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?

Measurement 113

Measurement Analytics Course Advertising 113

Cision

MAY 29, 2017

The next question is how can brands, publishers and advertisers benefit from content discovery? How Content Discovery Helps Brands, Publishers and Advertisers. These useful insights can be used to target content and advertisement campaigns and ensure better lead generation. So what can marketers do to ensure content gets seen?

How To 129

How To Content Marketing Engineering Advertising 129

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The PRCA Digital PR and Communications Report 2016 reveals a sharp rise in digital PR budgets, but continuing concern over the lack of investment in training. It’s the fourth annual Digital PR and Communications report the PRCA has produced. More education and training needed to acquire digital PR skills.

Training 119

Training Digital PR Media Training Education 119

Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced. We are, mate.

Digital PR 98

Digital PR SEO Google Travel 98

5W PR

JANUARY 17, 2020

Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. These are all useful tools for measuring a PR campaign’s efficacy; is your brands story being told?

Measurement 78

Measurement Publicity Television Analytics 78

Prowly

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A public relations (PR) campaign is an orchestrated series of strategic communication efforts designed to achieve specific objectives. 5 Monitor, measure and iterate Track the campaign's performance in real-time using analytics tools, media monitoring platforms, or surveys. Measure against your KPIs to assess effectiveness.

Examples 104

Examples How To Product Launch Print 104

Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has revealed the findings of its Digital PR Report 2015, with insights across the following key areas: In-house budgeting for blogger outreach continues to grow and PR agencies increasingly entrusted with this work.

Digital PR 60

Digital PR Training Report Social Media 60

Landis PR

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Spin Sucks For those seeking to sharpen their digital PR skills, Spin Sucks delivers weekly episodes packed with actionable insights about modern communications strategies. The podcast regularly features industry experts who share real-world examples of successful campaigns and lessons learned from communication challenges.

Storytelling 52

Storytelling Analytics Leadership Trends 52

The Proactive Report

MARCH 1, 2016

Our guest today on the #Digital PR Twitter chat is Katie Paine. Q1: 13 years ago Don Bartholomew said he hoped to see holistic PR measurement being used. A1: Almost all the dashboards I design these days integrate internal and external, traditional and digital PR numbers. What should we be measuring?

Twitter 100

Twitter Measurement Digital PR Hotels 100

The Proactive Report

MARCH 1, 2016

Our guest today on the #Digital PR Twitter chat is Katie Paine. Q1: 13 years ago Don Bartholomew said he hoped to see holistic PR measurement being used. A1: Almost all the dashboards I design these days integrate internal and external, traditional and digital PR numbers. What should we be measuring?

Twitter 100

Twitter Measurement Digital PR Hotels 100

Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Digital PR is a broad landscape, especially when it comes to campaigns. If you are still getting to grips with digital PR campaigns, it can be hard to know which type is best to bring your campaign to life and help you to reach your target audience. Reactive digital PR. Proactive digital PR.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Analysis B2C Examples 62

Public Relations Sydney

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Here is our comparison between PR and marketing: Activities / tactics: Marketing generally covers promotional, direct marketing and advertising which seeks to return direct sales; whereas PR is focused on reputation management through generating positive media coverage and stakeholder communication.

Marketing 99

Marketing Advertising Advertising Comparison 99

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available. Below, we’ve collected our favorite digital PR tools that have been proven to help launch successful campaigns. Meltwater is a PR platform with approximately 400,000 contacts.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. One thing that’s clear: HARO and Shankman made an indelible impression on the PR professionals it served back in the day. It challenged PR pros everywhere to consider, what was at the time, a nascent opportunity for digital PR.

Reddit 181

Reddit Software B2B Technology 181

The Proactive Report

JUNE 18, 2021

PR should be the first thing you do and it should be done every day. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” The top of the funnel is filled by PR. And they paid $500 a month for strategy and measurement.

Small Business 213

Small Business Fashion Groups Local 213

5W PR

MARCH 19, 2020

However, to ensure that a campaign is truly effective, all of the tactics must be monitored, measured and evaluated, which is usually done by monitoring the opinions of the public. There are several different techniques that can be used to measure these numbers, and all of them are slightly different and employ different rules.

Publicity 97

Publicity Survey Measurement Groups 97

Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. Back in the pre-digital era before we could track the most intricate of details of PR, that reputation was probably fair.

Measurement 49

Measurement Analytics Google Advertising 49

Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 Cision said customers that use its PR Newswire distribution service “can now secure guaranteed editorial placement across thousands of premium publishers.” Are you kidding?

Software 147

Software Case Study Advertising Advertising 147

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

One of the most common metrics talked about in traditional public relations as well as advertising is the media impression. Let’s dig into this metric and understand what it truly measures. Impressions bridge the gap between the world and the total addressable audience that you have and the rest of your PR and marketing funnel.

Media 60

Media Measurement Advertising Advertising 60

The Proactive Report

MAY 7, 2018

Here’s another stat: There’s a 45 percent under-employment rate for graduates with an advertising or PR major. The PR Measurement Course could give you that extra edge on your resume. Add analytics to your resume and that number drops to 35 percent, giving you a marked edge over other applicants.

Study 100

Study Analytics Software Data 100

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Measuring Media Kit Success. No matter how they look, how detailed they are, and what form they take, the goal is all the same — give prospective advertising buyers every reason (and opportunity) to want to contact. A media kit can be a make or break opportunity for the brand.

How To 176

How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Buzzstream

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Digital PR and PR, in general, are huge parts of this because they can help build brands with significant coverage and exposure. It’s an excellent conversation for SEOs, digital PRs, and agency leaders. When I was at Siege Media, we did link-building and digital PR assets with some of those brands.

SEO 62

SEO Study Brand Branding 62

5W PR

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is paid advertising on search engines and social media platforms. Content Amplification PR-generated content, such as press releases and articles, can be repurposed for digital marketing channels like blogs and social media.

Marketing 78

Marketing Engineering Crisis Communications SEO 78

The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

As you can imagine, these clients prefer to keep the details such campaigns private, but I’ve secured permission from our leadership team to pull back the curtain and delve into the nitty gritty behind one of Hoffman’s own recent B2B Facebook advertising campaigns. Let’s get started! b) Retargeting B2B audiences with Facebook Pixel.

Advertising 36

Advertising Advertising B2B Facebook 36

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2017

The way I see it there are two key challenges with measurement in marketing – and both are human. Asks any digital savvy marketer to drive more clicks or more webinar registrants and they certainly can. The second problem is that the things marketing wants to definitively measure tend to be asymmetric and intangible. Talk to Us!

Social Media 60

Social Media Crisis Marketing Media 60

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business. Here are some typical social media measures I look at: -Number of new followers and connections, such as “new likes” on Facebook, followers on Twitter, connections on LinkedIn, etc.

Social Media 83

Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 83

5W PR

JANUARY 14, 2019

Ads and other promotions prominently featured plus size models as well as women of color and advertised sizes in ranges not typically featured in other companies’ advertising. Women were told, no matter their size, they would find it at Savage X Fenty; and whoever you are, you are welcome.

Brand 68

Brand Branding Publicity Fashion 68

5W PR

DECEMBER 5, 2018

By starting small and creating the right metrics to measure along the way, companies just getting started with the direct consumer model can make sure that they’re advertising to the right consumer, and that they’re using the right strategies for success.

Consumer 74

Consumer Publicity How To Marketing 74

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Q1: How do you see the traditional lines between the disciplines – PR, advertising, etc. The new PR content model is being referred to as PESO – Paid, Earned, Owned and Shared. 34% of companies say they can’t find people with the right digital skill. SF: There are 15 skills I see as essential in 2015.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Groups Facebook Reputation 100

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion. Audience Public Relations: PR targets a broader audience , including stakeholders , influencers , and publics.

Publicity 52

Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Does internal linking have a measurable effect on ranking? What should digital PRs know about internal linking? Yeah I do think digital PR is is a great link building strategy. Our methodology was always let’s create one of these pieces of content for digital PR.

Internal 118

Internal International Insurance Insurance 118

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business. Here are some typical social media measures I look at: -Number of new followers and connections, such as “new likes” on Facebook, followers on Twitter, connections on LinkedIn, etc.

Social Media 60

Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 60

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Tip 1: Set clear goals and target audience Launching an impactful PR campaign necessitates setting precise goals and identifying your ideal target audience. Whether seeking heightened brand visibility or driving more web traffic, success requires focusing on measurable targets upfront throughout execution.

Analytics 40

Analytics Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 40

Beyond PR

MAY 30, 2017

The next question is how can brands, publishers and advertisers benefit from content discovery? How Content Discovery Helps Brands, Publishers and Advertisers. These useful insights can be used to target content and advertisement campaigns and ensure better lead generation. So what can marketers do to ensure content gets seen?

How To 40

How To Engineering Content Marketing Advertising 40

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

Complementary role with digital media While digital media has become increasingly dominant, broadcast media should not be seen as a rival but as a complementary force. Broadcast media can enhance and amplify digital PR efforts by providing a bridge to a wider audience.

Radio 75

Radio Television Media Local 75

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Today, the company is perhaps the largest of its kind, and I think understanding how it got to the place it is now, offers an interesting window into the world of PR and the evolution of technology for the digital PR community. Sources: Crunchbase , PR Newswire , O’Dwyer ). 1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR .

Technology 14

Technology Company Software Marketing 14

Norton's Notes

APRIL 21, 2016

An article written in the Guardian this week has reported that Google is claiming YouTube advertisements are much more effective than those on traditional television. This report does seem to be very self-serving for Google, to simply sell more advertising. The Christmas advertisement delivered 0.3% I mean seriously?

YouTube 28

YouTube Advertising Advertising Television 28