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DECEMBER 9, 2014

For that, we’ll turn to our stalwart, Google Analytics. The post How to measure the quality of your audience appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency | Boston | New York | San Francisco. Analytics Data-Driven PR Marketing Marketing Technology Metrics Strategy Tools' Christopher S.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Google Analytics. If you have access to your Google Analytics account, you’re in luck! PR pros, want a deeper dive? Check out our guide to Google Analytics for PR.). Google Analytics can give you detailed demographics for all the visitors to your site. Create content for your audience. Marketing Analyst.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While most of us communication pros are ringing in the new year with hefty planning, how seriously are we taking our research? All of these can be used to research industry trends and current news: Google News. Google Trends. Google News. So why Google News , specifically? Google Trends.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

At this year’s Social Media Success Summit, I had the opportunity to teach an advanced marketing and communications analytics session. One of the ideas I shared was looking beyond just the data that comes out of the box from tools like Google Analytics, Facebook insights, etc. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Google Data Studio™ made a splash when it was first revealed to Google Partners in 2015 as a potential solution for client reporting and dashboards. It’s now available to marketers and communicators globally, and it’s a potent new tool for the data-driven PR practitioner, communicator, or marketer.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 15, 2017

We consider it one of our missions to help strip away the fear PR and communications strategists feel when their executives or clients ask for proof that what they’re doing is working. Being a good communicator doesn’t mean you can’t be data-driven. “We Why is this the case?

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

It’s one of the most engaging ways to communicate with an audience, and digital platforms are doubling down on video. However, one area where video-minded PR professionals fall short is how to measure the success of video communications. Let’s look at the video communications funnel today. The Old Way. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

You may have noticed already that we talk a lot about data-driven PR at SHIFT. It’s not just a topic on our blog, it’s a concept we are encouraged to prioritize in every facet of our PR strategies. In the planning stages, you will want to confirm with your B2B tech clients what is considered a win for the PR program.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

PR professionals and communicators, however, have not, as a whole, significantly changed how they measure their success. CMOs and CEOs are starting to ask: Why can’t PR be measured and attributed the way that marketing efforts can? The typical response is that PR ROI and Earned Media are more difficult to measure.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 8, 2016

Recently, Google announced a seemingly minor feature: any Google user could access a new Google Analytics™ Demo Account. The new Google Analytics Demo Account contains live, real information from Google’s eCommerce merchandise store. The marketing and PR industry responded with a collective yawn.

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Prowly

JANUARY 29, 2025

Calculate SOV as: (YourBrandMentions)/(TotalIndustryMentions)100 We wrote a whole article about Share of Voice and similar metrics that work like a charm in data-driven PR. Use Google Analytics to track direct and organic traffic. Monitor branded keyword search volume using tools like Google Search Console or Prowly.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 10, 2015

This week we celebrate the 12 th anniversary of the founding of SHIFT Communications. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’re already starting to grow familiar with the term “Data-Driven PR.” Agency Life Data-Driven PR News agency news anniversay' And what a ride it’s been! Todd Defren.

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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. Connecting Google Search Console. Last but not least, want to get search engine data inside Google Analytics?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

In 2015, Google released its Customer Journey to Online Purchase insights tool and there was much rejoicing. Marketers and communicators found great value in Google’s generic models for how customers made decisions with marketing inputs. Our Data-Driven Customer Journey model helps you: Understand what channels deliver results.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 1, 2016

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. 2014: ZIPR Mobile PR Spokesperson App. 2013: SHIFT Branded Coffee Shops.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. Data-driven PR.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

Just in news publications alone, we saw an astonishing 72 million news stories written in 2016 according to Google News, an all-time high. Just as the email marketing world has had to evolve from “batch and blast” email messages to everyone to refined, segmented, and targeted communications, so must our public relations work also evolve.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Data-driven PR is the practice of using analytics, audience insights, previous campaign statistics, and other performance metrics to inform decisions that impact messaging, branding, and story angles. 3 All metrics are not your metrics Just because something is a PR metric doesnt mean you should be using it.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 23, 2015

One of the more enjoyable elements of being an executive in communications today is that my work brings me into contact with a wide variety of individuals. Many times, I’m asked by younger communicators what skills they should concentrate on as they finish their degree or begin seeking an agency role.

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Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

Thanks to Google Trends , we know interest in the term “shark attack” is set to increase drastically as searches for “shark week” do: According to The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File, 2016 saw 84 unprovoked shark attacks, which is on par with the average 82 incidents a year. Media training. Media relations.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Data-Driven PR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner. 2015 was a big year for SHIFT – we opened an office in Austin , expanded our senior leadership team (and then did it again! ), and last but not least, became a Google Analytics Certified Partner (GACP). Tori Sabourin.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 14, 2015

As I was getting ready to take the Google Analytics Certification test, I did quite a bit of reading (and note taking) in the digital fundamentals course to prepare myself. The solution is simple: opinion out, data in. You’ll be much more likely to experience the marketing and communications success you’re seeking.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Interest in influencer marketing is at all-time highs, and based on Google searches for the topic, there’s little indication that interest will flag. cta] The post How To Reach Top-Tier Influencers on PR Budgets appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Christopher S.

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JULY 24, 2017

Whether a brand has experience with controversial news or has yet to meet a crisis challenge, having a communications plan in place in advance of a potential incident is a must. Google and TalkWalker Alerts ensure your team is able to stay on top of breaking news as it happens. his brand and his community well before a crisis hits.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 6, 2015

The current occupant of the Iron Throne, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook, battles it out for supremacy against Reid Hoffman’s LinkedIn and the combined might of Google and YouTube. The post Social Media Game of Thrones: A Song of PR and Social appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

That does not mean we are left without resources to help define PR success and set the agenda for an even more data-driven PR program in the New Year. Many of these metrics are easily found via tools in the Moz suite, through the native social platform dashboard and through Google Analytics. Derek Lyons.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, ChatGPT will soon understand, interact and communicate using many different methods like text, images, video, audio and more. Along the same lines, Google currently offers Gemini Pro in Bard. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. and Salesforce.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The important thing for us, beyond the upgraded look and feel, was to hammer on the data-driven PR aspect. The post Building the Plane Mid-Flight: SHIFT’s New Website appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Lookin’ good, right? Watch this space. Todd Defren.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I don’t know where the original citation came from, but as data-driven PR professionals, we’d like the data too. Fortunately, getting the data is easier than ever. Does this mean you should switch your marketing and communications strategy to immediately begin texting your audience?

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

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. What Data Do We Need for Predictive Analytics? What data do we have access to as communicators?

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Our top posts, the best of Q4 content of 2018, focused on earned media, Google Analytics metrics, and measuring PR success. 3 CATEGORIES OF PR AND EARNED MEDIA. GOOGLE ANALYTICS 101: 5 METRICS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS. A great place to start is Google Analytics with its plenty of “out of the box” metrics. Here’s how.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 3, 2015

Although I don’t know if we’ll see the Google Analytics movie anytime soon…). The post Are PR and Marketing Entering the Moneyball II Era? appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Vice President, Technology Business Development East Coast. Photo Credit: IMDB.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

Now, any sane (and knowledgeable) PR person will explain to their client that the business press coverage might not drive the type of website traffic and content engagement they want (which Google Analytics can easily show us). No, you’re not diluting the story by including other sources in your pitch, you’re creating the story.

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APRIL 2, 2015

The ability to show our PR efforts are working. Google Analytics is a tool that can help businesses measure a bunch of different things, but it can also be a great asset for PR pros. Data-Driven PR Marketing Public Relations Training marketing skills new pr skills pr skills public relations skills'

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Shift Communications

MARCH 11, 2015

Tap into Google Analytics. Yes other PR peeps, I said it – analytics. Tapping into Google Analytics, we were able to see that BuzzFeed drove sales for the brand. After securing two product placements with the outlet, we went back to Google Analytics to determine results. How many people actually see the hit?

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2017

While product trials and demos can whet an editor’s appetite for a story, recipes are rich content that can both maximize PR campaigns and drive measurable business results in multiple ways. according to Google Trends. This makes it that much harder to stand out in both the reporter and public’s mind. Alan Marcus. Vice President .

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

For example, “SHIFT Communications” would be a branded non-negative search. Second, we measure in our website traffic, using Google Search Console, for branded non-negative terms: We keep daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly logs of branded non-negative search volume. What is branded non-negative search? Christopher S.

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