Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

One of the most common PR measurement questions we receive is, “What is the value of an impression?” Why do we measure impressions? Impressions are a diagnostic metric; if your earned media placement or advertisement isn’t seen by anyone, then we know its impact to your business is also zero.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. PR grows more in demand. Data-driven PR. One of the big headlines for 2022 is that a data-driven approach to PR will be a must. Fast-vertising.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this series, we’ll examine some of the major trends we see ahead and how PR practitioners of all stripes should prepare. Disruption happens to industries measured in weeks and months rather than years or epochs. To compensate, more walls will go up, making media less visible to PR professionals and their audiences.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 12, 2017

The reason we struggle to answer this question, as an industry, is because we are unwilling to invest in the tools, techniques, and strategies that lead to sound, effective measurement. We use digital marketing tools in public relations to assess the quantitative impact of PR activity. The Root Cause of Lack of PR Impact.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. Analytics Data Data-Driven PR Marketing Marketing Technology Metrics Strategy'

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Shift Communications

MARCH 3, 2015

For the general sports fan, statistics and data have been making their way into the mainstream for some time, similar to how online has brought measurement to marketing in a new way over the past 5+ years. The post Are PR and Marketing Entering the Moneyball II Era? Photo Credit: IMDB.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

I was asked recently what the most important metric, the most important thing to measure in PR is. So, what measurable trait helps us determine the effectiveness of PR? The Most Important Metric in PR Today is Branded Non-Negative Search. Advertising creates mindshare. Measure What Matters.

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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. Measurement. What’s the goal?

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

Marketers, PR Pros, and Advertisers are in a daily battle to remove opinion from decision making and tactical execution. How can all of this be measured and analyzed? SCALE is a cloud based software designed to close the data gap when analyzing how well content performs. The Solution. SHIFT has the solution: SCALE.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2015

One of the most common PR measurement questions we receive is, “What is the value of an impression?” Why do we measure impressions? For example, I drive past billboards and advertisements every morning on the commute to work. Here’s a simple way to do so: measure how often people search for you by name.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Let’s look at the Spearman correlation between character length and engagement measures such as likes and retweets in the period of September 1-25, when no 280-character tweets were available: Above, we see no correlation between tweet length and likes/retweets. Marketing and advertising. More isn’t better. Consumer health and fitness.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

We cannot afford to advertise to everyone on the one network that reaches everyone – Facebook – and the reach of individual publications continues to decline. Few, if any, influencer campaigns measure the impact of the influencer or even something as straightforward as intent to purchase among the influencer’s audience.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. In summary, it’s much of what you’d expect a B2B company to have in their DNA.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

The ability to show our PR efforts are working. Google Analytics is a tool that can help businesses measure a bunch of different things, but it can also be a great asset for PR pros. Digital Advertising – Specifically starting with paid social media promotion. Senior Marketing Analyst.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The only region that weakened was the EU.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The only region that weakened was the EU.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The only region that weakened was the EU.

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Shift Communications

MAY 3, 2016

In one year, 25% of the junior staff has participated in our MT the program which gives them hands on experience with tools ranging from Google Analytics to Social Advertising, survey best practices and keyword/SEO research. In order to arm our staff with the necessary skills we designed our Marketing Technology Immersion program.

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