Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

Chances are the answer is Facebook. Facebook has gained a reputation for being a marketing shortcut of sorts; its ads have an average click-through rate of.9 It’s also known for helping increase consumers’ engagement with brands, given Facebook’s 183 million daily users. Why Paid Media Goes Wrong.

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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.

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NewsWhip

MARCH 15, 2024

That program was quickly followed by a Management Internship, and shortly after that, I landed my first full-time research position as a social media analyst. At the time, social media listening was still a fairly new discipline, and many big companies were relying on vendors to provide the bulk of their analysis work for them.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We’ve often said that Facebook is the largest nation on the planet. Nowadays, Facebook is its own planet, for all intents and purposes. billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5% billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5%

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We’ve often said that Facebook is the largest nation on the planet. Nowadays, Facebook is its own planet, for all intents and purposes. billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5% billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5%

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We’ve often said that Facebook is the largest nation on the planet. Nowadays, Facebook is its own planet, for all intents and purposes. billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5% billion people use Facebook monthly, and Facebook growth has leveled to about 3.5%

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Today I share Deborah Weinstein’s answers to questions about the challenges confronting social media marketing and digital communications. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? Have you been recommending a change in strategy regarding social media? What comes after social media?

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

Thank you to everyone who sent me feedback on my essay on the future of PR via email or social media. There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. It is almost a sport on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We talk a lot about measuring PR on this blog and as a reader, you know that not all PR tactics directly impact the bottom line. If you don’t already have measurement tools and dashboards in place, these questions commonly asked by clients and brand management alike can be a good indicator that it’s well past time to get started.

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Cision

MAY 26, 2015

One of the most frustrating things about Facebook is to understand the potential of the network and not to be able to tie network activity back to business outcomes. We all understand the unique massiveness that is Facebook : 936 million average daily active users. An example might be a unique Facebook landing page.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Late last week and over the weekend, Facebook brand managers started noticing something: post reach/viewability dropped like a rock. In a statement to the various marketing publications, Facebook announced that it was changing how its measurement algorithm calculated post views to match how it calculates ad views. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 28, 2016

The largest social network in the world – practically a planet unto itself – released its Q4 and 2015 calendar earnings. Let’s see how Facebook closed out 2015. One change from previous State of Social reports: our charts are now interactive and embeddable. Hover over any data point to see exact numbers.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Social media has fundamentally changed how people communicate in times of crisis. Just this month, victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma used social media to communicate with first responders, know where gas was available and follow emergency updates. Identify Who is Responsible for Listening and When.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 5, 2017

Facebook has the largest digital audience, so Facebook Live is the obvious choice to reach and engage almost any audience. If you’re a one-man-brand, a small business or a large concern, this technology can boost your marketing and digital PR efforts. Facebook suggests you just press the Live button and start broadcasting.

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Cision

JANUARY 11, 2018

Think about a few of the most notable trends we saw: With massive potential audiences on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, live streaming saw huge growth. Earned media has become increasingly important with 89 percent of marketing/communications professionals saying they use it to support the demand generation goal of driving brand awareness.

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Onclusive

MAY 31, 2018

Crisis preparedness and internal education can aid you before a crisis hits, and having the right monitoring and measurement tools in place can provide you the insights you need throughout a crisis. AirPR Software shows that media coverage and Facebook social media activity significantly slowed after Johnson’s apology.

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Onclusive

JUNE 21, 2017

Earlier this month, AirPR Chief Strategy Officer Rebekah Iliff joined Nasdaq for its #PRInfluencers series on Facebook Live. Watch the Facebook Live event or scan the session’s top takeaways below. In the past, PR professionals pitched the media and threw events with little proof of how PR moved the needle.

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Engage PR

JANUARY 6, 2018

And with social media spend within marketing budgets expected to increase 128% to 21.4% in the next five years (1* Chief Marketing Officers Survey, 2014 ) social activity is becoming more integral to brand perception and business performance. Cue social backlash across the internet.

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2018

It recently came to light that Cambridge Analytica , a political research firm, had gathered and exploited data on the likes and personalities of tens of millions of American Facebook users, to micro-target political messages to them before the 2016 U.S. Facebook has also updated its privacy policies. presidential election.

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Scott Public Relations

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Social media has become an incredibly effective tool in a brand marketer’s toolbox. But if managed poorly, a social media presence can be as harmful as it is helpful for a brand’s identity. Don’t just jump right into social media without having a consistent plan in mind for how you will use it.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

When Facebook debuted its live feature, we immediately began brainstorming how we could best utilize the tool for our business. After discussing multiple names, taglines and pop culture reference our weekly Facebook Live show, SocialLIVE, was born. Build and Establish Thought Leadership. Highlight Our Company Culture.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

PR can also involve managing events, speaking at conferences, and developing social media campaigns. PR practitioners use a variety of methods to get their message out, including press releases, media relations, social media, and more. How is public relations measured? In other words, “it depends.”.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 19, 2018

And, unlike many others who have these opinions on trends in the social media world, he’s actually done the work. But, for now, let’s meet this Social Media Rock Star and learn more about what he’s up to at Toro. First, tell us more about your role at Toro as Social and Digital Media Leader.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 26, 2021

That program was quickly followed by a Management Internship, and shortly after that, I landed my first full-time research position as a social media analyst. At the time, social media listening was still a fairly new discipline, and many big companies were relying on vendors to provide the bulk of their analysis work for them.

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Karen Freberg

AUGUST 15, 2017

With professors who are teaching social media, this can be a daunting and intimidating task in many ways. Teaching social media, as I have written about many times, is a constant prep. From how to approach Facebook Live to creating Snapchat ads for students and many more. Social media campaigns by Carolyn Mae Kim.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Last year, Symphony Technology Group acquired four PR tech companies including Onclusive, PRgloo, and, later , Critical Mention. The company says it’s developing a product that uses “large language models” [plural] for PR measurement. LLMs are at the heart of generative AI technology. Startup Handraise raises $6.3

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Disruption happens to industries measured in weeks and months rather than years or epochs. Thanks to technologies like cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet access, mobile devices, and machine learning, the pace of change will only increase. Society and social media have created hyper-focused segmentation of the audience.

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Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. When you think about the context of Paid, Earned and Owned Media, has been completely blurred.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Of the three pillars of the marketer’s media mix — paid, owned and earned — earned media can be the most challenging to measure. This has resulted in it receiving a backseat to paid media in most corporate budgets. Sometimes, it feels like paid media budgets are invincible.

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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. The slope of the line is measured with a term named R-squared. Or do social media shares drive page views?

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OnePitch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The technology in this story was a design application. co-design journalist, thinking he would draw in the technology as part of the design story. What’s your best tip for measuring PR? We’re lucky to work in an industry where measurement has evolved by leaps and bounds. And he did beautifully.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. Early into the social distancing phase several brands quickly acknowledged the situation through visuals. Facebook, too, is working to correct misinformation and rumors.

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Cision

JUNE 3, 2016

Practically every brand has a social media presence. So why are 45 percent of marketers unable to demonstrate social’s impact on a qualitative or quantitative level? Social media is more than an array of communication platforms. In order to gain that knowledge and shape future campaigns, measurement is key.

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PR in High Definition

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It’s been a busy month in the tech world, with a balance between the war on social media raging on and some brighter innovations that aim to make our daily lives easier. One thing almost nobody missed was that Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experienced an outage that lasted almost six hours.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Our top posts from the second quarter of 2016 focused on PR and marketing technology skills, Facebook branded content, and measuring influencer performance. Let’s take a look: PR and the Marketing Technology Skills Gap. 6 Ways Facebook Branded Content Changes the Influencer Game. Here’s how.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Many of the PR technology vendors I track for the monthly PR Tech Sum put a greater emphasis on earned media than media relations in their messaging. Earned media is sexy. It’s larger than media relations, but only in the abstract. Below is the summary of news from the world of the PR technology vendors.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 29, 2018

Much ado was made during the month of January about Facebook’s Newsfeed changes. Social media experts proclaimed that everything was fine; business press declared the era of social media over. What actually happened, and how measurable has the impact been? Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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