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Embracing the Data-Driven PR Future (And Math)

Shift Communications

Her team receives the data and then releases a study or white paper detailing any notable trends in her client’s industry. Cutting corners in data, analysis, or insight development is when your program goes from impregnable to questionable. Account Manager, Marketing Technology. People share the piece.

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Keep it Simple: Getting Started With a Multi-Touch Attribution Model

Cision

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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Much to Loathe About Programmatic Thinking

Shift Communications

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.

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Demystifying PR ROI

Onclusive

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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Getting Your PR Measurement Program in Shape for 2016

Shift Communications

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) 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. Tracking Key Indicators.

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Owned Content: Calculating Success

Shift Communications

From blog posts to white papers, most companies create some form of owned content but not all are utilizing it to its fullest potential – or even know how it performs on its own. Marketers, PR Pros, and Advertisers are in a daily battle to remove opinion from decision making and tactical execution. Owned content.

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Using Data In Your 2018 PR Planning Process

Shift Communications

Analyzing your client’s overall marketing and PR performance gives you an in-depth look at how they perform against competitors and how PR can fill in the gaps. By understanding site and referral traffic, you get a sense of the impact and interest on blogs, white papers, ebooks, etc.

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