Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2024

Staffbase launches beta for new internal comms tool; Muck Rack team up with Shankman; Agility PR Solutions parent touts LLM deal with “big tech” In an unscientific observation, I’ve noticed a lot of companies are hiring internal communications. Well, Agility PR Solutions is the only PR technology vendor with its own LLM that I’m aware of.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 22, 2020

PR teams can no longer measure their effectiveness or the overall nature of company coverage simply based on the volume of articles they have secured within their target publications. We invented Power of Voice to measure the quality of communications content, and invented PR Attribution to measure its actual bottom-line impact.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 21, 2021

In this article, we reveal the process that communication-savvy executives use to set SMART communications goals aligned with the company’s business objectives, and how they measure success of communications initiatives with metrics that matter. Measuring real business impact of earned and owned media.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Here are Onclusive’s predictions for what to expect in 2021: Corporate reputation as a key success metric During this era of disruption and uncertainty, corporate values and brand activism have become more important than ever. That’s why content marketing needs PR. Ready to gain a leg up on your competition?

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Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

You can see it in this month’s summary of news – the 24 th edition of the PR Tech Sum – there’s a corporate transaction, a few new products and a handful of PR surveys at the end. >>> In a video review of the product, (embedded nearby) the Influencer Marketing Hub called Klear a “ hybrid social listening and analytics tool.”

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

As the CEO of a leading communications technology company, I have been asked by many of our customers what this means for the industry. Generally, it is exciting to see continued investment in tools for the PR industry. People want to invest in what works, but they can only know if something is working if they measure it.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This isn’t new, but today there are more digital distractions in the form of tools, tactics and platforms. We need to be able to use social media platforms to reach and engage curated audiences, as well as measure the success of our campaigns. But any AI tool requires human oversight, and the cost of a mistake is very high.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There are several metrics that can be used to measure the cost-benefit analysis of any technology platform. It should be the goal of any organization to achieve a return as quickly and efficiently as possible on any technology platform they’ve implemented. Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It took years of blood, sweat and corporate treasure to bring these plans to fruition…and they clearly didn’t come close to hitting ROI objectives. This latest deal adds to the grip private equity has on communications tools. LLMs are at the heart of generative AI technology. Revenue was up 3.5%

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. Measurement templates.

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Presspage

JUNE 23, 2021

From our experience working with hundreds of PR and Corporate Communications teams around the globe, most of these issues can be traced back to workflow, in this blog post we will talk about four of the most common ones we've noticed, regardless of industry, geography, or department size. Metrics: New contacts added (measured monthly).

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PR for Anyone

JANUARY 28, 2024

In this episode, Erica sits down with Christina to discuss the impact of technology both in the workplace and our education system, evolving dynamics between generational workforces, current issues such as remote work, and recent shifts occurring in the professional landscape that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Resolution Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

But with tech moving quicker than ever and more tools cropping up everyday, how do we identify what works? Below are the top 5 tips from our latest guide to tech and tools for PR in 2015. The first thing to realise is that tools can only take us so far. Well tools to formalise your project's goals are just the beginning.

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Critical Mention

MAY 25, 2022

The move combines Critical Mention’s media monitoring and media contact database tools with Onclusive’s suite of market-leading global media monitoring, measurement and management solutions. Onclusive is owned by technology investor Symphony Technology Group (STG).

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I started by asking for a demo of a tool called “ Wordsmith.” But, in the meantime, as we figure out new uses for this kind of tool, one use that DOES have potential RIGHT NOW: Using Wordsmith to generate monthly reports. I took the 30-minute spin around the block with the tool last week.

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Onclusive

JUNE 21, 2017

Hosted by Deirdre Breakenridge of Pure Performance Communications , and joined by fellow panelists Shonali Burke and Shannon Furey , the panel covered emerging PR trends including how corporate storytelling has changed in recent years and what PR professionals must learn to sustain their careers. Technology has largely enabled this.”

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign. Measure the Sentiment That Matters. So, how do you measure online sentiment? One of the easiest ways of measuring the emotional response from your consumers is sentiment analysis.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’d also lean toward using Garageband as your editing tool-of-choice–mostly because it’s already on Macs, which most in our industry use on a daily basis. Think through who will be your resource to help produce and edit the show, troubleshoot technology and keep you on strategy. Or, it could be an external vendor.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Using data and technology can help you make pitching even more targeted and precise. Thanks to modern CRM tools for PR like Onclusive, you can now organize all of your relationships, communications and assets in one place. What is going to be useful, interesting or exciting to them? Consider when to email your pitch. local time.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this edition: Cision silently rebrands HARO; Meltwater’s dealmaking continues; PR tech briefs and mentions content picks There have been so many private equity (PE) deals among PR technology companies, that it’s easy to lose track of who owns what. PR measurement evangelist Mark Weiner passed in December. In remembrance.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 28, 2020

Notified calls these functions – listen, connect, publish amplify and measure. Measure is the dashboard and analytics. This makes modifications a little easier and faster since some monitoring tools require you to click back out into a separate tab to adjust the findings. 3) Connect: beyond a media contact database.

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Stern + Associates

APRIL 13, 2023

Sustainability as a Fulcrum for Corporate Innovation Driving innovation for organic growth is always challenging for companies, says Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson, author of the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year, “ Reimagining Capitalism in a World On Fire ” (2020). Unfortunately, says Steven E.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Several posts on PR technology made the top 10 posts on Sword and the Script as measured by reader clicks. The tech briefings, where I provide a close look at a PR technology tool, really seemed to resonate. The posts listed below are the those that were the most read as measured by clicks.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The best way is to experiment with AI-powered marketing tools. So taking demos and trials of tools is a must. In this post, we’ve listed all AI-powered vendors we’ve interviewed to-date, a list of 43 tools in total. All powered by IBM Watson's cognitive technology. But there are a lot of vendors out there. Production.

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PRSay

APRIL 5, 2023

Here’s the breakdown: 54% of respondents work at PR agencies, 24% work for corporate PR departments and 22% work as independent PR practitioners. Excluding staffing costs, the top-three results were social media tools, media databases and media placements. Here are three takeaways from the survey.

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Onclusive

APRIL 12, 2018

She joined UL in 2015 and is responsible for brand and marketing strategy, communications, public relations and crisis management, corporate social responsibility, events, customer experience, digital marketing and social media, as well as the marketing organization at large. How will you measure success? What is the desired outcome?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

The company sells services and was using proprietary technology to assist in the delivery of those services. I took a close look at the Truescope product about this time last year: A look at the media monitoring tool Truescope is bringing to the U.S. [PR We’re going to see a lot more tools like this in 2023. PR Tech Briefing].

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing crises: PR can be an important tool for managing crises and mitigating damage to an organization’s reputation. How is public relations measured? Public relations (PR) practitioners use a variety of methods to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. The 10 Most Common Ways Comms Pros are Measuring PR.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The next new AirPR solution to be released will be Author Intelligence , a media relations tool that provides insights around the journalists and bloggers who can have the biggest impact on a business. Andy Cunningham , Board of Directors at AirPR and former Head of Corporate Communication at Apple.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

A PR agency employee starting in the business today will be creating programs, telling stories, and reporting to clients in ways very different from just a few years ago, in part due to the rise of digital technology and the blurring of lines between paid, earned, and owned media. Everything is measurable and measured.

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Presspage

JUNE 23, 2021

From our experience working with hundreds of PR and Corporate Communications teams around the globe, most of these issues can be traced back to workflow, in this blog post we will talk about four of the most common ones we've noticed, regardless of industry, geography, or department size. However, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2017

What I want to do in this post is look at the social targeting tools available to PR pros and marketers on the major social platforms answering two questions: How effectively can I target the followers/fans that I currently have on the platform? Paid Content (what can I measure and how granularly can I target audiences?).

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Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2020

ROI and proving value The top challenge facing communicators is measuring impact, proving value and demonstrating ROI , according to 50% of respondents. However, in a subsequent question, only about half of respondents “often” or “always” measure their communications efforts. Don’t overlook anecdotes either. So, what can you do?

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2021

The next step is then putting the remedial measures in place, in the event that similar incidents occur in the future. At a time when anything can go wrong at any place and any moment, a red-team exercise is an invaluable tool that can help an organization refine its crisis response strategy, in the following ways: Expose gaps in the armor.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. Notified by Intrado is the only other PR software tool I’m aware of that recommends contacts to consider pitching. The pricing is based on the number of categories you subscribe to receive – i.e. technology, health care, etc.

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Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Both TBL and ESG are frameworks to measure the sustainability of a company, and each play an important role in event planning. The Evolution of Event Sustainability Just as measurement tools are advancing, sustainability at events has evolved from the days of putting out recycling bins and hoping for the best.

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