Shift Communications

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 4, 2016

Can the news media absorb the volume of infographics we churn out? We see that on average, traditional media references the term (meaning it appears in news coverage) about 700 times per day. Put another way, you have about a 3% chance to place a regular infographic in any kind of traditional media coverage. In a word, no.

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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. The first step toward implementation is to examine tools that are already in your backyard.

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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. The first step toward implementation is to examine tools that are already in your backyard.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. No one should underestimate the power of data for storytelling. The data is often derived inexpensively from behavior surveys or flash polls, or it may already exist within the company’s own research unit.

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Onclusive

APRIL 15, 2020

This is a continuation of our April blog series focused on helping communications teams get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. How 23andMe Uses PR Attribution to Drive Business Outcomes.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2016

As one of the only public relations agencies that is a Google Analytics Certified Partner, we are always looking to see how we can use Google’s tools and programs to strengthen both our PR and marketing teams’ efforts. Google Trends, Google Correlate and Think with Google are three of the tools we use most often. Casey Egan.

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Onclusive

APRIL 15, 2020

This is a continuation of our April blog series focused on helping communications teams get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications.

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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. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Eapen, Daniel J.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. With digital convergence, PR and media communicators are no longer just the traditional writers of press releases or distributors of media pitches. Digital growth has put PR front and center.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Equally as important is analyzing campaign data after it has run its course so that those findings can inform future work i.e., once you’ve garnered media hits, it’s then time to uncover the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of the work. This is the challenge my friends at AirPR are solving, one data dashboard at a time.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Companies spend about $30 billion on PR per year, and executives rightfully demand to see a return on that investment. 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.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The current media landscape lends itself to lucrative opportunities on a global scale. The ability to tap into this knowledge can help inform owned, earned, and paid media of your organization’s PR and marketing efforts. Trends on Social Media. Trends on Social Media. Wikipedia Top 25 Report. Google Trends.

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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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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Melissa Strle It can be challenging for PR professionals to navigate through an array of tools and strategies. Understanding what to prioritize can be daunting and 2024’s top 5 PR trends sift through the constant advancements and shifts in the industry. In particular, short form videos are booming in PR trends.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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. Also, it allows professionals to employ the right PR strategies when it matters most. In Q4 and beyond, data-driven PR will become commonplace.

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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. For that, let’s look first at social media. Do this exercise with your own data! Christopher S.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

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. You have to learn to gather it, slice and dice it, analyze it and extract the insights that drive your PR strategy and actions.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2017

To execute predictive analytics efficiently and effectively, we need three classes of people in our organizations: Developers, to access the data and APIs that provide our data. Data scientists, to build predictive models from our data. The Future of PR is Predictive.

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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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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

It’s why social media influence scores and top 100 social media lists seem to matter a great deal. We’ve talked about this in the past (as far back as 2012), but only now are the tools and methods for executing on communities of influence becoming available. The blue cluster above are general media and influencers.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 15, 2017

If articles in publication X consistently fail to drive demo sign-ups, and demo sign-ups is one of your goals, the data-driven PR professional knows that it’s smart to put their eggs elsewhere (…in another basket). But when you’re spending $10-20K a month on a PR agency, you should know what it’s doing for the business.”.

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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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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. We’ve all seen it before.

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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. We’ve all seen it before.

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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. We’ve all seen it before.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The important thing for us, beyond the upgraded look and feel, was to hammer on the data-driven PR aspect. Instead, we use data to identify how, where and why that piece of coverage ought to be promoted (using media buying dollars), in those avenues where the clients’ most-likely prospects are hanging out.

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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. USE IBM WATSON ANALYTICS FOR ADVANCED SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS.

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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?

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

One of the most important public relations elements is communicating with media outlets as well as journalists. To that end, companies that have a better understanding of journalists and media outlets can get a lot more success from their PR efforts.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

A PR campaign can include a general theme or direction found in social media data or patterns, or the social data can inform a content calendar. Surveys are the data gift that keep giving. They’re beloved among PRs because they’re quick and affordable. Quality data may already exist.

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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. Step 1: Ask for access. Step 3: Check for links.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The 2018 PR Mega-Trends. Part 1: Earned Media. Hyper-Segmentation of News Means Hyper-Segmentation of PR. Society and social media have created hyper-focused segmentation of the audience. Part 2: Owned Media. PR Professionals Blindsided by Rich Media. Part 3: Paid Media. Part 5: Social Media.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 1, 2016

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. HAROLD can replicate itself and call the whole media list simultaneously.”

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

I’m on the frontlines of seeing how marketing and PR can work together. Here is a mini-rundown of a few of the ways I’ve seen marketing tech support our PR efforts: It can help extend the life of media hits. The ability to show our PR efforts are working. Creating content that assists our earned media efforts.

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