Shift Communications

AUGUST 2, 2017

As PR people, we’re often tasked with finding the right celebrity or influencer partners to represent our brands. Here are five key takeaways to keep in mind when vetting a celebrity ambassador: Conduct a thorough investigation into people who align with the brand. How would the audience react to them?

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As you’ll discover Kerry is driven and hugely enthusiastic. How is AI impacting PR right now and what can we look forward to in the future? Data-driven PR, powered by AI, is impacting the evolving face of communications. AI and big data are powerful tools in improving the decision-making process.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Creating memorable media experiences through product trial has long been a staple of public relations for food & beverage and related brands. 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.

Content Marketing 74

Content Marketing Marketing Google Trends 74

Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2017

Whether a brand has experience with controversial news or has yet to meet a crisis challenge, having a communications plan in place in advance of a potential incident is a must. Brands that are too quick to pull the trigger – usually via social media – often get caught in a riptide of negative backlash. Luckily, G.W. Before the attack.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

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. Consumer health and fitness. Consumer technology. The accounts are a mix of individual users/people, as well as brands. Who’s the most verbose?

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B2C Airlines Pharmaceuticals B2B 103

Shift Communications

MARCH 11, 2015

Tapping into Google Analytics, we were able to see that BuzzFeed drove sales for the brand. Some questions that have floated around in my brain since analytics became a game-changer for SHIFT, now a data-driven PR agency : Will bloggers continue to drive results over time, or become obsolete? Account Director, Consumer.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

Do we help build confidence in a brand to nurture or ease the selling process? No amount of quantitative data will ever answer the qualitative question, “ Why? “ Why did the consumer make a specific choice? Why did the consumer buy two of an item rather than one? If the door is locked, we can’t fix that.

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Measurement Data Study Advertising 147

Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

In the end, a full package to a reporter is the best course of action, and that package often includes: Consumer messaging – even if your client is a B2B company, you need to focus on how it impacts the Average Joe. Relevancy – Keep your eye on the Big Five: Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft are the most valuable global brands.

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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.

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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. Influence: Brand Impact. Action: PR Attribution.

Data-Driven PR 362

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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. Influence: Brand Impact. Action: PR Attribution.

Data-Driven PR 362

Data-Driven PR Measurement System Data 362

Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? For those brands and professionals who do not engage machine learning technologies in their work, they will see their relative share of voice decline. Peak Attention and Owning Audiences. The solution to this quandary is the owned audience. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

We’ve tested our model against many different companies and industries, from B2C consumer goods to IT security firms. Our guidance to this client is to change their display messaging to align with the beginning of a relationship, and to remove ‘buy now’ calls to action from their social media postings.

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

Consumer Focus. Additionally, the two-way communication opportunities that a number of platforms provide to their users are a great way for companies to figure out ways to create better communication with their target audiences and respond to their needs, which can improve the overall PR efforts.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Brands can enhance their social media presence by creating engaging content, actively interacting with their audience, leveraging SEO, utilizing analytics for strategy refinement and staying updated with new platforms and trends. Data-driven PR Trends PR pros are using data-driven analytics to guide PR strategies.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

The best place to start, unsurprisingly, is quite basic: stay up to date on changes happening in the PR and marketing space. Did something shift in consumer behavior that requires a shift in your strategy? Did Google or Facebook make an algorithm change that would render your current model obsolete?

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. No one should underestimate the power of data for storytelling. The data is often derived inexpensively from behavior surveys or flash polls, or it may already exist within the company’s own research unit.

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Shift Communications

JULY 28, 2017

s crisis is one many brands hope for – one where he has the upper hand. did nothing wrong, yet his brand (and thus character) are being questioned. In this scenario, we’d recommend a brand awareness campaign promoting G.W.’s If your brand has a predefined crisis plan, it’s time to bring it off the shelf. Paid Media.

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Case Study Crisis Study Strategy 92

Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

With today’s consumer AI tools at your fingertips, it may feel like you don’t need a computer science degree to understand how artificial intelligence will bring value to the communications process. Unsupervised learning doesn’t need training data but instead has the system learn on the fly. in the mid-Western U.S.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

As businesses and brands, this is one of the key challenges facing us. While some well known, loved brands will likely see their demise in the year ahead, new challenger brands will take their places. For brands with some advertising budget, the paid media world offers more choices and power than ever before.

Marketing 60

Marketing SEO Data-Driven PR Advertising 60

Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. Living on the B2B side of the house, I’ve been thrilled by the enthusiasm we’re seeing for deeper understanding on how these elements play into our PR programs and the RFP’s we’re receiving. Here are my findings: Marketing Technology.

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