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APRIL 27, 2020

This week, we conclude our April blog series focused on shifting to data-driven PR and communications with the last two steps in this important process. Empowering your marketing team, providing input into strategy, and influencing overall business decisions with unique PR data & insights.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 19, 2015

One of the greatest challenges to public relations as an industry since the advent of digital marketing and communications is how to measure the effectiveness of PR. These qualitative benefits of PR are as old as the marketing funnel itself. This is a core challenge of data-driven PR.

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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. We recommend working with your marketing team to understand which tools they are using and can share with you.

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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. We recommend working with your marketing team to understand which tools they are using and can share with you.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Data And Analytics In the past, many businesses did not measure the impact of their PR strategies. Most brands would publish press releases and other online content and rely on hunches to measure the results. Today, companies expect more from their PR departments.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Unfortunately, 82 percent of practitioners say they have no way to evaluate the return they receive on PR. PR coverage has typically been measured by media outlet audience size. This method of measurement does not tie back to business objectives and these softer metrics often do not resonate with the C-Suite.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Data-driven PR.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Certainly, you can look downfunnel and see how many closed deals you’re getting in your sales CRM, but if your website is broken or your retail staff are surly, you may not see the results you want no matter how good your PR is. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Looking good. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Google’s new guide, “ Measure What Matters Most “, drives home the point of improving outcomes by focusing on the customer journey. It will challenge you to consider all the possibilities of your choices — from what to measure to promotions to measuring the customer journey to proving that your efforts indeed work.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

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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Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2021

In this continuation, she dives into part 2: Lack of prioritization of data-driven approaches for PR/Communications – is the other most common cultural roadblock – where at best, data becomes an after-thought or a project on the side and stays in the blind spot. Why this roadblock shows up?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. How do you use the data to make changes in your business and marketing that are meaningful in 2015?

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

However, one area where video-minded PR professionals fall short is how to measure the success of video communications. The old way of measuring video success was simple, if ineffective: how many views did our video receive? The Video Communications Measurement Funnel. Video Impact Can Be Measured! The Old Way.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. This helps you measure how a campaign or individual piece of content performs.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

MarTech forever changed the way that marketers work, what they report as success and how they do their jobs. PR professionals and communicators, however, have not, as a whole, significantly changed how they measure their success. The typical response is that PR ROI and Earned Media are more difficult to measure.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

As part of the AMEC Measurement Week, I’ve been asked to prepare some quick thoughts on how to explain PR metrics to stakeholders and executives. Who should be measured by sales of pies? So Grandpa’s work isn’t without value or quantifiable measurement. Marketing’s primary output is lead generation.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2016

This week’s roundup takes a look at common measurement mistakes, so you can avoid them before they cause your organization unnecessary headaches. Are You Making PR Measurement Mistakes? Measuring Mobile Marketing Requires Different Metrics. 4 Performance Measurement Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make.

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Cision

JULY 2, 2015

Data measurement is the only way to ensure your business succeeds now and in the future. But as companies start to integrate more involved social media marketing strategies, the number of digital touch points increases, complicating the once simple customer journey and creating more data to analyze and understand.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 3, 2015

For the general sports fan, statistics and data have been making their way into the mainstream for some time, similar to how online has brought measurement to marketing in a new way over the past 5+ years. Let’s parallel that to PR and marketing. The post Are PR and Marketing Entering the Moneyball II Era?

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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. For a B2B marketer, these headlines can feel very consumer oriented and likely not relevant. That approach, although understandable on the surface, misses a number of undercurrents that B2B marketers will start to encounter.

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Onclusive

MAY 10, 2017

This isn’t surprising per se, just a relevant consideration for those beginning PR careers or looking to relocate for a higher income in the field. Contrary to popular belief, PR is measurable given the vast amounts of data that are now available to us. We’ve all heard the saying you can’t manage what you can’t measure.

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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. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

You may have noticed already that we talk a lot about data-driven PR at SHIFT. It’s not just a topic on our blog, it’s a concept we are encouraged to prioritize in every facet of our PR strategies. In the planning stages, you will want to confirm with your B2B tech clients what is considered a win for the PR program.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 17, 2015

In my last post , I covered what for me was a particularly egregious misuse of marketing technology, when a bot promoted a white paper with “Fear and Loathing” in the title on the 10 th anniversary of the suicide of Hunter S. Data-driven PR does not equate with programmatic thinking. But creative thinking is the fuel.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It’s a brochure, a cultural touchpoint and an ideal place for not only aggregating content in one spot but also for measuring how effective your efforts have been in wooing prospects to check out your offerings. The important thing for us, beyond the upgraded look and feel, was to hammer on the data-driven PR aspect.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

If conversion is the problem, fix that with better sales training or better marketing. The reason we struggle to answer this question, as an industry, is because we are unwilling to invest in the tools, techniques, and strategies that lead to sound, effective measurement. The Root Cause of Lack of PR Impact.

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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. Measurement. What’s the goal?

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Tech PR can also help to differentiate a technology company from competitors, position them as a thought leader, and create a positive brand image. Strategies used in tech PR include thought leadership, social media management, strategic partnerships and community engagement, content marketing, media relations , and influencer marketing.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s the age-old question…or the ‘PR-age’ old question that is. How to measure the impact of our work? With many agencies still stuck offering client reports relying on impressions or number of social shares, you’ve likely seen many posts on the SHIFT blog about how to move past these antiquated forms of measurement.

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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. Disruption happens to industries measured in weeks and months rather than years or epochs. Part 4: Search Marketing. Advanced PR Practitioners Embrace AI Fully. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2017

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. Alan Marcus. Vice President .

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Shift Communications

MAY 3, 2016

Keeping pace with the rate of change in marketing technology has become a full time job. We started to notice the move towards more widespread marketing technology adoption in our client base in the last 18 months. In order to arm our staff with the necessary skills we designed our Marketing Technology Immersion program.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

I was asked recently what the most important metric, the most important thing to measure in PR is. So, what measurable trait helps us determine the effectiveness of PR? The Most Important Metric in PR Today is Branded Non-Negative Search. Measure What Matters. Measure what matters. Christopher S.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Getting Your PR Measurement Program in Shape for 2016. Why: “Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. 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.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Our top posts, the best of Q4 content of 2018, focused on earned media, Google Analytics metrics, and measuring PR success. 3 CATEGORIES OF PR AND EARNED MEDIA. In this post, discover how to optimize your media efforts for all three levels of the marketing funnel. HOW TO BEST MEASURE YOUR PR SUCCESS.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Some observations we noted: Marketing and PR aren’t making significant use of the new character limits. Finally, let’s look at the post-beta period: What we see is no relationship between any engagement measure and tweet length, in any time period. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Marketing and advertising.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In recent market estimates, digital online and ad spending is expected to grow at approximately 11% per year through 2021. 1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. So what does digital marketing growth have to do with PR?

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