Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2021

PR Agency Owner Started Making Homegrown PR Software; Today it’s a VC-backed Startup; Off Script No. Zach Cutler says he built a $1 million PR agency by age 28 and when he couldn’t find a PR software product for managing the work that he liked, he started developing one. Google is Killing FeedBurner Email; Here are 4 Alternatives.

Blogging 135

Blogging Software Google Content Marketing 135

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prospective clients often tell us that their agency is hard-working, smart, and collegial, but that they simply don’t prioritize top-tier media coverage. So, even if you assume fully half of the professional PR population isn’t engaged in active media pitching, it’s a large number and an unhealthy ratio.

SEO 227

SEO Agency Reputation Policies 227

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. This blog is just a cover story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. Recommendations suggesting contacts to pitch.

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. You can even give PR CoPilot a custom prompt, and it will incorporate it into your press release or media pitch email within seconds.

Pitching 95

Pitching Print Measurement Report 95

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2017

As I wrote about in my last post , my approach to PR measurement has evolved over the years. In my last two jobs – one agency and one in house – I’ve used SeeDepth to monitor and measure results. Defining share of voice: When asked to measure share of voice, you should first ask “Share of voice for what, specifically?”

Measurement 60

Measurement Analytics Agency Data 60

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Best All-in-One Blogger Outreach Tool I’ve worked at agencies, worked with agencies, worked in-house, and hired freelancers for blog outreach help. BuzzStream – Prospecting, Emailing, Relationship Building, and Reporting BuzzStream is the best all-in-one blogger outreach tool for agencies, in-house teams, and freelancers.

Tools 71

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 71

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Best All-in-One Blogger Outreach Tool I’ve worked at agencies, worked with agencies, worked in-house, and hired freelancers for blog outreach help. BuzzStream – Prospecting, Emailing, Relationship Building, and Reporting BuzzStream is the best all-in-one blogger outreach tool for agencies, in-house teams, and freelancers.

Tools 71

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 71

Buzzstream

MARCH 21, 2024

If you aren’t reaching the correct person, a media pitch , no matter how good, will not matter. According to Muck Rack’s 2024 State of Journalism Report , the top reason for rejecting a pitch (73%) is the lack of relevance to their coverage area. Not personalization, timing, or pitch length; relevancy is the main driver of success.

Construction 62

Construction How To Media Google 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Best All-in-One Blogger Outreach Tool I’ve worked at agencies, worked with agencies, worked in-house, and hired freelancers for blog outreach help. BuzzStream – Prospecting, Emailing, Relationship Building, and Reporting BuzzStream is the best all-in-one blogger outreach tool for agencies, in-house teams, and freelancers.

Tools 62

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 62

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

For all we’ve written about the importance of understanding your KPIs and measuring things that drive business results, it’s astounding that the crude metrics of views, likes and comments are given credence as a sign of effectiveness in this case. Measure what matters! Metrics Strategy measurement strategy'

Measurement 60

Measurement Video Data Strategy 60

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. To get more complete information, I reached out to a range of experts in the industry to gain their insights on the go-to tools for their teams or agencies. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky. Prospecting.

Digital PR 161

Digital PR Tools Pitching Film 161

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship.

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Pitching Agency Tools Resources 136

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I worked in PR and did a lot of traditional pitching and working with journalists and media people. With inbound, journalists can browse stories that are relevant to them in their own time rather than be spammed by pitches in their inbox. They get thousands of email pitches per day. Measurement can be quite interesting here.

Measurement 120

Measurement Case Study Pitching Agency 120

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. Many of these metrics are easily found via tools in the Moz suite, through the native social platform dashboard and through Google Analytics.

Measurement 60

Measurement Data-Driven PR Analytics Data 60

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Comprehensive Reporting: Buzzstream also creates helpful reports per project, agency, or company-wide metrics.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Comprehensive Reporting: Buzzstream also creates helpful reports per project, agency, or company-wide metrics.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Finding the right agency partner can begin with an online search to narrow the field to a short list of agencies invited to share capabilities. Note PR agency “red flags” A poorly designed website. Note PR agency “red flags” A poorly designed website. Staff turnover. Scheduling difficulties.

Agency 159

Agency Meeting Measurement Construction 159

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

The Linkfluence product helps “brands to identify buyer communities online and understand how to activate them, see how a brand is associated with certain topics or values to measure brand perception as well as detect and monitor trends or analyze customer experience.”. Critical Mention adds Google Analytics integration.

Media 106

Media SEO Analytics Analysis 106

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While it may be tempting to cut costs using shady SEO tactics to take advantage of Google’s algorithm, Google eventually catches up and penalizes many sites over time. This feature is handy for larger marketing teams or agencies with multiple members doing outreach simultaneously. Building links is a time-intensive process.

Tools 71

Tools SEO Analysis Google 71

Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

For instance, before reaching out with a story idea, PR professionals should understand the preferred platform and target audience of the journalist or influencer they are pitching, to enhance the chances of a placement or mention. Before sending a story pitch, introduce yourself and your organization or client to provide some context.

Media 104

Media Pitching Trends Resources 104

Polaris

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Stories about bad PR pitches—especially pitches to bloggers—are ubiquitous. A PR agency approaches a leading marketing blogger with a story about Klout—without realizing the blogger has serious ethical concerns about the service. Yet even I’m bombarded with irrelevant pitches addressed to “Undisclosed Recipients.”.

Policies 181

Policies Marketing Viral Pitching 181

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

So, I consulted Google Trends. Propel wrote about its “ PitchBooster ” which “will schedule your email to send at the exact day and time that each journalist opens pitches the most.” Muck Rack released an integration with Google Analytics (GA) that helps PR measure web traffic from media placements. AI-assisted pitches.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

It was rapidly followed by Anthropic Claude 2 and Google Bard. AI tinkering and experimentation The approach to AI by public relations agencies and communication teams has been tinkering and experimentation. This is powerful in planning, measurement and decision-making.

Report 119

Report Publicity Training Policies 119

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While it may be tempting to cut costs using shady SEO tactics to take advantage of Google’s algorithm, Google eventually catches up and penalizes many sites over time. This feature is handy for larger marketing teams or agencies with multiple members doing outreach simultaneously. Building links is a time-intensive process.

Tools 62

Tools SEO Analysis Google 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While it may be tempting to cut costs using shady SEO tactics to take advantage of Google’s algorithm, Google eventually catches up and penalizes many sites over time. This feature is handy for larger marketing teams or agencies with multiple members doing outreach simultaneously. Building links is a time-intensive process.

Tools 62

Tools SEO Analysis Google 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

Once upon a time, Facebook, Google, and Apple were viewed as shining examples of U.S. For tech PR agencies who represent early-stage companies and other technology companies, the dominance of the giants extends into the mediascape, monopolizing the attention of key journalists. Big tech’s reputation challenges. Artificial intelligence.

Trends 157

Trends Privacy Data Reputation 157

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2016

The May edition of #measurePR brought together three fabulous guests who were ready to share their smarts on measuring media relations. On common mistakes when measuring media relations: A4 USAT circ=2M, so 1K click-thrus looks small. CEO and founding partner of byBrick Insight, a communication strategy agency, Annsi Krol.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Measurement Media Analysis 40

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. All models are wrong, but some are useful… Orin Puniello, part Ketchum Global Research & Analytics team shares why some PR measurement models will never tell you the whole truth. Could just one metric measure PR? A standard in article scoring?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

They now include the use of sophisticated consumer data sets to inform messaging and media channels, tapping social influencers to drive brand esteem and consumer behavior, and even getting into bed with the Facebook-Google advertising duopoly to deliver impressions, engagement and conversion. they produce.

Pitching 43

Pitching Journalism Tools Agency 43

5W PR

MARCH 29, 2021

Look at visits to the brand’s website as tracked by Google Analytics and incorporated into this dashboard. Separate how social data and news are measured. Are there any new themes that might be pitched to the media or industry publications? Consider sources like social influencers, publications, and mentions by location.

Analytics 88

Analytics Trends Data Measurement 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2020

What measures are in place to protect those at risk? For PR agencies like ours, we can work from home offices and conduct business as usual, adapting our plans to the news story of the day. For most of us, this is not a time to be newsjacking the outbreak with off-target or opportunistic media pitches. Manage expectations.

Employee 156

Employee Leadership Viral Small Business 156

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2017

While product trials and demos can whet an editor’s appetite for a story, recipes are rich content that can both maximize PR campaigns and drive measurable business results in multiple ways. Let’s face it though – if you’re pitching a turkey-themed recipe, odds are so is everyone else. according to Google Trends. Alan Marcus.

Content Marketing 74

Content Marketing Marketing Google Trends 74

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It can also involve data -driven strategies, such as driving lead generation, maximising reach, and measuring the success of distribution strategies. Working with a Tech PR agency can help to ensure that the right strategies are used for maximum results. 3d hands holding a cell phone and pointing to the screen. neon lights.

Strategy 62

Strategy Brand Branding Technology 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. You’ll find my own prognostication at the very bottom. Blogger outreach gets personal.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What I wasn’t initially anticipating within the field is the creativity, anticipation and thrill it entails when conceiving campaigns, writing pitches and landing links. Louise Parker , PR Director at Propellernet , echoes this, “For me, digital PR is measurable PR that is created with SEO goals in mind. Cosmopolitan. Marie Claire.

Digital PR 170

Digital PR Industry Strategy Film 170

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

USD according to Google as of January 2023, so with ~313 million shares outstanding ( according to MarketWatch ), my back-of-napkin math puts the deal value in the ballpark of $563 million USD. Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. The company raised $6.2

Software 78

Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Landis PR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It’s vital to get comfortable in a new mindset that measures metrics all along vs. “at the end of the program.” Whether you’re an agency serving healthcare clients, an in-house team or a vendor to the industry, you’re understaffed. Today’s Google search of COVID fact sheets for three U.S. Measure. . Forget the others.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Communications Measurement Resources 98