Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In the last post, we introduced the idea of predictive analytics in public relations. Public relations would benefit strongly from predictive analytics, forecasting communications needs in advance. The foundation of predictive analytics is one familiar to modern PR practitioners: data. Compatible Data.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. The trick is making sure you get comfortable with your AI.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 6, 2015

In early 2007, SHIFT CEO Todd Defren commissioned a map of the social media world to better visualize the social media landscape. This was a simpler time, when MySpace ruled the social media sphere and people still blogged heavily on services like LiveJournal. Analytics Data Data-Driven PR Infographic'

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As businesses become more digitized, paying attention to current trends, like the ever-growing importance of social media and data analytics, helps to promote and protect brand image. Also, it allows professionals to employ the right PR strategies when it matters most.

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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. To understand how systems access informs your PR program, we’ll reference the SHIFT Earned Media Hub Strategy as the base framework.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You try to find information on a local business through social media, only to find a few accounts frozen in time. Even worse, sometimes the business doesn’t have social media accounts at all. According to a 2015 study from Clutch , nearly half of small businesses do not actively use social media.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In between those times where you use Google Analytics to do reporting, there is plenty of maintenance to do to ensure that the data that you rely on to make decisions is accurate and will lead to the best decisions. Social Media Configuration. Last but not least, want to get search engine data inside Google Analytics?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Data is everywhere, and in every industry you have access to lots of it – so let’s see if we can make it less scary to approach and show you the value of the information that you hold. Social Media Data. Twitter also recently released its own Analytics dashboard to all users. Google Analytics.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Certainly, you can look downfunnel and see how many closed deals you’re getting in your sales CRM, but if your website is broken or your retail staff are surly, you may not see the results you want no matter how good your PR is. For that, we’ll turn to our stalwart, Google Analytics. For that, let’s look first at social media.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. In particular, short form videos are booming in PR trends.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Trends on Social Media. When it comes to earned and owned media getting a pulse on what’s trending worldwide provides a competitive advantage. Well, first it’s a free media monitoring tool and while other tools may give more analytical data about coverage, they also can eat into a budget. Google Trends.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Data Driven PR. As you can see from the content strategy, it’s all about the data. And every part of your PR plan should be data-driven now. You have to learn to gather it, slice and dice it, analyze it and extract the insights that drive your PR strategy and actions.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

But with PR attribution, one can see how efforts impact business goals and metrics aligned with the lower part of the funnel, such as whether those articles prompt downloads, convert leads into customers, and so forth. Make Data-Driven PR Decisions. Therefore owned analytics become a great asset in PR.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 22, 2014

It’s never a surprise when another ‘update’ materializes in the daily news scan, making the maintenance of a successful social media strategy difficult for marketers and communicators. See if your audience reacts differently than ours, and most important, find the best paid social media strategy for your brand.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. Social media livestreams will become acceptable as mainstream ‘news.’.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2016 focused on the different ways data and analytics have transformed the efforts of public relations professionals and how they affect client expectations. TOP DATA-DRIVEN PR TRENDS OF 2016: INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS. IBM Watson Analytics has changed that. Here’s how.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 22, 2015

On virtually every site you visit on the Internet, you’ll find social media sharing icons. We just want to prove or disprove a positive association between social media shares and page views. Let’s first get our data. Or do social media shares drive page views? Do these activities matter?

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Shift Communications

APRIL 10, 2015

We invented the Social Media Press Release and Newsroom templates in the heady first days of the Social Media era. We were among the founders of the now-global Social Media Club along with great friends like Brian Solis, Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, et al. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat. Todd Defren.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 15, 2015

This is a question asked recently by Patrick Coffee of PR Newser at AdWeek. Should social media managers be skipping the hashtag? Rather than guess, let’s take a data-driven approach. Where a brand had more than one social media page or profile, we chose the page with the largest audience.

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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. Social media management.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Overview of Tech PR Tech PR is the strategic use of communications and relationships to build the reputation of a brand or business in the technology industry. Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

It’s hard to miss all the articles and blog posts about how the PR industry is changing, how it’s integrating with new skill sets. Today, I wanted to dive a little more into my personal experience on the subject – including why PR pros should honestly start thinking about expanding their skill sets (and where to start). Graphic design!

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Let’s take a look: How To Use Google Analytics for Same-Day Content Promotion. One of the top questions in social media marketing (and content marketing in general) is how do you know what content is worth promoting? Instead, most marketers look back at their analytics at the end of the week, month, or quarter.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Social monitoring and listening not only give us a heads up on customer service issues or negative PR, but they can illuminate industry trends and customer behavior. A PR campaign can include a general theme or direction found in social media data or patterns, or the social data can inform a content calendar.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

The most cutting-edge public relations and media relations professionals will be investigating the forefront of artificial intelligence and how it can be used to generate massive amount of relevant content. How can we use data, analytics, and algorithms to achieve awareness at scale? Dark Social and Influence.

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

In fact, using data-driven approaches is relatively new in public relations, especially in terms of the different advancements of tools and technologies in the realm of data analytics. What used to be seen as a successful PR campaign in the past is quite different from the successful PR campaigns these days.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

We applied Google’s Customer Journey idea and paired it with data-driven models to help you understand what’s really working in your digital marketing plans. Our Data-Driven Customer Journey model helps you: Understand what channels deliver results. Discover the sequence your customers take to purchase.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

Short for S hared C ontent A nd L ink E valuation, SCALE is an open source program designed to ingest URL-based marketing data from multiple, disparate data sources , and unify the findings. It incorporates organic data from MOZ Open Site Explorer API, SEMRush, and APIs of the top social media platforms.

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Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

Owned media/messaging. Media relations. Social media management. Paid media and syndication. Predictive analytics. Research (using tools such as Sysomos, Crowdtangle, Google Trends). Sentiment/tone analysis. Press release alternatives. Email marketing. Speaking programs.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2016

This week, I attended IBM’s premier analytics and insights conference, World of Watson. During that time, I met exactly four PR professionals, all of them IBM employees. Out of almost 20,000 people, I was the only person I knew of representing a PR firm. Because AI and cognitive computing are the future of PR.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

SHIFT was not the first Google Analytics Certified Partner ; there were hundreds of companies before us. In the PR industry, however, we hold that distinction. Likewise, SHIFT is by no means the first user of IBM’s Watson Analytics. We are, to the best of our knowledge, one of the earliest adopters in PR.

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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. I combined that with a review of the newsroom portions of their sites and their social profiles.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

When I first started in PR, the desire was an article in a major national newspaper, above the fold and on the right side. Now, in the digital age, the quest is a business press article authored by an influencer: a reporter with name recognition and a large social media follower list.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

” News of this announcement spread (okay—exploded) across the internet with widely varying interpretations like a game of social media telephone. Learn how to use Twitter Analytics to find out which tweets have received the most impressions, URL clicks, detail expansions, retweets, favorites, replies, and more.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The chefs grab their beets and lamb; we collect our data. As marketers, we are bombarded with information and data from all directions. Social media data, web analytics, email marketing metrics, oh my! Where the challenge lies is with the analyzing and figuring out what comes next.

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