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Embracing the Data-Driven PR Future (And Math)

Shift Communications

As communications becomes more digital, more quantified, and more data-driven, the pressure is on for pros to be as comfortable with data collection, metrics and measurement as they are at writing and creativity. To explore why this is important, let’s look at an example of how data helps PR get press for clients.

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Share your data for a better PR program

Shift Communications

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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{PR}edict: Predictive Analytics and the Future of PR, Part 3

Shift Communications

What Would PR Do? I personally don’t have a PR agency for my blog, but if I did, I would provide them this data. What would a data-driven PR agency like SHIFT do with it? Using the above as an example, my PR team would advise me to write content they can pitch for precision marketing.

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Much to Loathe About Programmatic Thinking

Shift Communications

My plea not just to tech companies, but to PR companies, ad agencies, and marketers across the board: Rather than talk about what everyone’s already talking about—let’s be the ones to get them talking. Data-driven PR does not equate with programmatic thinking. But creative thinking is the fuel. Photo Credit.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. So, my prediction for 2022 is that those PR practitioners with stand-out skills like stellar writing ability and a proven track record of success will have unlimited career opportunities. Data-driven PR.

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SHIFT Communications Creates HAROLD: First Artificially Intelligent, Cloud-Based PR Employee

Shift Communications

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. 2014: ZIPR Mobile PR Spokesperson App. 2013: SHIFT Branded Coffee Shops.

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Building the Plane Mid-Flight: SHIFT’s New Website

Shift Communications

The important thing for us, beyond the upgraded look and feel, was to hammer on the data-driven PR aspect. We’re also well on our way to embedding at least one data jockey on every Agency team. In essence, we’ve built an Integrated Marketing Agency while in mid-air aboard a high-flying PR Firm.