Cision

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While those of us in marketing or PR are quick to applaud technologies that allow us to do more, reach more, or earn more, we don’t seem to have the same attitude about updating our measurement tools and processes. Take Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE), for example. How Mature Is Your Earned Media Measurement Strategy?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Virtually everything in marketing, advertising, and PR is measurable. The statement, more accurately worded, is that not everything is worth measuring. It’s not worth measuring – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be measured. Why don’t more companies and brands measure PR and marketing?

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PRSay

APRIL 21, 2021

Here, Weiner, author of the just-published “ PR Technology, Data and Insights ” (Kogan Page), discusses acting on issues at the speed of business, combating misinformation and taking the first steps to measurement. . How can measurement help an organization combat misinformation and disinformation? My mantra is “begin simply.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 6, 2020

In my previous article on marketing ventriloquism , I made the case for marketers talking through voices other than their own and explained that most marketers tend to rely on advertising because of a need for perceived control. This is currently done with massively varying degrees of analytical rigor, but that is another story.

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2022

Advertisements are no longer shelled out to the general population but are instead honed for specific audiences and only shown to those who will be more likely to have an interest in the product. The post 3 reasons why PR Is adopting predictive analytics appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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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.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We talk a lot about measuring PR on this blog and as a reader, you know that not all PR tactics directly impact the bottom line. If you don’t already have measurement tools and dashboards in place, these questions commonly asked by clients and brand management alike can be a good indicator that it’s well past time to get started.

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

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Cision

JUNE 30, 2017

The need for earned media professionals, including communications and traditional PR, to catch up to their peers in advertising and marketing is real, and it’s urgent. The market opportunity this creates for Cision as the clear global industry leader in enabling data, tech, and measurement for them is huge. It can make or break brands.

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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. This transition affects everything from audience targeting and campaign measurement to personalization and attribution. This method has seen a resurgence as privacy concerns grow.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 13, 2018

Measuring awareness. Analytics comes into play once the content is out there. Measuring interest. Measuring conversion. Google Analytics is an excellent tool for tracking conversions. Word of mouth is still the best advertising and social media has become the ultimate word of mouth vehicle.

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Prowly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Tip: You can measure all key metrics (beyond reach & impressions) and PR KPIs with an all-in-one PR tool like Prowly. First, impressions measure how often your content is displayed to users, providing insights into your ability to reach your target audience effectively. How to measure media impressions and reach for PR?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2024

Chris is watching how X continues to shed advertisers – driven in part by the spread of misinformation on the platform. PR professionals’ unique experience in managing news cycles, identifying brand-safe advertisers, and spotting risks for public or advertiser backlash will complement marketers’ perspective and experience here.

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Onclusive

JULY 18, 2017

As a result, about three quarters of marketers are planning to increase their PR budgets over the next five years, according to research from the Association of National Advertisers. Search for the definition of “PR attribution” and you’re unlikely to find much, because quantifying PR through data and analytics is a fairly new practice.

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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.”.

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Cision

MARCH 2, 2016

But actually, if you tighten your scope, pay attention to only the information that helps you achieve your marketing goals and then make moves based on what you’re seeing, analytics and data can be your best friend! First, Decide What the “Right” Analytics Are. Instead, change one thing at a time, wait, watch and measure.

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Landis PR

MARCH 17, 2025

But with all the different ways to measure how do you pick the best one? Cutting and pasting impressions or advertising equivalency and shooting off an email isnt the same as a short intro of, Good news, Susie Client! Im not suggesting you go crazy with 50% + targets, but incremental gains are measurable.

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The Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

September is AMEC’s Global Measurement Month with many events around the world focused on PR measurement. Advertising Equivalency Values, where you measure the value of your media coverage by calculating how much an equivalent advertisement would cost.) Why is measuring AVE’s a waste of time? REGISTER NOW.

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Business Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Public relations reliance on impressions and Advertising Value Equivalents is both about the complexity of and lack of access to the data; PR is not on the front lines of data collection tools like Google Analytics which is often managed by web or marketing teams.

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The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Last night (11th February 2016), the CIPR hosted an event on measurement in public relations. Paul Sutton, Neville Hobson and I spoke about our experiences and views in the development in PR measurement and evaluation. Here are the slides from my talk: CIPR PR measurement event: Stella Bayles from coveragebook.com from Stella Bayles.

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Cision

JUNE 5, 2015

“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Ninety-five percent of communicators say they measure their PR, including social media. Whether you’re new to PR measurement or want to refine or upgrade your efforts, Cision has the resources for you. The bad news?

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Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mainly because unlike other forms of promoting your brands like online advertising, PR efforts have no specific analytic metric that can be used to measure their success. The post 7 ways to measure the success of a PR campaign appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. But like other marketing approaches, […].

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2016

One-third of public relations professionals still aren’t measuring the value of their work. With so many audiences, communication channels and types of messaging, proving the impact of public relations may seem impossible, but all you need is the right measurement strategy and the will to adapt to these changes.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 5, 2014

There’s an old saying in advertising that half of the budget is wasted, but marketers don’t know which half. Today, there are enough analytical tools today to avoid wasting half of the marketing spend. PR Measurement Isn’t Quite the Same. What PR needs is a framework to think about measurement and organize itself to measure.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 28, 2017

New technologies are helping make the measurement of public relations results easier, less time-consuming and more meaningful. More PR agencies today are designating a measurement guru on its team to own analytics. Advance legwork can improve the odds of achieving measurable impact. Identify the “core measures.”

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2017

But historically, communicators have struggled to measure the business impact of their campaigns. For decades, marketing and advertising professionals have had the upper hand when it comes to demonstrating the impact of their work. It just means that they have had access to better tools to build, manage, and measure their campaigns.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2018

I expect we’ll see the following in 2018: Integration acceleration: It’s now a must that strategic planning, creative, analytics and digital are fully integrated in client teams. Measure and win: We’re under more pressure to prove PR’s value through measurement. And we’re moving on to deeper integration.

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Business Wire

MARCH 6, 2017

Provided by your analytics program, URL builders or UTM links are lines of text you add to the end of a URL that allow the program to track the inbound traffic activity you are generating. Create extensions for blog posts, social updates, advertising and other marketing collateral to keep your program’s activities separated.

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The Resolution Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Go to any publisher advertising rate card and you’ll find the unique user figure rarely changes so is this a true representation of who viewed our coverage? Many of us know that the only way to get a true picture of how many people visited a website and viewed our PR coverage is through the website’s analytics.

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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.

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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). Google offers free courses on analytics and AI. Most of the social media platforms have courses you can take on their advertising products. Why is that true in PR and comms? We’ve got to do better than this.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 10, 2018

I was intrigued by the story of its co-founders who had invented PR Attribution – a credible way to tie corporate communications to real business outcomes, i.e. the holy grail of marketing measurement. But new forms of measurement are not necessarily sufficient to command re-investment in an industry or function.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Alcohol advertising is subject to strict guidelines and restrictions that vary by country and platform. Be accurate and transparent in all claims to ensure truthful and non-misleading advertising. Use analytics tools to gain insights into the audience’s behavior and preferences.

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PRSay

MAY 9, 2023

Public relations has always been a challenge to measure. We used to calculate the value of earned media placements according to advertising value equivalency (AVE), based on the cost of a print media ad and the publication in which it appeared. If there’s anything marketing has a lot of, then it’s metrics. EMV is a mysterious metric.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

As public relations professionals, we know that PR measurement is essential to the success of our campaigns, budgets and client relationships. We attend webinars, dabble with Google Analytics and follow the latest blogs to learn how to move from traditional to relevant measurement. PR Measurement is Not One Size Fits All.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2025

A separate Forbes analysis found that consumers often have negative reactions to AI-generated content, and many (especially Millennials and Gen Z) can easily spot it in advertisements, email copy, social media posts, and calls to action. That doesnt mean PR professionals should avoid these tools entirely.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Consider paid advertising to reach a wider audience and target specific demographics. Measuring and Analyzing To measure the effectiveness of the overall marketing efforts, track key metrics such as website traffic, social media engagement, and customer satisfaction.

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