Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Trends on Social Media. When it comes to earned and owned media getting a pulse on what’s trending worldwide provides a competitive advantage. When it comes to earned and owned media getting a pulse on what’s trending worldwide provides a competitive advantage. Trends on Social Media. Google Trends.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Data-driven PR.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2015

We’ve covered the basics of public speaking here on the SHIFT blog before. 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. As early as a month out, track the conference hashtag or social media profiles to see what the hot topics are.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

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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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

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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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

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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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 9, 2014

One of the core tenets of effective public relations is building the right audience. You don’t need to be as popular as Taylor Swift in order for PR to deliver real results to the bottom line as long as you have the right audience. For that, let’s look first at social media. Do this exercise with your own data!

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? What’s in stock for us as practitioners, as agencies, as companies seeking to build awareness, reputation, and trust? Just in news publications alone, we saw an astonishing 72 million news stories written in 2016 according to Google News, an all-time high.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Data is everywhere, and in every industry you have access to lots of it – so let’s see if we can make it less scary to approach and show you the value of the information that you hold. Social Media Data. Comedic movies and TV shows are of interest to our followers, but not really related to marketing or PR explicitly.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Overview of Tech PR Tech PR is the strategic use of communications and relationships to build the reputation of a brand or business in the technology industry. Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience.

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Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2017

While they may be faster than Michael Phelps in the water , they are way too slow in controlling their narrative in the media. The media and the public already have an established narrative around sharks and Shark Week is only feeding into it. Although, be warned – social media is as relentless as it is swift.

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Shift Communications

MAY 4, 2016

It is with pride and excitement that we announce the acquisition of SHIFT Communications by NATIONAL Public Relations –the largest PR firm in Canada, with a storied history in the region and a reputation for good work and fair dealing. It’s no secret that the PR industry has been changing rapidly for the better part of 10 years.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

One of the most common requests I’ve received in my work in public relations is, “ how do we connect our public relations efforts to business results? ”. This question – and its many variations – is a disguise for a much simpler question: How does PR help me make money / not get fired? PR Isn’t Sales.

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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. Media and publications. appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Which industries/groups are doing so? Cybersecurity.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 28, 2019

Seek out opportunities to build relationships with reporters or to become regular contributors to a publication (Inc., but also consider trade publications that cover your industry. Owned media can be a powerful tool when it comes to giving people a reason to keep revisiting your site. for example, has ongoing contributors).

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In the last post, we introduced the idea of predictive analytics in public relations. Public relations would benefit strongly from predictive analytics, forecasting communications needs in advance. The foundation of predictive analytics is one familiar to modern PR practitioners: data. Social media data.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 25, 2018

It’s ok to have a good “feeling” that a story or tactic will bear fruit (that’s the art and experience we all bring to the table), but it’s critical that we all gut-check feelings around strategy and tactics by looking at data. What publications have driven the most traffic back to competitors’ websites? Amanda Munroe.

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Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

There’s the tide of public opinion – the heat, the energy. This series will touch briefly on the following offerings/capabilities from SHIFT’s PR, marketing tech and creative services teams: Media monitoring. Media training. Owned media/messaging. Media relations. Social media management.

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Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2017

Before activating a speaking bench or hitting the phones to contact media friendlies, you need to understand what and how the situation needs to be addressed. Brands that are too quick to pull the trigger – usually via social media – often get caught in a riptide of negative backlash. Another data source G.W.’s

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 2, 2017

Consider key factors like demographics, public persona, political opinions and more. Consider factors such as how often your potential picks have been in the media recently and what current projects they have underway. Look at their social media channels to see how large their followings are, and more importantly how engaged they are.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

Short for S hared C ontent A nd L ink E valuation, SCALE is an open source program designed to ingest URL-based marketing data from multiple, disparate data sources , and unify the findings. It incorporates organic data from MOZ Open Site Explorer API, SEMRush, and APIs of the top social media platforms.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

PR practitioners must constantly create at the leading edge. As SHIFT CEO Todd Defren has emphasized to clients throughout the years, our public relations efforts must embody at least one of these three attributes: First. We are, to the best of our knowledge, one of the earliest adopters in PR. New is powerful. Christopher S.

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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. Social media analysis has become a common request for clients on both B2B and B2C teams here at SHIFT.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

When I first started in PR, the desire was an article in a major national newspaper, above the fold and on the right side. Now, in the digital age, the quest is a business press article authored by an influencer: a reporter with name recognition and a large social media follower list. Amanda Monroe. Vice President.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2015

cta] The post SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q4 2015 appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. We’ve found out which key metrics can get you the budget you need. Savannah Whitman. Marketing Coordinator.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Everyone’s favorite blue bird is here to stay, so harness its power for your PR. cta] The post SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q3 2015 appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Amanda Loewy. Marketing Coordinator.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

Today, most agency executives only seem to agree on what the limits of AI in PR will be. How good it would be if every task could be automated, saving the time of PR professionals for vital tasks such as creative work and decision-making activities? The Industry Take On AI So Far. Then you would be press “post.”.

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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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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

It’s why social media influence scores and top 100 social media lists seem to matter a great deal. The post How to build communities of social media influence appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Clever brands will choose the first option, and likely gain an advantage over those who cling to older, non-mobile conventions. Savannah Whitman. Marketing Coordinator. cta] The post How DOES Mobile Change The Brandscape?

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

The post Don’t Be Outdated: Why It’s Important to Refresh Your Models appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. This, along with making sure you’re in tune with your analytics and metrics, will help you see what’s working and what’s quickly fading. Savannah Whitman.

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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 gives public relations a great opportunity to make impactful decisions for the target audiences. Consumer Focus.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 10, 2015

We’ve grown to eclipse our precursor agency in size and scope. are public, we do have a fair number of similarly-exciting clients that we simply can’t disclose.) (For what it’s worth, while amazing names like McDonalds, Whole Foods and T-Mobile, etc. Agency Life Data-Driven PR News agency news anniversay'

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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. I was already starting to see the need to integrate our traditional PR practices with marketing tech. Creating content that assists our earned media efforts.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Social monitoring and listening not only give us a heads up on customer service issues or negative PR, but they can illuminate industry trends and customer behavior. A PR campaign can include a general theme or direction found in social media data or patterns, or the social data can inform a content calendar.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

Social media used to be a shiny object, a channel unto itself. Fred Wilson, noted VC, said quite aptly that social as we knew it is over. Social media is now part and parcel of ordinary communications. The greatest challenge facing earned media is the continued explosion and fragmentation of channels.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2016 focused on the different ways data and analytics have transformed the efforts of public relations professionals and how they affect client expectations. TOP DATA-DRIVEN PR TRENDS OF 2016: INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS. BORING PRESS RELEASE BINGO IS BACK! Casey Egan.

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