Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

We’ll walk through examples from organizations like Google, FedEx, Cigna, and more and break down the steps you can take to develop a thought leadership program of your own. Bonus points if you can identify people who already have experience sharing their ideas in some way, whether on stage, in writing, or in front of a camera.

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Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 145

Business Wire

MARCH 20, 2018

Each panelist shared their experiences in the evolving industry of journalism as well as pitched tips for public relations professionals in a panel moderated by Stefan Pollack , President of The Pollack PR Marketing Group. If we don’t want to write it, no one’s going to want to read it,” Loudenback said.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2017

As I wrote about in my last post , my approach to PR measurement has evolved over the years. In my last two jobs – one agency and one in house – I’ve used SeeDepth to monitor and measure results. Defining share of voice: When asked to measure share of voice, you should first ask “Share of voice for what, specifically?”

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

So, I consulted Google Trends. I couldn’t find any financial data on the deal but in a separate piece for Media Post Laurie Sullivan writes that Kelp has 10 employees and “Signal AI has about 220 employees.” Muck Rack released an integration with Google Analytics (GA) that helps PR measure web traffic from media placements.

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Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 86

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked. Go to your website or your internal server/Dropbox/Google Drive and grab your most recent frequently asked questions sheet.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can see visually this in the Google Trends chart above ( or see it for yourself online ). Talkwalker characterized the product as “social measurement and audience insights software.” c) What makes a great pitch? Over time, the digital community warmed to the term again.

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Media Relations Media Print Software 152

Onclusive

JUNE 21, 2017

In the past, PR professionals pitched the media and threw events with little proof of how PR moved the needle. Today’s PR strategies are more iterative, forming a continuous loop where outcomes are measured and insights are frequently incorporated back into the strategy. PR is no longer a linear process.

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Storytelling SEO Community Engineering 329

Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

It was rapidly followed by Anthropic Claude 2 and Google Bard. They produced two versions of the article: an original with words by Arlen and pictures by Chris , and a second using ChatGPT to write in the style of Christopher Hitchens, Marina Hyde and George Orwell. This is powerful in planning, measurement and decision-making.

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Report Publicity Training Policies 119

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship.

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Pitching Agency Tools Resources 136

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

The Linkfluence product helps “brands to identify buyer communities online and understand how to activate them, see how a brand is associated with certain topics or values to measure brand perception as well as detect and monitor trends or analyze customer experience.”. Critical Mention adds Google Analytics integration.

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Media SEO Analytics Analysis 108

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. Pressure on measurement. Many platforms for collaboration. “It

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Communications Crisis Internal International 124

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 11, 2017

There’s a lot of confusion in the market about PR analytics and measurement vs. media monitoring. As measurement began to rise in importance over the years, and better data is demanded, these industry elders have tweaked their offerings and their messaging to focus more on PR measurement. By Seedepth.

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Measurement Media Analytics Analysis 50

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I worked in PR and did a lot of traditional pitching and working with journalists and media people. With inbound, journalists can browse stories that are relevant to them in their own time rather than be spammed by pitches in their inbox. They get thousands of email pitches per day. Measurement can be quite interesting here.

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Measurement Case Study Pitching Agency 120

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2016

The May edition of #measurePR brought together three fabulous guests who were ready to share their smarts on measuring media relations. On common mistakes when measuring media relations: A4 USAT circ=2M, so 1K click-thrus looks small. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn #measurePR Recap (May 2016): Measuring Media Relations.

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Media Relations Measurement Media Analysis 40

PR Fuel

JANUARY 24, 2022

Consider the SMART method (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based) as your template. Under the SMART method, determine the desired outcome, metrics for measuring success, and the achievability of the campaign. You can also activate Google alerts on mentions about your competitors. Research Your Audience.

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Creativity Data Measurement Product Launch 110

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

USD according to Google as of January 2023, so with ~313 million shares outstanding ( according to MarketWatch ), my back-of-napkin math puts the deal value in the ballpark of $563 million USD. Universal Information Systems pitches itself as a “concierge service” for all things media monitoring. The company raised $6.2

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business.

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Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 83

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2017

From there, it’s important to time the dissemination of attendee invitations, press releases, media alerts and post-event pitches with precision. We find it very effective to build the run-of-show collaboratively with other teams and vendors on a Google doc or other cloud-based program. Write a thorough post-event report. .

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Pitching Survey Video Examples 185

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Want to write for Cision®? At Cision, we discuss earned media, identifying and building relationships with influencers, crafting campaigns and monitoring and measuring impact. Know who you’re currently writing to, and who you want to reach, then impart that information to all your contributors as you create your contributor guide.

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. To put it another way, predictions are equal parts analysis and aspiration. Blogger outreach gets personal.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business.

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Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking. Audiences know the difference.

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

And being a best-selling author can’t hurt when pitching bylines or features to the media. Authoring a weekly blog allows a leader to write in her own voice – which becomes part of the voice of the brand. It takes time for writing and filming — and a strong, informed point of view. Content shapes a personal brand.

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Case Study SEO Film Video 178

Critical Mention

JANUARY 8, 2019

Once your goals are crystal-clear and you launch your campaign, you can also set tangible metrics to measure its results. By measuring your results, you can see what worked, what did not, and how to move forward in your PR strategy. Develop your own pitch style. Do not leave the journalist guessing! Until next time!

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Strategy Pitching Measurement LinkedIn 72

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

PR measurement has long been the Achilles heel of the industry. Measuring behavior is harder. Sometimes you can use UTM tags to measure an incremental online action attributable to PR, but truly measuring behavior change (sales, votes, donations) is very difficult.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. All models are wrong, but some are useful… Orin Puniello, part Ketchum Global Research & Analytics team shares why some PR measurement models will never tell you the whole truth. Could just one metric measure PR? A standard in article scoring?

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Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

People sometimes ask us why we out our own on The Bad Pitch Blog. Our traffic logs show that bad pitches get more traffic than our how-to articles. When a pitch is outed, it’s being cached in Google…multiple times…as people pass these stories around like joints at Woodstock. We''re hoping for a bad pitch intervention.

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Pitching Case Study Print Blogging 68

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 28, 2020

Notified calls these functions – listen, connect, publish amplify and measure. Measure is the dashboard and analytics. Check it out here: If you’ve ever used Google to search for news and then used a browser plugin like Hunter.io too search for their email address – Notified is automating that process.

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Software Tools Publicity System 117

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2017

Write more and write better. Good, error-free writing is under threat today. It seems the need for speed in writing and editing is taking its toll. One of the best ways to improve your writing is to create the ideal environment in which to write. We constantly find horrid examples committed by journalists.

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Writing Education Pinterest Creativity 149

Mora Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Write your targets, goals and intents. Create targets that you can measure. . Stating that you want to be the new Apple or Google, sound good, and who knows, you just might be, but as a goal, that’s not going to get you far. Use your business goal roadmap to clarify your campaign’s direction, pitches and press releases.

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Brand Branding Product Launch Google 66

Cision

JANUARY 4, 2016

While “effectiveness” depends upon what is being measured , it is undeniable that the number of digitally-distributed press releases has increased at a rapid rate. Want more guidance on writing press releases? Use a cloud-based storage app such as Dropbox, Google Drive or even Evernote. Conclusion.

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Resources Journalism Print Pitching 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Many PR pros will cut and paste a document into a CMS to publish a release – and then cut and paste it again (and again) as they pitch it. Today, the company pitches its product in three parts: Managing contacts; Publishing content – what it calls “stories”; and. You can send these pitches to a list of reporters, or pitch 1:1.

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Pitching Analytics Enterprise System 64

Critical Mention

JULY 18, 2018

However, PR is changing faster than ever and how you measure your success is not as clearly defined as it used to be–it’s no longer about merely monitoring how many mentions your company got in the news, it’s about analyzing that data and seeing how it’s helping your business and what to do next. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Data SEO Engineering Strategy 60

Sword and the Script

MARCH 31, 2020

Further, 80% of industrial buyers use Google to research their purchases.” ~ Michelle Garrett | Garrett Public Relations 5. “Think twice, write once” “Now is a good time to invest more in content marketing, especially if you have unused dollars allocated for live events that you can shift over.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

But as Google gradually consolidated its monopoly status in the world of Search (now 90 per cent of the UK search engine market) and its increasingly sophisticated algorithm-updates placed more and more emphasis on content, so the divisions and synergies between the two industries both broke down and increased. Such as prredefined.org.

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SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

Offer solutions not a sales pitch. Using Google Analytics and the back-end dashboards on your various social media channels, find out what is your best and worst performing content, the pages people spend the most time on, where and how they convert and so on. Measuring for success. And that results in poor results.

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Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Video 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Burrelles monitoring allows you to track mentions (and sentiment) in real-time from all media — print, online, broadcast, and social — along with the ability to integrate Google Analytics for comprehensive reporting and evaluation. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.

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