimidating. Now we explore some 2018 trends and issues that continue to affect the tech PR sector. 5 tech PR trends. 5 tech PR trends. Quality data has made better PR monitoring and measurement possible.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. In my own defense, it’s the only one I’ve missed since I started writing the PR Tech Sum roundups 25 months ago. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? ResponseSource also offers press release distribution and a media database.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Over the last few years, particularly with the onset of social media, emotional reactions from consumers have changed the face of public relations. Fortunately, emotions can be widely used in your digital PR, especially to tell stories that connect with your audience. However, not all of them may be the key to boost your digital PR.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tip of the month: “Take someone in finance to lunch and learn how you make money ” This is just one of the amazing tips from the Queen of metrics Katie Paine in this interview on PR News. She always explains clearly how to demonstrate organisational impact from your PR work. It’s a daunting first task in PR. It’s gold-dust.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

My last PR tech sum went up in early November – and there’s a lot that happened between then and now. I’ve teased the deals in the headline, but there are a lot of AI happenings in PR too. Truescope is an Australian-based startup focused on media monitoring. million in November of 2021. Terms were not disclosed.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 26, 2019

For example, in a traditional media relations setting, how do you know if a media mention is moving the needle on reputation? I once worked with an agency team that had placed a client in the Wall Street Journal. Modern digital media brought web analytics which have made gathering metrics easier. On donations?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

New York, California, Texas and Florida don’t seem to agree on anything these days except they are more likely to use the term “PR Tech” as opposed to “CommTech”. Recently I’ve noticed an article discussing “CommsTech” as opposed to PR tech. Then I saw another article on CommsTech which was also clearly about PR tech tools.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

In recent years, the way PR and communications pros communicate with the media has undergone rapid evolution. This was always important but it has become even more crucial in an era of fractured, niche media. Building relationships is the same…it’s the media itself that’s different.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 7, 2020

A few months back, Agility PR Solutions announced it updated its media monitoring tool. 1) Overview of Agility PR Solutions. Agility PR Solutions is a subsidiary of Innodata Inc. MediaMiser was based in Canada and provided media monitoring tools. 2) Setting up media monitoring searches .

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Critical Mention

JULY 16, 2019

As the cost of paid advertising across various digital and broadcast channels increases, brands are increasingly focused on earned media as a way to build awareness and generate revenue. Top tier media intelligence solutions provide publicity value as a KPI, which approximate the monetary value of a media story. Publicity Value.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

If you work in PR, marketing or communications and use a media intelligence platform, you might be familiar with the “good enough for now” syndrome. Maybe you are using a media monitoring platform that isn’t delivering on the promises you were made when you bought it, but does the bare minimum you need to get your job done. .

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

Uncertainty in the Earned Media and Media Monitoring Landscape: What It Means For You. If you work in public relations or marketing—or in the business world generally—you have likely heard about several major developments in the media monitoring marketplace.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

Like any technology investment, making a decision about which media monitoring or earned media measurement tool is right for your business can be challenging. When you are monitoring important media coverage—whether it’s a PR crisis or an especially impactful brand story—getting results quickly is absolutely critical.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As consumer trends continue to shift away from traditional brick-and-mortar shopping to online shopping and social media activity, a strong, targeted, and effective digital marketing plan is becoming more important than ever. Social Media Engagement. Conversions. Sales matter more than anything else. Brand Mentions.

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NewsWhip

APRIL 14, 2020

We recently had a virtual sit down with Zach Silber from Kivvit to discuss the ways COVID-19 is impacting the PR industry and how agencies’ responsibilities have changed during these last 30 days. Zach is the Chief Innovation Officer at Kivvit, a national data-driven public affairs & strategic communications agency.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2017

As I wrote about in my last post , my approach to PR measurement has evolved over the years. In my last two jobs – one agency and one in house – I’ve used SeeDepth to monitor and measure results. This allowed me to directly measure competitors against only the criteria the company desired to measure.

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Critical Mention

AUGUST 16, 2018

This is where media monitoring can help. We’ve outlined how this PR software can enable PR pros to stay ahead of the curve! What do PR pros expect from getting media? They want news from all media types as quickly as possible. PR pros can’t keep on top of all of the data without the right tools.

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Onclusive

MAY 31, 2017

My first job in social media sparked a passion for data. At the time, I worked at a boutique social media agency where my job was to monitor online engagement for our clients. One of my projects was measuring sentiment around new film releases including compiling weekly sentiment reports. I shouted in excitement.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

Recently, I’ve begun looking more closely at PR technology , companies. This is an effort to illustrate some of the interesting innovations occurring within the PR vendor community – and provide an agnostic source of information on tools and technologies I believe PR professionals should have on their radar.

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The Resolution Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

taa, nah Who knew MJ was so knowledgable in PR data and insights? Well now we have the soundtrack we need to take the topic seriously because, yes, clean PR data is ‘a thing’! It can be a simple lists of coverage, noting details such as headline, date, source name, URL, campaign name, media type (national / regional trade).

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Critical Mention

MAY 28, 2019

While various social media platforms, paid search and social, chatbots, SMS messaging and various other marketing channels continue to grow in popularity, email marketing can sometimes seem like a relic of the digital past. In reality, however, email marketing still holds an important place in the marketing mix for most brands.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 8, 2018

It’s that time of the year to plan your PR budget. Why not factor media monitoring into the equation? As you’re finalizing your PR budget for the fiscal year, why don’t you come up with that next big idea to present to your team: media monitoring. Now is your chance to revel in the spotlight.

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

As PR agencies go, Wildfire is unashamedly nerdy. While we are a group of creatives in a beautiful riverside boathouse in suburban London, we’re also bunch of mad scientists who like to conduct experiments on all aspects PR — and we like having a logical, methodical approach to our work. The same was pretty much true of PR.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2017

I started my PR and marketing career almost 15 years ago. At my first agency job, the majority of my day was spent faxing press releases to media outlets, and taping newspaper and magazine articles into giant “clip books” while calculating the number of estimated reader impressions achieved. This was PR measurement.

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