Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Big data is a buzzword thrown around in every industry. Companies of all shapes and sizes collect data that can be used to make strategic decisions at every level. petabytes of data. The post Data doesn’t have to be scary appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency | Boston | New York | San Francisco.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 17, 2015

In my last post , I covered what for me was a particularly egregious misuse of marketing technology, when a bot promoted a white paper with “Fear and Loathing” in the title on the 10 th anniversary of the suicide of Hunter S. Data-driven PR does not equate with programmatic thinking. But creative thinking is the fuel.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Data, both its growth and value to marketers and their audiences, is growing across all spectrums. Given the integration of software and application-centric computing, every B2B technology and non-consumer enterprise has access to mountains of data that eluded them before. Derek Lyons.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

In short, as mobile and digital make nearly every transaction seamless, legacy companies must adapt quickly or be completely disrupted. Imagine what a timesaver this will be for companies as they tackle GDPR compliance in the next year, one of the most important changing regulations in marketing and advertising. Airbnb has no rooms.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Thanks to technologies like cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet access, mobile devices, and machine learning, the pace of change will only increase. Companies at their apogee today may find themselves at their perigee within months. The 2018 PR Mega-Trends. Hyper-Segmentation of News Means Hyper-Segmentation of PR.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 8, 2016

If you’re a truly data-driven PR professional, you want to showcase your analytics chops in every new business/sales presentation. Most PR professionals run into a serious problem every time we go to use Google Analytics in a sales presentation: We’re showing someone else’s data. For training videos and webinars.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

If we are building out a content strategy for owned media, like a company blog, using content that pertains to trending topics is a way to take advantage of the increasing searches on Google. 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.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Naturally, as one of the first-ever social media agencies, we wanted to understand the impact of the doubled character limits. Some observations we noted: Marketing and PR aren’t making significant use of the new character limits. B2B tech companies have jumped in with both feet. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The section ends with some great questions that will help your company find its way to measuring the right thing, not any thing. This chapter also speaks to the importance of being aligned with other departmental and company wide goals. Are you clear about where the points of attribution are for your company’s funnel?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s the age-old question…or the ‘PR-age’ old question that is. With many agencies still stuck offering client reports relying on impressions or number of social shares, you’ve likely seen many posts on the SHIFT blog about how to move past these antiquated forms of measurement. Analytics Marketing Technology analytics'

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Access : influencers guard themselves with agents, agencies of their own, and handlers, making working with them challenging in some cases. This is a modern twist on an age-old PR strategy: by creating awareness in publications that our target audiences read, we help our companies and clients grow. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2015

Rather than just wing it or have a purely canned talk that may not be relevant to the audience and the event, we can look to data. Let’s dig into what a data-driven public speaking strategy would look like as part of your overall data-driven PR program. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

No coverage at all is the worst possible outcome, because it says our company doesn’t matter. Our company isn’t in the game. Our company doesn’t even cross our potential customers’ minds. So, what measurable trait helps us determine the effectiveness of PR? What is branded non-negative search?

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2017

I took some time on The Cube to discuss machine learning as well as the future of media: Data Governance. A second major area of focus for the CDO is data governance, especially with massive changes coming to data regulation such as GDPR. Implications for Marketing and PR. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Companies slow down in America between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Only sales professionals aiming to hit quota and publicly-traded companies seeking a strong quarter close go full throttle until December 31. Vice President, Marketing Technology. People’s thoughts turn towards friends, family, and home. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 30, 2018

Healthcare is decades behind other industries when it comes to technology so whoever can come in, make a splash and fix it, will be successful. Below are a few other areas where Dr. Mittendorff sees potential for companies looking to make waves in the industry: AI, AI, AI. The major takeaway? Caela Shay. Account Executive.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

This question – and its many variations – is a disguise for a much simpler question: How does PR help me make money / not get fired? When public relations works well, people know our company, our products, our services, and positively associate with them. PR Isn’t Sales. Why did our friend recommend a company to us?

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the spring of 2015, SHIFT launched its cutting-edge Marketing Technology Immersion (MTI) program to help the agency develop a better understanding of SHIFT’s data-driven approach to communications and client services. We Have a Marketing Technology Team For a Reason. Casey Egan. Account Executive.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Modern companies and organizations have the capability to leverage data to produce insights and data-driven business decisions. As such, the future of business is in large data sets and the observations derived from the analysis. How Does Predictive Analytics Apply to PR? Lisa Zanchi. Marketing Analyst.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2018

As PR pros, we should be familiar with the different types of metrics that demonstrate the success of our work. With a plethora of digital tools, SaaS programs, and technology at our fingertips, it seems we are able to access more and more data. GOOGLE ANALYTICS 101: 5 METRICS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS. Lisa Zanchi.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

What’s in stock for us as practitioners, as agencies, as companies seeking to build awareness, reputation, and trust? How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? We public relations professionals, whether in house at a brand or at an agency, must take ownership of our audiences.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

SHIFT was not the first Google Analytics Certified Partner ; there were hundreds of companies before us. In the PR industry, however, we hold that distinction. We are, to the best of our knowledge, one of the earliest adopters in PR. ” when you read about the emergence of a new technology, a new tool, a new idea.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

However, many were concerned that its overly broad models – “business and industrial”, for example – could mean a B2B technology company or an industrial concrete company, two very different businesses. What if a company’s data doesn’t exactly map to the generic model? Chel Wolverton.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 15, 2015

SHIFT examined the social media engagement of posts from the Fortune 10 companies over the last year, June 15, 2014 – June 14, 2015: Apple. Ford Motor Company. These are the world’s largest companies, and they have dramatically different audiences than many of our businesses. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Companies, stakeholders, clients, and communicators all want to put their brand, their products and services in the best possible light. Vice President, Marketing Technology. cta] The post The Citizen Analyst Manifesto, Part 2: Curious appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Onclusive

MARCH 2, 2021

We can all agree that there are a myriad number of reasons across the business transformation dimensions of people, process, and technology that lends itself to this very common scenario. Often this lack of trust stems from fearing a) what if the data does not show the full and true impact of PR/Communications actions taken by the team?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Companies, stakeholders, clients, and communicators all want to put their brand, their products and services in the best possible light. Vice President, Marketing Technology. The post The Citizen Analyst Manifesto, Part 2: Curious appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Shift Communications

JULY 6, 2015

Imagine you were ABC Car Company, and your arch competitor was XYZ Motors. It takes significant investments of time, people, and effort, but if you want truly accurate sentiment analysis in your gathered public opinion data, it’s the only way to go for now. Vice President, Marketing Technology. How terribly wrong.

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Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2017

needs time to debrief his team, sharing anything and everything, from company history and team background to any prior media relationships or conflicts. can tap into the relationships his PR team has built and identify reporters who are willing to listen and communicate the truth. As such, G.W. Before reporters are on the hook.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’re working with a data-driven PR firm, chances are at some point in your relationship you will be asked to grant access to a variety of marketing and data systems. To understand how systems access informs your PR program, we’ll reference the SHIFT Earned Media Hub Strategy as the base framework.

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

Just like every other industry, the trends in public relations can be influenced by a variety of things such as technology, preferences from the customers, expectations from employees, and more. This consumer-focused trend has become a lot more popular as of late, and it gives way to a lot of public relations opportunities for companies.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

Assuming that didn’t work for you, it brings up a larger point: While you don’t need a degree in computer science to build an AI strategy, it is important that PR pros don’t sit on the sidelines and let an AI strategy get defined for them without their input. The Industry Take On AI So Far. The first example is pragmatic AI.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As the Digital Marketing and Data Driven PR environments become more competitive, your goal should be staying one step ahead of your competition. You’re not recruiting professionals to work at a company, you’re recruiting superheros to build the next Justice League.” Account Manager, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As the Digital Marketing and Data Driven PR environments become more competitive, your goal should be staying one step ahead of your competition. You’re not recruiting professionals to work at a company, you’re recruiting superheros to build the next Justice League.” Account Manager, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2015

It’s certainly possible, using predictive analytics, to get a rough sense of what might work and what might not work, but few companies have access to that much technology and expertise. cta] The post SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q2 2015 appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

years working on the technology PR team. The Agency had just sprouted a marketing technology team arm, and I had been itching to learn more in that area for some time. Many companies will tell you a hit like this can drive a spike in traffic, but it’s often times short lived before traffic returns back to normal.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. Living on the B2B side of the house, I’ve been thrilled by the enthusiasm we’re seeing for deeper understanding on how these elements play into our PR programs and the RFP’s we’re receiving. Here are my findings: Marketing Technology.

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