Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Let’s next look at a predictive analytics example every PR practitioner will benefit from. We help connect our companies with audiences who matter most to the company, from investors to activists to customers. What Would PR Do? I personally don’t have a PR agency for my blog, but if I did, I would provide them this data.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

For example, if we are trying to build out our earned media strategy and developing public relations pitches, using trending topics in a relevant way gives you an opportunity to be noticed by reporters. Don’t just perform traditional PR, use data-driven PR ! Lisa Zanchi. Senior Marketing Strategist.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It can easily feed a story to make it stronger, and data-driven stories can easily be made visual, which adds to their appeal. For B2B companies, this presents a massive PR opportunity. To be successful, here are three best practices that B2B tech companies and startups need to keep in mind. This is natural.

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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. And as the media landscape keeps shifting, even experienced PR pros are discovering that earned media is not what it used to be.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Thus, instead of – or in addition to – pitching influencers directly, what if we focused our time and attention on the publications they read? This is a modern twist on an age-old PR strategy: by creating awareness in publications that our target audiences read, we help our companies and clients grow. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Far too many PR professionals blindly mass email their pitches without making any attempt at the “Relations” part of Public Relations. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce XYZ which is a California based mobile development company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in India. Comment on their stuff.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Media love poll-results story pitches, especially when accompanied by visuals like infographics. See our earlier post for more on how to make surveys work for PR. Quality data may already exist. Even a small company may have thousands of marketing contacts collected from CRM, website visits, and social followers.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Today, companies expect more from their PR departments. As the PR industry’s worth grows, so do analytics and PR reporting technology. This has made measuring actionable KPIs such as web traffic easy, providing valuable data for PR strategies. In Q4 and beyond, data-driven PR will become commonplace.

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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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Shift Communications

AUGUST 8, 2016

From our perspective as a Google Analytics™ Certified Partner, every marketing and PR professional should be jumping up and down with excitement. Four reasons: For sales pitches. Sales Pitches. If you’re a truly data-driven PR professional, you want to showcase your analytics chops in every new business/sales presentation.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

In the end, a full package to a reporter is the best course of action, and that package often includes: Consumer messaging – even if your client is a B2B company, you need to focus on how it impacts the Average Joe. This is the most important (and most difficult) part of the package – a B2B company will rarely hook a reporter without it.

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Barokas

AUGUST 8, 2017

But organizing data into digestible, interesting statistics not only incentivizes reporters to cover our clients, it also helps establish them as authorities in their respective industries. And when data-driven PR strategies are leveraged over time, the results can be especially impactful. Best days to pitch.

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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. USE IBM WATSON ANALYTICS FOR ADVANCED SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Companies slow down in America between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Only sales professionals aiming to hit quota and publicly-traded companies seeking a strong quarter close go full throttle until December 31. As 2017 enters its final month, we hit a period in the US B2B world known as the great lull.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

McKinsey & Company, 2023 By all accounts, PR pros are increasingly using generative AI in their roles and this is expected to steadily increase over the next year. 74% of PR pros report an increase in work quality when using AI. Out of 1001 PR Pros interviewed, what percent used generative AI in the following tasks?

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2022

And as all of those elements are changing, so should the PR strategies that companies are using so they can adapt and cater to everyone’s needs. With the evolution of technology, companies have generated a lot more data, which can inspire the creation of a lot more ideas, as well as increase the reach of those creative ideas.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

This always gives me new pitch or campaign ideas for the plan, and detailed insight on how to alter messaging and perspectives for clients to better compete in the market. . what words and terms they’re paying for) you can get a pretty good sense of where they’re taking their company and the media themes they’ll be pushing in 2018.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 28, 2019

A launch can be a great moment for a company. For some companies that can be easy. Here are a few things you can do to keep your company top-of-mind following a launch: Keep a steady media relations program. What should you be pitching them exactly? (Cue the crickets.). for example, has ongoing contributors).

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Shift Communications

JUNE 25, 2018

If you’ve been working in the PR business long enough, the PR planning process can become rather formulaic, especially if you’ve worked with the client over a long period of time. Company goals can often remain the same and a radical change in topics and trends is not typical.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

that prefers pitches via e-mail with phone call followup afterward. Assuming that didn’t work for you, it brings up a larger point: While you don’t need a degree in computer science to build an AI strategy, it is important that PR pros don’t sit on the sidelines and let an AI strategy get defined for them without their input.

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Barokas

AUGUST 8, 2017

But organizing data into digestible, interesting statistics not only incentivizes reporters to cover our clients, it also helps establish them as authorities in their respective industries. And when data-driven PR strategies are leveraged over time, the results can be especially impactful. Best days to pitch.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Print 60

Shift Communications

JULY 28, 2017

While press release distribution can be costly, the practice can be valuable which is why companies across the globe use them in their PR strategy. The important part of a press release is the proactive media pitching that accompanies a press release. Press releases are one of the more common techniques in public relations.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

PR pros work hard to secure media hits, and a stellar feature in the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times deserves to have a longer life than the hot minute it gets post-publication. Many companies will tell you a hit like this can drive a spike in traffic, but it’s often times short lived before traffic returns back to normal.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

McKinsey & Company, 2023 By all accounts, PR pros are increasingly using generative AI in their roles and this is expected to steadily increase over the next year. 74% of PR pros report an increase in work quality when using AI. Out of 1001 PR Pros interviewed, what percent used generative AI in the following tasks?

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

You and I actually spoke about this a bit before, but it sounds like I love this idea of data-driven PR these days. I’ve seen that happen for us at BuzzStream, and that’s why I’m leaning into that as much data as possible. And yeah, I don’t know if there is a great way to control that yet.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A successful tech PR strategy focuses on targeting the right media outlets, using engaging content, and creating relationships with key influencers in the industry. Role of Tech PR in promoting technology companies Tech PR plays a vital role in promoting technology companies.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. The tactic still matters, but PR pros and writers will need to step up their game to cut through the clutter. Data-driven PR. One of the big headlines for 2022 is that a data-driven approach to PR will be a must.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

You’ve counseled your client on what focus to take and questions to ask, you’ve partnered with a reputable research company like Wakefield or Harris, and now you’ve been delivered with the results. Because of this, more often than not data pulled from a vendor survey is not worthy of breaking news status.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

You’ve counseled your client on what focus to take and questions to ask, you’ve partnered with a reputable research company like Wakefield or Harris, and now you’ve been delivered with the results. Because of this, more often than not data pulled from a vendor survey is not worthy of breaking news status.

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