Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

As communications becomes more digital, more quantified, and more data-driven, the pressure is on for pros to be as comfortable with data collection, metrics and measurement as they are at writing and creativity. To explore why this is important, let’s look at an example of how data helps PR get press for clients.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Those can extend beyond personal connections to the professional tools and trends that have captured our hearts in the PR industry. So as we celebrate the month of romance, it’s a good moment to send some love to the tools that PR professionals value every day. Today, PR strategy is often informed by data insights.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Understanding what to prioritize can be daunting and 2024’s top 5 PR trends sift through the constant advancements and shifts in the industry. This article highlights the top five PR trends for 2024, offering insights to refine and modernize your PR strategies. Download the report!

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Our world is always changing, and so is PR. Trends that might have taken hold at the end of last year might be irrelevant now. As businesses become more digitized, paying attention to current trends, like the ever-growing importance of social media and data analytics, helps to promote and protect brand image.

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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. list and rank the top five most effective PR strategies for the technology industry, focusing on new product launches.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While most of us communication pros are ringing in the new year with hefty planning, how seriously are we taking our research? What time and resources are we committing to understanding overall cultural trends and our industry’s current relevant news? All of these can be used to research industry trends and current news: Google News.

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

Just like every other industry, the trends in public relations can be influenced by a variety of things such as technology, preferences from the customers, expectations from employees, and more. This consumer-focused trend has become a lot more popular as of late, and it gives way to a lot of public relations opportunities for companies.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week’s post covered the trend of data-driven storytelling in PR. But where does the data come from? But there are lots of other options for PR pros to source relevant data, and many are inexpensive and fairly easy to find. Data to power PR storytelling.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 15, 2017

We consider it one of our missions to help strip away the fear PR and communications strategists feel when their executives or clients ask for proof that what they’re doing is working. So today, we’re sharing the top takeaways from a fireside chat focused on PR metrics and the “d” word: data! Why is this the case?

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Onclusive

MAY 10, 2017

With this misconception of glamour comes a general misunderstanding about the industries that require PR acumen, average salaries for various PR roles, and the best states in which to pursue careers in PR. That said, here are 10 PR industry job trends, including some data sourced from the U.S.

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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. Data Driven PR. As you can see from the content strategy, it’s all about the data. And every part of your PR plan should be data-driven now.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Media love data. As most PR people know, data offers a powerful news hook in a way that even a product launch or partnership often doesn’t. It can easily feed a story to make it stronger, and data-driven stories can easily be made visual, which adds to their appeal. Your data only goes so far.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2016

If you’re an avid (or even a sometimes) reader of the SHIFT blog, then you already know data-driven public relations is something we know well. Our PR teams have been taking an analytical approach to forming their account strategies for some time, and our clients have been very pleased with the results. Google Trends.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Big data is a buzzword thrown around in every industry. Companies of all shapes and sizes collect data that can be used to make strategic decisions at every level. petabytes of data. Collecting and analyzing data doesn’t have to mean combing through pages upon pages of spreadsheets. Social Media Data. Embrace it!

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this series, we’ll examine some of the major trends we see ahead and how PR practitioners of all stripes should prepare. If there’s one theme that unifies all the trends, it’s acceleration. With that, let’s look quickly at the trends we’ll be investigating in this series. The 2018 PR Mega-Trends.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In a recently published survey of Chief Communications Officers (CCOs) by Nasdaq, the majority of CCOs reported that they are now held accountable for marketing KPI such as website traffic, sales and lead conversions and content marketing. Digital communications attracts and engages customers: What is the New PR? Think again.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

As we bid summer adieu and get back to business as usual, it seems apropos to shine a spotlight on the hard work of communications professionals and the data-driven PR tactics they employ.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the last post, we reviewed the necessary ingredients to make successful predictions: good data. We defined good data as clean, compatible, and chosen well. Let’s next look at a predictive analytics example every PR practitioner will benefit from. Suppose we looked at a very common data source: search engine data.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. Data-driven PR.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The world seems awash in data with trends like IoT, wearables and big data dominating the headlines. They are most concerned with data that falls into their marketing domain (email, web traffic, social, earned media measurement) and feeding sales as much as possible. Data is Just for Consumers and Science Projects, right?

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Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2015

Rather than just wing it or have a purely canned talk that may not be relevant to the audience and the event, we can look to data. Let’s dig into what a data-driven public speaking strategy would look like as part of your overall data-driven PR program. What’s the goal? What’s our strategy?

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

Three mega-trends are already on their way and will arrive at our industry’s shores before the year is out. How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? Let’s see if we’re ready for them. Content Shockwave.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

PR professionals and communicators, however, have not, as a whole, significantly changed how they measure their success. CMOs and CEOs are starting to ask: Why can’t PR be measured and attributed the way that marketing efforts can? The typical response is that PR ROI and Earned Media are more difficult to measure.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Overview of Tech PR Tech PR is the strategic use of communications and relationships to build the reputation of a brand or business in the technology industry. Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience.

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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. It also means not taking data into consideration at all.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 23, 2015

One of the more enjoyable elements of being an executive in communications today is that my work brings me into contact with a wide variety of individuals. Many times, I’m asked by younger communicators what skills they should concentrate on as they finish their degree or begin seeking an agency role.

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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. How Does Predictive Analytics Apply to PR? Lisa Zanchi. Marketing Analyst.

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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. BORING PRESS RELEASE BINGO IS BACK! Casey Egan.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Public relations would benefit strongly from predictive analytics, forecasting communications needs in advance. The foundation of predictive analytics is one familiar to modern PR practitioners: data. What Data Do We Need for Predictive Analytics? Clean Data. Compatible Data. Social media data.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 25, 2018

Every quarter to six months, we work with clients to create a new PR plan for the following quarter or remainder of the year. If you’ve been working in the PR business long enough, the PR planning process can become rather formulaic, especially if you’ve worked with the client over a long period of time. Amanda Munroe.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

Rather, content decisions should rely on one influence above others, data. For example, analyzing top-performing posts within an industry will uncover apparent trends. SCALE is a cloud based software designed to close the data gap when analyzing how well content performs. The Method. The Application. Roman Greco.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

A Strong Point of View – while the PR team can help formulate an argument by using data (by analyzing what people are not currently saying), they’re not the experts. For example, analyzing data available on data.gov is a great starting point and helps you show the reporter that there is a need and the data backs it up.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 30, 2018

I recently attended a speaker series put on by UCSF on the latest trends in digital health investments. AI has huge potential in healthcare and is already leveraged in various degrees from helping physicians choose treatment plans, assisting in jobs or identifying notable data trends. The major takeaway? Give Consumers Control.

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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. can tap into the relationships his PR team has built and identify reporters who are willing to listen and communicate the truth. Luckily, G.W.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2016

PR isn’t just press releases and bylines. And as an information industry, we are powered by data. If we sit back and let such tools pass us by, someone else — someone driven, someone prepared — will swoop in and leave us in the dust. Let’s look at a few key trends from the event for PR professionals.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 30, 2015

It’s no secret that large agencies have the luxury of launching programs as brand exercises, throwing money at a problem or trend — be it through M&A, new offices or “cutting edge” practices. At SHIFT, we’ve taken our approach to data-driven PR and directly applied it to being a data-driven business.

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Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

Thanks to Google Trends , we know interest in the term “shark attack” is set to increase drastically as searches for “shark week” do: According to The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File, 2016 saw 84 unprovoked shark attacks, which is on par with the average 82 incidents a year. Odd (and untrue – “I’m a vegan!

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