Cision

AUGUST 9, 2017

Your public relations and communications programs should be the most vital part of your company’s media strategy. Most companies have a large unrealized opportunity available to them from their communications programs because they have under invested in earned media. That is, until now. quarter of the typical marketing budget.

Communications 185

Communications How To Media Measurement 185

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. Here’s an example from web analytics: Look at those four standout events that are above and beyond normal traffic.

Analytics 155

Analytics Data-Driven PR Marketing How To 155

Onclusive

OCTOBER 8, 2019

To leverage post-click engagement analytics to optimize your communications strategies. Brands optimize their advertising to drive engagement with their best content. In this whitepaper, you’ll learn how: Top brands are integrating paid, owned, and earned media. Retargeting strategies to drive engagement with your brand.

Strategy 56

Strategy Media Journalism Analytics 56

Prowly

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Communication isnt just importantits everything. Yet, too many businesses overlook the one thing that keeps it all together: a communication plan. Improved team alignment When you define roles, responsibilities, and communication protocols, everyone is on the same page.

Writing 104

Writing Communications How To Internal 104

Cision

JUNE 29, 2017

While technology continues changing every industry I can think of, many communications and public relations professionals hold tight to the more poetic side of storytelling. The truth is PR and communications professionals are more tech-savvy than ever. The post Does Data-Driven Storytelling Threaten the Role of the Communicator?

Storytelling 0

Storytelling Data Communications Technology 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

Here’s a roundup of some top advertising and marketing podcasts. In this new series, AdExchanger editors invite top industry newsmakers and practitioners in digital and data-driven advertising – all while under social isolation. It’s by no means is a complete list, but a good starting point if you’re looking to raise your podcast game.

Marketing 306

Marketing Advertising Advertising Industry 306

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2024

The leadership team here at Crenshaw Communications, a Mod Op company, has taken the time to investigate the emerging trends to expect for 2024. Chris is watching how X continues to shed advertisers – driven in part by the spread of misinformation on the platform. What are the PR industry trends for the new year?

Trends 333

Trends Industry Government Data 333

Cision

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Publishers now have to tag the sponsor or brand in any branded content post, which notifies the sponsor and gives them access to analytics, and lets everyone else know it’s sponsored content. Learn how to measure the impact of your communications activities by downloading Cision and PR Newswire’s free performance guide now.

Trends 319

Trends Content Marketing Brand Branding 319

PRSay

APRIL 21, 2021

The importance of research, analysis and evaluation in the communications profession continues to grow due to the pace of change in the marketplace. Mark Weiner, a longtime PRSA member and the chief insights officer for Cognito, an international research-based communications consulting firm, is the report’s lead writer.

Measurement 186

Measurement Communications Analysis Data 186

Onclusive

MARCH 21, 2018

Today, advertising, corporate content, and social content is often separated,” Owyang wrote, “but tomorrow, we expect these circles to converge and overlap, with little or no separation.”. The post How Storytelling Connects Paid, Earned, and Owned Media appeared first on AirPR.

Storytelling 281

Storytelling Media Infographics Advertising 281

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

There are many free courses you can take from Google (AI and analytics) and HubSpot (all kinds of classes). There are also, generally speaking, traditional gaps in a communicators skill set, such as math, which hurts our credibility with executive leadership. Google offers free courses on analytics and AI.

Google 157

Google Course Survey YouTube 157

5W PR

JANUARY 27, 2025

Public relations measurement has evolved significantly with the rise of digital media and advanced analytics tools. The Evolution of PR Measurement PR measurement has come a long way from the days of manually tracking press clippings and estimating advertising value equivalency (AVE).

Measurement 78

Measurement Tools Analysis Analytics 78

Landis PR

MARCH 17, 2025

Cutting and pasting impressions or advertising equivalency and shooting off an email isnt the same as a short intro of, Good news, Susie Client! Doing a quick survey to gauge what worked and what didnt in communications is pretty simple to help people feel pride in their workplace. Present that hit accordingly!

Analytics 59

Analytics Measurement Data Software 59

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 23, 2016

Sure, CEOs are far less likely to be wooed than a Tinder date, but there are certain steps you can take to put the odds in your favor when communicating PR results, why they’re important, and how you’ll evolve your strategy based on those findings. Compare that with digital advertising, in which.02% Newswires (press releases).

Communications 150

Communications How To Analytics Public Affairs 150

PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2025

Communications professionals know that the only constant is change. Messaging best practices evolve, communication channels transform, and budgets fluctuate, often slowly and all at once. However, only 33% of communication leaders feel confident in their ability to tell a compelling brand story.

Trends 97

Trends Brand Branding Publicity 97

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The right advertising generates reach and frequency of message to inform specific audiences. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, big brands instantly adjusted advertising to suit a more sober public mood and show empathy for customers. Marketing teams have regular access to information like analytics, leads, conversions, and sales trends.

Marketing 310

Marketing Product Launch Corporate Viral 310

5W PR

MARCH 16, 2025

Preparing for a future without third-party cookies represents one of the biggest shifts in digital marketing since the rise of programmatic advertising. The Current State of Cookies in Digital Marketing Third-party cookies have served as the backbone of digital advertising for over two decades.

Privacy 78

Privacy Marketing Advertising Advertising 78

PRSay

MARCH 11, 2019

In their annual analysis of trends in business and communications, the10company sees 2019 as a year of influence for employees and consumers. This] is the year of power to the people,” says Valerie Di Maria, principal of the communications and marketing firm. Brands are beginning to over-rely on data and measurement.

Trends 151

Trends Communications Employee Enterprise 151

PRSay

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Businesses of all types hire interns for strategic communications, social media and public relations. Consider broadening your keyword search to include roles in strategic communications, influencer relations, community relations, social strategy, content creation, integrated communications, account management and analytics.

LinkedIn 88

LinkedIn Nonprofit Social Media Retail 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A recent study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the USC Center for Public Relations found that marketers plan to increase staffing and overall spending on public relations over the next five years. The campaign is going well – positive press and analytics that prove people are responding.

Publicity 256

Publicity Brand Branding Storytelling 256

NewsWhip

MARCH 31, 2021

What happens when influence outshines advertising? He was previously a part of innovation efforts at a number of different agencies, including FleishmanHillard and Marina Maher Communications. MARCH 26, 2021. Watch webinar. Read transcript. Bryan Pedersen, Chief Information Officer, MSL USA. Follow Bryan on Twitter: @bryanpedersen.

Advertising 131

Advertising Advertising Data Reputation 131

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 17, 2016

Marketing builds brands by communicating directly to the customer, while PR drives reputation through third-party endorsement, among other techniques. The results of earned media coverage in top-tier media may lack the scale or reach of paid advertising, but they’re like fuel for the marketing engine. Reputation.

Brand 195

Brand Branding Marketing Advertising 195

Cision

JULY 5, 2016

This is an important development for communication and marketing professionals for sure: any consistent, free benefit of posting to Facebook is effectively nullified. What I want to do in this post is to share five insights around Facebook’s algorithm change that are important for communication and marketing professionals to know.

Facebook 216

Facebook Advertising Advertising Mobile 216

Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A Guest Post by Sedale McCall, Digital Communications Specialist. Long gone are the days when a person could be a website master, social media specialist, analytics guru and paid advertising expert all at the same time. It’s even more difficult to know what features are most relevant to you and your company.

Case Study 224

Case Study Trends Instagram Social Media 224

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 9, 2016

For years, the PR industry’s response to the problem was to measure outcomes by treating earned media stories as paid advertising, with a dollar value calculated from standard ad rates. The ad equivalent formula was popular with marketers because it translated PR output into something familiar – advertising!

Measurement 189

Measurement How To Guidelines Web 189

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’ve got display advertising data from services like AdRoll, Google AdWords, and other ad networks – especially the results of A/B tests – that data can be used to help guide future content creation. Systems you may be asked about: competitive advertising data, competitors’ ad copy, prior competitor PR data if available.

Data 157

Data Data-Driven PR System Analytics 157

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. Most communicators say the volume of work has grown, but so too has the variety of work. Those who said communications work has “changed very significantly,” wrote: 1. Proven business value.

Communications 149

Communications Crisis Internal International 149

Prowly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Each of them plays a different role in media strategy: Earned impressions come from organic mentions Paid impressions originate form advertising Owned impressions come from brand-generated content Media impressions vs. reach One basic difference between impressions and reach is the number of users which viewed the content.

Media 104

Media Measurement SEO Instagram 104

5W PR

JANUARY 7, 2025

Translate content into local languages to ensure effective communication. This can be achieved through targeted advertising on social media platforms or search engines. Use data analytics to identify regional trends and preferences. This includes website content, marketing materials, and social media posts.

Hotels 78

Hotels Local Marketing Engineering 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

Here’s a roundup of some top advertising and marketing podcasts. In this new series, AdExchanger editors invite top industry newsmakers and practitioners in digital and data-driven advertising – all while under social isolation. It’s by no means is a complete list, but a good starting point if you’re looking to raise your podcast game.

Marketing 204

Marketing Advertising Advertising Industry 204

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

With a new year around the corner, communications professionals are gearing up to get their plans ready to conquer the world in 2018. While the communications and PR space has changed drastically over the past few years, it’s also come with some challenges that we’re still working out solutions for. So what’s the solution?

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Content Marketing 225

Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Over three days, we explored the future of analytics and artificial intelligence, from understanding where we are in the evolution of analytics to seeing the cutting edge of how AI will impact every industry. Rise of the Machines.

Publicity 166

Publicity Analytics Data Advertising 166

Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? We cannot afford to advertise to everyone on the one network that reaches everyone – Facebook – and the reach of individual publications continues to decline. The solution to this quandary is the owned audience. Dark Social and Influence.

Trends 83

Trends Publicity Analytics Software 83

Mindful Marketing

JULY 19, 2023

These organizations often say they don’t sell customer data; rather, they “share” it with their advertising partners. Of course, advertisers pay these big data collecting companies to run their ads, so selling vs. sharing seems like semantics. In Europe, you do; but in the US, you don’t.

Analytics 101

Analytics Data Retail Advertising 101

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Virtually everything in marketing, advertising, and PR is measurable. For example, if I get a small mention in the local newspaper about SHIFT Communications that doesn’t have attribution, a clickstream, or a call to action, it would take an extensive research project to find out the true impact of that article. Christopher S.

Measurement 159

Measurement Insurance Insurance Newspapers 159

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 22, 2023

AI powers audience targeting and personalization As a personalizable technology, AI can help advertisers identify ultra-specific niches in order to get the right ads in front of the largest number of desirable people. Fraud costs advertisers billions of dollars each year.

Advertising 170

Advertising Advertising Analytics Data 170

Shift Communications

JUNE 19, 2017

Marketers, advertisers, and public relations professionals are ill-informed and ill-equipped to manage the largest change in data and privacy in the last 20 years: GDPR. or you use software that does this on your behalf (Google Analytics, marketing automation, sales CRM), GDPR applies to you. What is GDPR? GDPR applies to you.

Publicity 163

Publicity Marketing Privacy Advertising 163