Shift Communications

JUNE 24, 2016

In this series, we’ll examine the tools, techniques, and strategies of paid advertising as they apply to public relations work. Advertising Strategies. The four advertising strategies to drive attention, awareness, trust, and behavior are syndication, brand building, direct response, and retargeting. Let’s explore each of these.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 13, 2018

Measuring awareness. Measuring interest. But all you need to know is what the ultimate goal is and set up a system to track those conversions. Measuring conversion. Word of mouth is still the best advertising and social media has become the ultimate word of mouth vehicle. Measuring advocacy.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’re working with a data-driven PR firm, chances are at some point in your relationship you will be asked to grant access to a variety of marketing and data systems. What systems might you be asked about, and why? Systems you may be asked about: market research, previous campaign performance data. Earned Media.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 20, 2020

In my last article , I laid out the three steps to introduce marketing ventriloquism into your organization: focus on what you can control; install control systems; amplify earned media. They will also have experience trafficking advertising — especially targeting media, which is an element of amplifying earned media.

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Cision

DECEMBER 6, 2017

PR has evolved to become more marketing-centric, but content silos and measurement have remained stagnant. Last year, paid advertising surpassed $500 billion , owned media technology represented a $32 billion market. As a result, PR professionals continue to measure total reach, impressions and ad-value equivalency (AVEs).

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 19, 2019

So many of us in marketing and advertising specialize in talking at our prospects, customers and consumers. Another way to quantify how the BS detector works can be found in Nielsen’s Global Trust in Advertising study. That is why they hire managers, directors and analysts and pay for control systems to measure performance.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 18, 2019

Think in terms of measurable brand preference, increases in website traffic, lead generation, or even specific deliverables, like speaking opportunities generated for the CEO. They’re measurable. Or maybe a prospect is already in the system and he comes across a particularly convincing testimonial in a trade publication.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

While many consider communications to be part of marketing, PR has fallen behind in being able to measure and prove its value to key stakeholders. According to a Nielsen report on advertising effectiveness, the key to success for marketers is creating a mix of social impressions that incorporate both paid and earned media.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

While many consider communications to be part of marketing, PR has fallen behind in being able to measure and prove its value to key stakeholders. According to a Nielsen report on advertising effectiveness, the key to success for marketers is creating a mix of social impressions that incorporate both paid and earned media.

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Shift Communications

JULY 18, 2016

In this series, we’ll examine the tools, techniques, and strategies of paid advertising as they apply to public relations work. Advertising Measurement. In this final part in our series, how do we measure our advertising? Let’s look at how to measure more thoughtfully. Measurement Pre-Requisites.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 24, 2011

Back in 2009, PR measurement professionals were cautious, to say the least. Fifty-four percent of AMEC (The International Association of Measurement and Evaluation of Communications) members were worried about the health of the industry, predicting worsening market conditions. Guest post by Richard Bagnall.

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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. The demand for measuring effectiveness in marketing is on the rise too, according to an eMarketer report titled, Execs to Marketers: Show Me the Metrics. PR Measurement Isn’t Quite the Same. by Frank Strong. Consumption.

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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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Onclusive

AUGUST 30, 2017

Improved awareness and enhanced reputation are intangible goals, and their measurement is even more difficult to grasp, especially in the ever-changing digital world in which we live. This article is your introduction to pairing the art of public relations with the science of measurement to impact your business.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. 3) Earned media improves advertising effectiveness.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Within the PR and advertising industries, there’s often talk about the PESO model (paid, earned, shared, and owned media). The Ability to Measure Sets Paid and Editorial Apart On paper, the glaring difference between paid and editorial PR is that one is paid, which means that placement is guaranteed.

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Prohibition

APRIL 13, 2021

billion active accounts on the platform – which when it comes to social media advertising, means that there are this many people you can choose to target from via your ad campaign – which is pretty impressive! Each month, social media advertising continues to change and develop. There are over 2.7

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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.”. And that requires good data – not only to find the right people and outlets but also to measure the reach and impact of these efforts. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

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Beyond PR

OCTOBER 31, 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. And so we continue to use legacy systems that no longer serve. Take Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE), for example.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Simply that its algorithms did their job, but that they’d take measures to improve those algorithms in the future. Madrigal called Google out on The Atlantic , saying, “It’s no longer good enough to shrug off the problems in the system simply because it has computers in the decision loop.”. Where does that obligation begin and end?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The first measure came from a business with a marketing automation system implemented. The second measure was largely a manual effort: going back through the deals closed at the end of the year and identifying which ones had downloaded gated for content featured on the blog. Components to Effectively Measure a B2B Blog.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 6, 2017

“Some 30% of respondents say when they see a brand being advertised alongside offensive material, they believe the advertiser is somehow endorsing that material; 20% do not see it as an endorsement, 33% say the brand may or may not be endorsing the material, and 16% have no opinion.”. 3) Context in measurements.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this blog, we will run through the basics of LinkedIn advertising – detailing the various types of ads you can run, as well as some top tips and tricks to optimise your ad creative to ensure great results for your first LinkedIn ads campaign. You can advertise on LinkedIn using an Account-Based Marketing (ABM) approach.

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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. Before my time the company had added a footnote to every PR message sent through its system: “powered by Vocus.” In simple terms, the idea is that the AI helps to summarize posts and articles captured in the Agility monitoring system.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2017

Facebook is unprecedented by nearly every measure for social platforms, except perhaps for engagement where its companion network Instagram (and its 700 million users ) excels. Paid Content (what can I measure and how granularly can I target audiences?). Paid Content (what can I measure and how granularly can I target audiences?).

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Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2020

ROI and proving value The top challenge facing communicators is measuring impact, proving value and demonstrating ROI , according to 50% of respondents. However, in a subsequent question, only about half of respondents “often” or “always” measure their communications efforts. Don’t overlook anecdotes either.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 14, 2016

PR teams have long deplored the challenges of how to best measure your PR success and effectively report program results. Yes, it can be difficult to understand how to justify your team’s hard work to management, or to measure PR’s contribution to the bottom line. But, don’t forget about measuring the quality of coverage.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Implementing an A/B segmentation to strategically distribute blog content over the wire, PhRMA was able definitively to measure the impact Cision Distribution by PR Newswire had on driving traffic to their blog.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

For the first time ever, YouTube Studio analytics have added a metric that allows users to measure how well their video has performed during the first 24 hours after upload. This nifty partnership will allow WPP agencies such as MediaCom, Ogilvy and Wavemaker to gain early access to advertising products in development.

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5W PR

AUGUST 19, 2024

Media planning agencies serve as the backbone of successful advertising campaigns, involving strategic decisions about where and when to place advertisements to effectively reach the target audience. Budget allocation issues Improper distribution of the advertising budget across different media channels can hinder campaign performance.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We’ll look at how to measure sentiment using examples from brands with successful programs. Customer sentiment measures how people feel about you — specifically your brand, products, or marketing campaigns. Why Marketers Should Measure Sentiment It’s not enough for people to know about a brand anymore.

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5W PR

AUGUST 28, 2024

Performance marketing is a strategic approach where advertisers pay for specific actions, such as clicks or conversions. Its success hinges on precise ROI tracking, a metric that measures the efficiency of an investment by comparing net profit to its cost. These metrics are interconnected.

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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. Software Revision Control Systems. The PR Measurement Course could give you that extra edge on your resume. Web Architecture and Development Framework. User Interface Design. Data Presentation.

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ReimaginePR

JUNE 6, 2016

This goal is specific, measurable, and most importantly, attainable. To do this, decide what you’ll be measuring first. As you can see, these measurements will depend entirely on your main objective. By creating this system, you’ll find it so much easier to figure out what to post each time. 8: Paid Advertising.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. As I wrote in a briefing about the company , Notified will actively surface reporters and influencers based on searches you’ve set up in the system.

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NewsWhip

JULY 21, 2021

Before we all gather around our TVs to watch the opening ceremonies, we wanted to get a sense of how the Games were resonating with the media and the public by measuring the current top stories, looking at both the positives and negatives that have emerged in the last month. We’ll look at the swim cap ban first.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I also loved freestyle BMX riding, so some friends and I published a BMX magazine which eventually expanded to include advertising, events, merchandise and even a correspondent and circulation in Europe. Do you know how to measure your social ROI? Find out how with Cision’s free tip sheet!

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