Sword and the Script

JANUARY 7, 2020

A few months back, Agility PR Solutions announced it updated its media monitoring tool. MediaMiser was based in Canada and provided media monitoring tools. Cision kept the press release distribution service, while Innodata, then operating as MediaMiser, got the Agility media database and the media monitoring solution.

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Tools Comparison Media System 83

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

A PR agency employee starting in the business today will be creating programs, telling stories, and reporting to clients in ways very different from just a few years ago, in part due to the rise of digital technology and the blurring of lines between paid, earned, and owned media. Everything is measurable and measured.

SEO 204

SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. Managing crises: PR can be an important tool for managing crises and mitigating damage to an organization’s reputation. How is public relations measured?

Interviews 101

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 101

Cision

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Having to switch gears so often was a great prelude to broader agency work where we work on various clients from 3D printing to beer. Crenshaw Communications recently was named as the agency to represent Wearsafe labs. What are the most important PR and marketing tools for this kind of product? How can they overcome them?

Communications 253

Communications Data Local Survey 253

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars.

Measurement 40

Measurement How To Analytics Customer Service 40

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Backbone of Your Content Marketing: The Editorial Calendar Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 brand or an intern at a content agency, you’re probably aware of the importance of an organized and well-curated editorial calendar. And don’t forget to note down what KPIs you’ll use to measure success.)

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

The book holds up almost ten years on because most organisations are lousy at using social media to listen to their customers. The most common approach to social media management is an agency or junior member armed with a monitoring tool and limited ability to feedback to operational areas of the business.

Storytelling 78

Storytelling Social Media Internal International 78

5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

Let’s take a look at how brands should use the tools available on social media to mitigate a PR crisis and move forward to re-establish the brand’s reputation. Depending on the severity of the PR crisis, it could take some significant action to woo customers and fans back into the proverbial trust circle.

Crisis 113

Crisis Digital PR Retail Reputation 113

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. So, as you consider what media monitoring tool to invest in, make sure the platform you choose has the ability to deliver your results within 60 seconds of the mention.

How To 60

How To Media Analytics Television 60

Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

These moves are sure to shake up the media tracking landscape and may leave some marketers and PR professionals wondering what their media monitoring and earned media measurement services will look like in 2019 and beyond. All-in-one monitoring capability: As marketers know well, we live in a multichannel world. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

Media 60

Media Marketing Analytics Television 60

Cision

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

With the right social media scheduling tool, you can create all your updates and shares for the week (or longer) in minutes. To shave off the time you spend on finding great content to share, use content curation tools like these to quickly find the kinds of articles your audience wants to read. How do I return a product?

Marketing 120

Marketing Comparison eBook Social Media 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to The Holmes Report, only 27% of agency leaders responding to the survey think the term “public relations” will clearly and adequately describe the work they do by the year 2020. If true, it bodes very well for PR, which specialized in the powerful but maddeningly hard-to-measure mentions. billion over the next five years.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 6, 2019

We’ve developed some smart tools and processes in insight, content, demand and analytics to deliver business-to-business marketing campaigns at scale with a relentless focus on measurement. The agency also has offices in Seattle, Austin, and Singapore. It’s backed up by first rate customer service.

Radio 76

Radio Customer Service Small Business Analytics 76

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, if you’re using a marketing automation technology, require employees to be certified in that tech to feel comfortable using the tool and make performance-driven recommendations backed by technology. Don’t risk a failed implementation because your team isn’t fully utilizing the tool. Customer service?

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Mindful Marketing

JULY 15, 2015

The PR analytics and PR measurement landscape are continually evolving with the advent of owned vs earned media, social channels, the Barcelona Principles and a growing demand for standards around measurement and analytics. So we know PR measurement has changed and continues to evolve (thankfully). By Seedepth.

Analytics 50

Analytics Measurement Crisis Communications Tools 50

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are long standing issues such as alignment with management, measurement, talent and diversity where incremental progress is made each year. PR slow to adopt an integrated tool stack 11. Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. PR is a social science.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Strategize AI: Access processes, best practices, tools, templates and resources. Improve AI: Monitor, measure and adapt based on performance. The event is designed for marketing change agents and leaders of agencies, enterprises and higher-education institutions. Agency executives. Who Should Attend? Vice Presidents.

Conference 59

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 59

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Customer Service. Snapchat can be used as a customer service tool to provide visual, engaging, and mobile feedback to individual users. Along with customer service, there have been agencies that have used Snapchat as a recruiting tool as well as for HR purposes. Team Story.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Employee Internal International 40

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Tracks include content strategy, core content concepts, future of content, and content management and measurement. Sound like you?

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Strategize AI: Access processes, best practices, tools, templates and resources. Improve AI: Monitor, measure and adapt based on performance. The event is designed for marketing change agents and leaders of agencies, enterprises and higher-education institutions. Agency executives. Who Should Attend? Vice Presidents.

Conference 40

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. The feature enables “enterprises to analyze customer conversations from owned data sources” and let the Talkwalker AI engine analyze it. What sort of data? Why would you do this?

Internal 64

Internal International Data Media 64

Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Tell your teams who your target audience is, what they are creating, and your measure of success. When developing your organization’s content strategy, it’s important to stay ahead of the tactics and tools paving the way for tomorrow’s success. How to Use Customer Service and Community to Create Killer Content.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Conference Video Analytics 52

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2016

You could be connected to exactly who you are trying to reach through your employees, whether they are customers, partners or potential employees. You could connect your customer service team with customers, your sales team with prospects and bring your entire workforce closer to who they are serving via employee advocacy.

Employee 40

Employee Measurement Social Media Product Launch 40

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

They’re overwhelmed by the overabundance of tools and the disorderly experimentation of staff (and members), and they are tired of the lack of organizational support and the unwieldy processes for monitoring and managing social media. I got up and asked them, “if that’s the case, why do we need PR agencies?”

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Sword and the Script

MARCH 15, 2022

Truescope is a new media monitoring tool that just raised $6.2 They previously worked together at iSentia – an all-in-one PR tech tool and publicly traded company focused on the APAC market. The product does everything you’d expect from a media monitoring tool. Both come with experience in this vertical. Workspaces.

Tools 160

Tools Media Software Analysis 160

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In fact, PR 20/20 became HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2007 —a decision that continues to fuel and inspire our business. So we’re not surprised that the software company reported more than 34,000 customers and upwards of $89 million in revenue at the end of Q2. The Website Builder tool puts you back in the driver seat.

Marketing 40

Marketing Tools Data Report 40

Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

But as disaster management experts and government agencies have learned over time, it is possible to prepare for disaster. Hiring crisis management professionals will not only help you with the crisis management process, but they can also help with preventative measures before anything happens. Natural disasters are unpredictable.

Crisis Management 62

Crisis Management Crisis Reputation Financial 62

Onclusive

JUNE 29, 2018

AirPR Co-founder Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer and Brain + Trust Partners CEO Scott Monty shared thoughts on what questions to ask during a PR crisis, who in your company do you need to get involved during a PR crisis, how to have the appropriate systems in place in advance, how to leverage data during a crisis, and what tools will help.

Crisis 186

Crisis How To Brand Branding 186

Rock the Status Quo

JANUARY 22, 2015

And isn’t it interesting that it’s a PR agency doing the belittling, when the value of media drives their business? Of course Edelman is viewed as a leading PR agency in the US – the world, even – but it interested me because the Trust Barometer drives stories such as “News Media No Longer Trusted!

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Agency Survey Customer Service Engineering 100

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. PR and communications pros will be leaning way more heavily on AI-powered content development tools in 2023. The internet created an obsession among marketers for measurement, but it overcorrected over the last 10 years or so.

Marketing 192

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 192

Mindful Marketing

MARCH 4, 2016

But remember, it’s not only the significant, “glory” efforts, like a significant media hit or successful event, that help a PR agency retain such clients. There are a lot of subtleties to a client/agency relationship that can also make or break an account. Measure and report success and failures.

Agency 50

Agency Customer Service Analytics Retail 50

Rock the Status Quo

JULY 30, 2014

But one thing I do know is that if pre-planning is an issue within your department, organization or agency, there is an even larger problem to address… because it typically signifies a reactive culture, instead of proactive. Q: One of the biggest changes in PR metrics is the shift from AVE’s to measuring outcomes.

Measurement 219

Measurement Customer Service Analytics Leadership 219

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits are essential tools for journalists and content creators who come to the website seeking information for media coverage. In 2020, media kits are also a particularly helpful tool for initiating partnerships with influencers and other brands looking to promote themselves and their products. Measuring Media Kit Success.

How To 176

How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Journalistics

MARCH 24, 2015

– if a customer has a problem with what you sell, how quickly will you respond and what are you willing to do (publicly) to make that problem go away? What outcomes will you measure? – what do you want to measure? Unfortunately, there isn’t a single free tool that pulls all of this stuff together for you.

Strategy 72

Strategy How To Measurement Analytics 72

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 4, 2021

Artificial intelligence, climate crisis, media chaos, COVID-19 impact and the reorganisation of organisations themselves, are among key trends identified by think tanks, analysts, consultants, agencies, brands, and other self-interested organisations. Thanks to Daniel Eckler for scouring the internet and collating reports.

Trends 155

Trends Technology Television Banking 155

Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

While natural language processing and artificial intelligence are both valuable tools in public relations, human input remains important when presenting a well-crafted crisis response plan. As a rule, there is no single tool or approach to crisis communications that can be used to manage every emerging threat. How can a PR agency help?

Crisis Communications 62

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Crisis Management 62

Stuart Bruce

JULY 23, 2017

The first page of Simply Measured’s The State of Social Media 2017 also has gobblydegook like “social media is a foundational marketing strategy”. Hopefully, it’s trying to say social media is a bog standard part of marketing strategy and is no longer a shiny new tool simply used for the sake of it.

Social Media 68

Social Media Media Customer Service Corporate 68