Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Onclusive

APRIL 15, 2020

This is a continuation of our April blog series focused on helping communications teams get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. First things first: how do you define attribution?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 30, 2017

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

As communications becomes more digital, more quantified, and more data-driven, the pressure is on for pros to be as comfortable with data collection, metrics and measurement as they are at writing and creativity. To explore why this is important, let’s look at an example of how data helps PR get press for clients.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 9, 2014

In this example below, how are we doing? The odds of someone moving down funnel that’s in my target audience are about 50% – after all, in the above example, 50% of my social media audience wasn’t relevant. Vice President, Marketing Technology. First and foremost, let’s understand if we’re even reaching new audiences.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2017

We’ve used the expression data-driven PR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-driven PR mean? How do you know whether your public relations efforts are data-driven or not? To be data-driven is to make decisions with data first and foremost.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

When you’re looking at the data for 2014 in order to formulate ideas for 2015, start by looking for outliers. Look for unusual events that are worth noting, spikes in your data that clearly stand out. Here’s an example from web analytics: Look at those four standout events that are above and beyond normal traffic.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The more we “feed” the technology, the smarter it becomes and the more it understands our voice and style. It’s not a fling, but a long-term commitment to staying ahead in the PR game. Data-driven decisions hit the sweet spot Data-driven decision making has radically changed marketing, and its use in PR is more than a flirtation.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 19, 2015

How do you measure in reasonably objective numbers the impact of the PR you’ve received? This is a core challenge of data-driven PR. The post Data-Driven PR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 4, 2016

Click to view the live infographic and work with the data. Audiences can slice and dice data to find the information they care about most. In the example above, on the NY Times web site, you can switch views and look at specific points in time. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the last post, we reviewed the necessary ingredients to make successful predictions: good data. We defined good data as clean, compatible, and chosen well. Let’s next look at a predictive analytics example every PR practitioner will benefit from. Example: Matching Search Intent to PR.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A metric of any kind is a snapshot in time of where a piece of data is. For example, you can get a snapshot of how many people have viewed a bylined article, or get a snapshot of how many followers you have on Twitter. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Analytics Data Data-Driven PR Marketing Metrics Strategy Training'

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

You can use the data provided in Facebook’s Audience Insights to better inform paid advertising targeting and drive content decisions by creating more of the kinds of content your audience likes. Take @SHIFTcomm followers’ Top Interests, for example. Marketing Analyst.

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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. How can we access data for PR ROI?

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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. Here is an example of Google Trends results for the query “Public Relations.” Google News. Top related terms and topics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our client Uberall is a good example. This is why the best ongoing research programs for B2B PR rely on a combination of client data and third-party paid research. For leading data management platform Lotame , for example, their data and third-party surveys are both important, and they often work together.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Every industry will need data scientists; every company will need access to data scientists or data science tools in order to remain competitive. As a simple example, predictive analytics tell businesses what they need, when, and where. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Shel Israel followed up in our discussion last week about the automation (or lack thereof) of persuasion technologies and public relations by asking: Since you are in the business of building trust for clients, why are so many PR people not trusted by the media? What you see above are three examples of attempting to take value first.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Data, both its growth and value to marketers and their audiences, is growing across all spectrums. Given the integration of software and application-centric computing, every B2B technology and non-consumer enterprise has access to mountains of data that eluded them before. Derek Lyons.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 17, 2015

In my last post , I covered what for me was a particularly egregious misuse of marketing technology, when a bot promoted a white paper with “Fear and Loathing” in the title on the 10 th anniversary of the suicide of Hunter S. Data-driven PR does not equate with programmatic thinking. But creative thinking is the fuel.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 14, 2015

The solution is simple: opinion out, data in. To make data-driven PR work, we must rely on data, not opinion or instinct, to make decisions and come up with ideas that lead us to success. To quote Sherlock Holmes from A Scandal in Bohemia, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

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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. For example, it’s a rare sight to see The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal provide a link to a company website.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

These are the people I’d reach out to about my new sushi chain, in this example. Vice President, Marketing Technology. The post How to build communities of social media influence appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Let’s step through an example. Vice President, Marketing Technology. 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. Some of the best influencers share dozens, if not hundreds, of pieces of content every week.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 12, 2018

For example, “SHIFT Communications” would be a branded non-negative search. However, all things being equal, branded non-negative searches are a far better way to determine how present we are in the minds of our audience than other traditional PR metrics ( especially impressions, which are worthless ). Measure What Matters.

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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. The Shakespeare example above is real, generated by our AI. Could HAROLD exist?

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Barokas

AUGUST 8, 2017

And while the benefits of data-driven storytelling have been extolled in the PR world for some time now, we often forget that our clients are the keepers of their own best asset – data. And when data-driven PR strategies are leveraged over time, the results can be especially impactful.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Not all services provide all three categories of engagement; Instagram, for example, does not permit sharing natively in its app. Once we understand that a combination of, for example, completions plus comments drives actions, we can test inciting those specific behaviors to drive actions. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

The good news for comms pros: It will be a blend of both technology and human insight. How good it would be if every task could be automated, saving the time of PR professionals for vital tasks such as creative work and decision-making activities? Maybe the best way to get started is by learning how technology experts are defining AI.

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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. Examples of AI Prompts for PR Research Rank the top five best practices for crisis communication in the context of a healthcare industry scandal?

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

To prepare for predictive analytics, we must clean our data as best as possible. Compatible Data. Most predictive analytics software and systems are based on open-source libraries and technologies. As such, we must ensure our data is in compatible formats so that as little conversion/manipulation is required prior to import.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2015

Rather than just wing it or have a purely canned talk that may not be relevant to the audience and the event, we can look to data. Let’s dig into what a data-driven public speaking strategy would look like as part of your overall data-driven PR program. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The expansive variety of software and technology at our fingertips allows everyone the opportunity to turn data into valuable insight. How Does Predictive Analytics Apply to PR? A great example of how predictive analytics applies to PR is the process of creating a crisis communication plan.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The second scenario where predictive analytics often fails is with black swans – events that are significant and impactful, but could not be foretold from existing data. While much business and marketing data is cyclical, seasonal, and predictable, we still encounter these events from time to time. Confounding Variables.

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