The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

‘Tis the season – predictions are the order of the day and the PR industry is no different. Here are my picks for the top 3 PR trends in 2018. The number of brands that consider a content strategy effective in raising revenue increased from 74% in 2016 to 83% in 2017. Understanding the goals of the brand.

Trends 124

Trends Data-Driven PR Data System 124

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.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

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.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

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.

Small Business 60

Small Business Social Media Media Analytics 60

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. Twitter also recently released its own Analytics dashboard to all users. Google Analytics.

Data 117

Data Data-Driven PR Big Data Analytics 117

Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Without PR attribution, communicators only know the top of the funnel, i.e., which publications wrote about their brand. Make Data-Driven PR Decisions. Channels are the method of earned, owned, or paid media that led to the conversion. Therefore owned analytics become a great asset in PR.

Analytics 170

Analytics Measurement Data Technology 170

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 22, 2014

It’s never a surprise when another ‘update’ materializes in the daily news scan, making the maintenance of a successful social media strategy difficult for marketers and communicators. One of the fundamental truths to Facebook in current environments, however, is that brands (in general) need to pay in order to be seen.

Facebook 156

Facebook Strategy Data-Driven PR Data 156

Shift Communications

JUNE 15, 2015

This is a question asked recently by Patrick Coffee of PR Newser at AdWeek. Should social media managers be skipping the hashtag? Rather than guess, let’s take a data-driven approach. Where a brand had more than one social media page or profile, we chose the page with the largest audience.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Facebook Policies 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

The most cutting-edge public relations and media relations professionals will be investigating the forefront of artificial intelligence and how it can be used to generate massive amount of relevant content. How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? Dark Social and Influence.

Trends 83

Trends Publicity Analytics Software 83

Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

As our VP of Marketing Tech previously summarized : In a crisis management situation, something has gone wrong and your brand is on fire. s PR reps/trusted advisors/crisis comms ride-or-dies, deny the fire of its resources we shall. to help ensure his vegan donut business and brand reputation doesn’t suffer during or after Shark Week.

Case Study 118

Case Study Crisis Management Crisis Study 118

Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

We applied Google’s Customer Journey idea and paired it with data-driven models to help you understand what’s really working in your digital marketing plans. Our Data-Driven Customer Journey model helps you: Understand what channels deliver results. Discover the sequence your customers take to purchase.

Google 60

Google B2C Analytics Data 60

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

” News of this announcement spread (okay—exploded) across the internet with widely varying interpretations like a game of social media telephone. It’ll also enable you to aptly take advantage of best tweets for your brand and think of how to engage with your followers from a new perspective. So how does this work?

Twitter 60

Twitter Analytics Data Technology 60

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.

Media 100

Media Data B2B Pitching 100

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. Of all the industries using the new format, B2C financial services – banking and retail investment brands – are using the most characters in the new format. Who’s the most verbose?

B2C 103

B2C Airlines Pharmaceuticals B2B 103

Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

Do we help build confidence in a brand to nurture or ease the selling process? We use digital marketing tools in public relations to assess the quantitative impact of PR activity. There’s nothing wrong with quantitative data, especially if you want to answer the question, “ what happened?

Measurement 147

Measurement Data Study Advertising 147

Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. The trick is making sure you get comfortable with your AI.

Trends 52

Trends Data-Driven PR Analytics Survey 52

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. In particular, short form videos are booming in PR trends.

Trends 105

Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Today, with over 2 billion smartphones in use, the ways in which consumers experience brands is fundamentally different. The way we think of the “internet” as a place for brands must fundamentally change to reflect the rise of mobile. In the internet of a decade ago, users experienced brands primarily through web browsers.

Mobile 60

Mobile Examples Brand Branding 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

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. 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. Savannah Whitman.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

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.

Data 157

Data Data-Driven PR System Analytics 157

5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

In fact, using data-driven approaches is relatively new in public relations, especially in terms of the different advancements of tools and technologies in the realm of data analytics. That’s because companies still need tools that will help them work through and with all the data that has been generated.

Trends 88

Trends Data SEO Consumer 88

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Our top posts from the fourth quarter of 2015 focused on best and worst times for press releases, connecting PR and sales, and measuring PR for 2016 planning. As each year comes to a close, we like to sneak a peek into the SHIFT archives to see our content hits and misses. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how.

Measurement 60

Measurement Tools Agency Blogging 60

Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

It’s hard to miss all the articles and blog posts about how the PR industry is changing, how it’s integrating with new skill sets. Today, I wanted to dive a little more into my personal experience on the subject – including why PR pros should honestly start thinking about expanding their skill sets (and where to start). Graphic design!

Marketing 60

Marketing Data-Driven PR Analytics Training 60

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.

Storytelling 149

Storytelling Data Survey Financial 149

Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. I combined that with a review of the newsroom portions of their sites and their social profiles.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Construction Analytics 60

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In this series, we’ve looked at what predictive analytics is, why it’s important to public relations professionals, and a glimpse at some actual predictions: Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: Pre-Requisites to Predictive Analytics for PR. Part 3: Predictive Analytics for PR, Applied. The Future of PR is Predictive.

Analytics 112

Analytics Data-Driven PR Software Enterprise 112