Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 15, 2015

This is a question asked recently by Patrick Coffee of PR Newser at AdWeek. Should social media managers be skipping the hashtag? Rather than guess, let’s take a data-driven approach. Where a brand had more than one social media page or profile, we chose the page with the largest audience.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 22, 2015

On virtually every site you visit on the Internet, you’ll find social media sharing icons. We just want to prove or disprove a positive association between social media shares and page views. Let’s first get our data. Or do social media shares drive page views? Do these activities matter?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Data is everywhere, and in every industry you have access to lots of it – so let’s see if we can make it less scary to approach and show you the value of the information that you hold. Social Media Data. Comedic movies and TV shows are of interest to our followers, but not really related to marketing or PR explicitly.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. Social media livestreams will become acceptable as mainstream ‘news.’.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2014

At this year’s Social Media Success Summit, I had the opportunity to teach an advanced marketing and communications analytics session. One of the ideas I shared was looking beyond just the data that comes out of the box from tools like Google Analytics, Facebook insights, etc. Today you have 110.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Hyper-Segmentation of News Means Hyper-Segmentation of PR. Society and social media have created hyper-focused segmentation of the audience. 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.

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Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2017

Even with a solid crisis PR plan in place, getting the gears going takes time – this is where social media comes into play. Although, be warned – social media is as relentless as it is swift. Social is necessary . Scan social media to see if anyone is talking about it. In order for G.W.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2015

That does not mean we are left without resources to help define PR success and set the agenda for an even more data-driven PR program in the New Year,” writes Derek Lyons for Business 2 Community. Reclaiming Social: Content Strategy for Social Media. Uber-Targeted Social Media Strategies.

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Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2017

Before activating a speaking bench or hitting the phones to contact media friendlies, you need to understand what and how the situation needs to be addressed. Brands that are too quick to pull the trigger – usually via social media – often get caught in a riptide of negative backlash. Another data source G.W.’s

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

Our goal is public relations professionals can no longer be to simply try to reach everyone through the media en masse. We cannot afford to advertise to everyone on the one network that reaches everyone – Facebook – and the reach of individual publications continues to decline. Dark Social and Influence.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

When I first started in PR, the desire was an article in a major national newspaper, above the fold and on the right side. Now, in the digital age, the quest is a business press article authored by an influencer: a reporter with name recognition and a large social media follower list.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Our top posts from the third quarter of 2015 focused on PR strategy, Facebook, and Twitter. Let’s jump in: How to Choose a PR Strategy: Part 1 of 6. The hot topic in PR is always strategy. SHIFT honed in on creating a way to choose a PR strategy based on visible, measurable criteria and a meta-strategic framework.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

First, we analyzed the distribution patterns of over 100,000 press releases published via Marketwired, PRWeb and PR Newswire in 2015. Next, we determined how many times each release was shared across nine social media platforms, including the big three – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In terms of timing, 9 a.m.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

First, we analyzed the distribution patterns of over 100,000 press releases published via Marketwired, PRWeb and PR Newswire in 2015. Next, we determined how many times each release was shared across nine social media platforms, including the big three – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In terms of timing, 9 a.m.

Data 60

Data LinkedIn Blogging Facebook 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

First, we analyzed the distribution patterns of over 100,000 press releases published via Marketwired, PRWeb and PR Newswire in 2015. Next, we determined how many times each release was shared across nine social media platforms, including the big three – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In terms of timing, 9 a.m.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. In particular, short form videos are booming in PR trends.

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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 Google or Facebook make an algorithm change that would render your current model obsolete? There are a number of ways to go about doing this.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’re working with a data-driven PR firm, chances are at some point in your relationship you will be asked to grant access to a variety of marketing and data systems. To understand how systems access informs your PR program, we’ll reference the SHIFT Earned Media Hub Strategy as the base framework.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 6, 2015

In early 2007, SHIFT CEO Todd Defren commissioned a map of the social media world to better visualize the social media landscape. This was a simpler time, when MySpace ruled the social media sphere and people still blogged heavily on services like LiveJournal. Analytics Data Data-Driven PR Infographic'

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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. This is no fad – it is projected that by 2020, 80% of adults on Earth will have a smart phone. The way we think of the “internet” as a place for brands must fundamentally change to reflect the rise of mobile.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 10, 2015

We invented the Social Media Press Release and Newsroom templates in the heady first days of the Social Media era. We were among the founders of the now-global Social Media Club along with great friends like Brian Solis, Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, et al. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat. Todd Defren.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

Google Analytics is a tool that can help businesses measure a bunch of different things, but it can also be a great asset for PR pros. Creating content that assists our earned media efforts. Social Media Analytics – Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook all offer analytics and insights into brand pages. Get to know them!

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

Social media used to be a shiny object, a channel unto itself. Fred Wilson, noted VC, said quite aptly that social as we knew it is over. Social media is now part and parcel of ordinary communications. 2015 will be the year when companies either fully embrace data-driven PR and marketing or fall far behind.

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