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How to Use Analytics to Build Your 2015 Marketing Plan

Shift Communications

When you’re looking at the data for 2014 in order to formulate ideas for 2015, start by looking for outliers. Look for unusual events that are worth noting, spikes in your data that clearly stand out. Here’s an example from web analytics: Look at those four standout events that are above and beyond normal traffic.

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How AI Can Help Your PR Strategy

Onclusive

A 2016 survey from Narrative Science found that 58 percent of enterprise business executives are already using predictive analytics within their organization. What this means for PR. Companies spend about $30 billion on PR per year, and executives rightfully demand to see a return on that investment.

Strategy 294
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PRTech Is Evolving. Is Your PR Strategy?

Deirdre Breakenridge

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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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Data-driven PR. One of the big headlines for 2022 is that a data-driven approach to PR will be a must. Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels.

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How to Research Industry Trends Hassle-Free

Shift Communications

If we are building out a content strategy for owned media, like a company blog, using content that pertains to trending topics is a way to take advantage of the increasing searches on Google. Don’t just perform traditional PR, use data-driven PR ! Senior Marketing Strategist. Lisa Zanchi.

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What is Tech PR? PR strategies that sell your tech brand

Prohibition

Tech PR can also help to differentiate a technology company from competitors, position them as a thought leader, and create a positive brand image. Strategies used in tech PR include thought leadership, social media management, strategic partnerships and community engagement, content marketing, media relations , and influencer marketing.

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SHIFTing into the Future

Shift Communications

My recent tour of the USC Annenberg School’s Center for Public Relations only confirmed my hunch that our formerly-hidebound industry has been radically transformed via social media, content marketing, visual storytelling, better analytics tools and processes, etc. – and that this process is speeding up, not slowing down.