Shift Communications

MARCH 19, 2015

One of the greatest challenges to public relations as an industry since the advent of digital marketing and communications is how to measure the effectiveness of PR. We agree on the qualitative outputs of public relations: Increased awareness of your company and its products/services. This is a core challenge of data-driven PR.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PR teams use data tools and platforms to glean patterns and insight from media coverage, measure audience engagement, and quantify campaign performance.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This is the challenge my friends at AirPR are solving, one data dashboard at a time. Those guys preach “data-driven PR” so that PR professionals and brand marketers get smarter about how and what they measure when a campaign comes to a close. Did it drive traffic, engagement, or sales?

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Shift Communications

JULY 6, 2015

One of the most difficult challenges reporting and analytics face in public relations measurement is sentiment analysis. Machines attempt textual analysis of sentiment all the time; more often than not, it goes horribly wrong. How do you solve the problem of machine-generated sentiment analysis gone awry? Christopher S.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Now that we are in the fourth quarter of 2023, it’s time to ask yourself if your PR strategy is up-to-date with the latest pr trends and technology. 6 Important Trends In Public Relations To Pay Attention To 1. Data And Analytics In the past, many businesses did not measure the impact of their PR strategies.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Of course no PR person would create such a media pitch, but it’s a good reminder that for many people, serious holidays have deep and emotional meaning. Do release some relevant data. Solid data-driven PR story pitches are always welcomed by reporters, but especially so during calendar milestones or big breaking stories.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 15, 2017

If they’re not, the data showing what’s not working arms you with intel that can help you make better decisions moving forward. All data, whether it “makes you look good” initially or not, is valuable! Critical thinking paired with iterative analysis of PR data can help build trust between you and your executives or clients.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

However, all of this data processing may not necessarily lead to any insights or any strategic changes; in many cases, we’ll be publishing massive quantities of shelfware that will go unseen. How do you make all of that analysis effort and time worthwhile? How do you avoid this problem? Can this be repeated?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. To put it another way, predictions are equal parts analysis and aspiration. PR grows more in demand. Public relations is HOT right now. Data-driven PR.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Data-Driven PR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner. As a GACP, our goal is to advance the cause of data-driven PR with our clients and industry, to help understand the value of public relations, and to use that data to make PR as impactful as possible.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 17, 2015

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. Data-Driven PR Marketing Technology Public Relations'

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Shift Communications

JUNE 25, 2018

Armed with this information, the team should: Dig into data – Any good PR plan should be data-driven, i.e. contains creative ideas that are rooted and backed by good ol’ analysis. What publications have driven the most traffic back to competitors’ websites? Where is the white space (i.e.

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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

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. These individuals will be able to perform an accurate predictive analysis.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

That does not mean we are left without resources to help define PR success and set the agenda for an even more data-driven PR program in the New Year. You have gathered the data to defend your program, you’ve run data-driven analysis and you’re ready to create an even better PR plan for 2016.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

A Guest Post By Kelly Byrd, PR Engineer, AirPR. Public relations is undoubtedly an art, but it is also a science. With the growth of PRTech options for Big Data tracking and measurement, a knowledge of and comfort with that science has become imperative for leading PR professionals.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Our top posts, the best of Q4 content of 2018, focused on earned media, Google Analytics metrics, and measuring PR success. 3 CATEGORIES OF PR AND EARNED MEDIA. All earned media, like all public relations efforts, are not the same. GOOGLE ANALYTICS 101: 5 METRICS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS. HOW TO BEST MEASURE YOUR PR SUCCESS.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

I was asked recently what the most important metric, the most important thing to measure in PR is. It’s difficult to boil everything down to one number; the nature of attribution analysis is that there are often many variables which influence someone’s decision to buy something. Public relations creates mindshare.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2017

SHIFT Communications and NATIONAL Public Relations sent a team of three to the Boston CDO Strategy Summit to learn and share data-driven experiences. What’s on the minds of Chief Data Officers as we talked for two days about key issues in data? Implications for Marketing and PR.

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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. Sentiment/tone analysis. There’s the something you did or something you’re responsible for – the fuel. Media training.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It’s a rare example of a client’s internal data analysis being more compelling than an outside survey or study. That’s why brands should avoid featuring their name in the headline of any survey content like a press release. Focus on the findings instead.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 30, 2015

The reality is, for those of us in the “mid-size” bracket, it’s tough to compete directly against the pockets of the large, public agencies when it comes to growth – whether we are talking about sheer footprint, new services or practice specialties. That may sound elementary; basic even – why wouldn’t you use data to make business decisions?

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Onclusive

APRIL 21, 2020

This week, we’re continuing our April blog series focused on helping communications teams to get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. PR Attribution analysis also provides our leadership with the metrics they want to see, including ROI.”

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Onclusive

APRIL 21, 2020

This week, we’re continuing our April blog series focused on helping communications teams to get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. PR Attribution analysis also provides our leadership with the metrics they want to see, including ROI.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

You question it, and want to see the data. You want to download the data and do your own analysis. You crave subtlety and nuance, a desire to see the big picture as well as the data itself. ” From there, the citizen analyst would gather up publicly available data and find out that no, there is no such creature.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

You question it, and want to see the data. You want to download the data and do your own analysis. You crave subtlety and nuance, a desire to see the big picture as well as the data itself. ” From there, the citizen analyst would gather up publicly available data and find out that no, there is no such creature.

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Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2017

The platform scours social media, news sites and forums for mentions of these words, which can be exported for further analysis. Another data source G.W.’s With CrowdTangle, you can create a list of publications and industry social media pages, then export the posts from the crisis timeframe. Assess chatter sentiment.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Tech PR is an essential tool for tech companies to stand out from the competition and achieve maximum impact and results. Types of Tech PR Tech PR is a broad term for the various public relations activities that are used to promote technology companies.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

Social media analysis has become a common request for clients on both B2B and B2C teams here at SHIFT. Company goals are usually somewhat dynamic, so it is important to get a clear idea of what the desired outcome is on a consistent basis. Content is Key.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

The public relations field covers a wide array of tools and you may find it hard to know how to prioritize your PR efforts in 2024. So, to help you out, we’ve identified the top 5 PR trends in 2024. So, read on to discover what you should not ignore in public relations this year. Increasing Multimedia 5.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

This often means using data about our current market or audience to create a model. A simple example may be an analysis of engagement for a brand’s 2015 social content, revealing what types of posts earned the most attention. A model is simply a substitute for reality that we can use to better understand the real thing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

Whatever the case, B2B and technology-based businesses are in an excellent position to use data-driven storytelling as part of a PR strategy. Here are some compelling reasons why tech PRs should embrace the trend. 5 reasons to embrace data-driven PR. Data-driven pitches win points with journalists.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Social Media Engagement Since the ultimate goal of PR is to manage and enhance public perception and reputation, having a strong social media presence is key. Multimedia in PR Trends In 2024, your public relations strategy should incorporate various multimedia elements.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Once we’ve got our data compiled in an orderly fashion, we need to understand what drives the actions we care about. For this, use a statistical tool/method such as multiple regression/linear analysis of variance to understand which metrics potentially drive actions. Video Impact Can Be Measured!

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

Public relations faces more avenues of influence than ever before, from messaging communities like Line, Kik, Viber, and WeChat to new content distribution channels like Plague, Super, and many others. 2015 will be the year when companies either fully embrace data-driven PR and marketing or fall far behind.

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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.

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