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Data-Driven PR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner

Shift Communications

Digital has been in SHIFT’s blood for over a decade, from being one of the first agencies to embrace social media to creating the social media press release and social media newsroom. How do you measure in reasonably objective numbers the impact of the PR you’ve received? Todd Defren.

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How to Research Industry Trends Hassle-Free

Shift Communications

Trends on Social Media. When it comes to earned and owned media getting a pulse on what’s trending worldwide provides a competitive advantage. Well, first it’s a free media monitoring tool and while other tools may give more analytical data about coverage, they also can eat into a budget. Trends on Social Media.

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Does social media sharing matter?

Shift Communications

On virtually every site you visit on the Internet, you’ll find social media sharing icons. We just want to prove or disprove a positive association between social media shares and page views. Let’s first get our data. Or do social media shares drive page views? Do these activities matter?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros.

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Find your Brand’s Optimum Facebook Strategy

Shift Communications

It’s never a surprise when another ‘update’ materializes in the daily news scan, making the maintenance of a successful social media strategy difficult for marketers and communicators. To answer that question, we did our homework using our own data in a research experiment to determine what strategy worked best for our audience (i.e.

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3 Reasons Small Business Needs Social Media

Shift Communications

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

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3 Reasons Small Business Needs Social Media

Shift Communications

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.