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Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]

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Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. Earned media is sexy.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

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Acquisitions PR software company Vocus acquired HARO in 2010 for an undisclosed sum. It was among the first cloud software companies, and almost certainly the first ever SaaS model for PR technology or comms tech. Agility is the only major PR software provider that has developed a native LLM of its own creation. Reddit data.

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Knowledge is Power: Media Monitoring and the Bigger Picture

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You need to be in the know about all of the media coverage around your brand, your competitors, and keywords that are important to your business. Only then can you promote the right media across social and other platforms in order to better reach your audience.

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Helping Your PR Team Succeed in 2024 with Burrelles

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Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. This is especially challenging with the increasingly fragmented media ecosystem, but Burrelles can help !

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Another PR Tech Startup Gets Venture Funding [PR Tech Sum]

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It has since been acquired by an SEO software company. In its funding announcement, the company says it can also “measure ROI from earned media including traffic, form submissions, purchases and other conversions.” Meltwater offers 50 suggested metrics to measure your content marketing. million in 2016.

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Can a PR Software Vendor Provide “Guaranteed” Editorial Placements? [PR Tech Sum]

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One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is third-party validation: there’s nothing you can say about yourself that’s as powerful as someone else saying it about you. It’s sponsored content, which is a form of advertising, which is unquestionably paid media.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

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It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. Vocus , a provider of cloud-based PR software announces it will be acquired by GTCR for $447 million. Now imagine that world, but in software.