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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]

Sword and the Script

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’ll have valuable insights about the scale, timing, and frequency of media outreach that is optimal for your audience. Are you confident that your media monitoring software is capturing every relevant piece of coverage, or are you concerned that you might be missing some of it?

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Helping Your PR Team Succeed in 2024 with Burrelles

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Search and Monitor Monitoring enables brands and PR agencies to track earned media wins, be aware of up-to-date industry insights, and even keep tabs on competitors from the news (print and online), blogs, social media, and broadcasts in near real-time. If one thing is certain, technology and the media will continue to change.

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Is Public Relations Management a Technology? [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but shaping up for something else. Most draw analogy to customer relationship management, or CRM.

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

Sword and the Script

It has since been acquired by an SEO software company. In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. Before that – the best I can tell – the last time a PR tech startup landed VC funding was Prowly.

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When A Small Business Has A Big (PR) Advantage

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A PR firm may also think that doing media relations for well known brands can be easier than work for unknowns, because journalists are eager to cover them. We represent several midsize companies in technology who are giants within relevant industry organizations like adtech, supply chain software, or 3D printing services.