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What is Data-Driven PR, Part 9: Pitching With Data

Shift Communications

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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PRTech Is Evolving. Is Your PR Strategy?

Deirdre Breakenridge

In a recent post , I suggested leveraging Nielsen’s research in order to create data-driven marketing and communications plans. That’s the front-end work every successful campaign entails, but the data cycle doesn’t end there. This is the challenge my friends at AirPR are solving, one data dashboard at a time.

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Public Relations Job Trends in Tech and Beyond

Onclusive

Contrary to popular belief, PR is measurable given the vast amounts of data that are now available to us. Companies such as Iris PR and Vidyard are giving PR professionals and communications experts data sets and analytics tools that help them understand which messages are resonating with customers and prospects.

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Using Data from Google Tools to Boost Your PR Pitches

Shift Communications

As one of the only public relations agencies that is a Google Analytics Certified Partner, we are always looking to see how we can use Google’s tools and programs to strengthen both our PR and marketing teams’ efforts. Here’s a quick overview of how each can help support your PR program. Casey Egan. Marketing Analyst.

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Top Public Relations Trends in 2018: Introduction

Shift Communications

PR must adapt to realize that no one audience exists any longer; brands and clients instead address dozens or hundreds of micro-audiences in their communications. PR Professionals Blindsided by Rich Media. This trend will only accelerate as search engines become ever more intelligent. Reputation Is Brand. Christopher S.

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{PR}edict: Predictive Analytics and the Future of PR, Part 4

Shift Communications

There was a dependency we didn’t forecast that we should have known about; we certainly have weather data for the last 50 years and could have built models for a cold summer, an average summer, and a hot summer. Insufficient Engineering. The fourth circumstance in which predictive analytics go awry is in insufficient engineering.

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New SHIFT eBook: Predictive Analytics and the Future of PR

Shift Communications

As such, the future of business is in large data sets and the observations derived from the analysis. Public relations, a communication-driven field, can and will continue to benefit from this futuristic tool. By definition, it’s the “statistical discipline of predicting what’s likely to happen based on existing data.”

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