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We’ve used the expression data-drivenPR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-drivenPR 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.
Here at SHIFT we’re big fans of Think With Google. Critical and creative thinking are fast becoming the skills to develop and Google seeks to help with that with this product. Google’s new guide, “ Measure What Matters Most “, drives home the point of improving outcomes by focusing on the customer journey.
One of the greatest challenges to public relations as an industry since the advent of digital marketing and communications is how to measure the effectiveness of PR. These qualitative benefits of PR are as old as the marketing funnel itself. This is a core challenge of data-drivenPR.
Our PR teams have been taking an analytical approach to forming their account strategies for some time, and our clients have been very pleased with the results. Google Trends, Google Correlate and Think with Google are three of the tools we use most often. Google Trends. Google Correlate. Think with Google.
We’ve used the expression data-drivenPR for quite some time now, but haven’t clearly defined it. What does data-drivenPR 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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If you’re working with a data-drivenPR 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.
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. Vice President, Marketing Technology.
petabytes of data. The data available to PR professionals and marketers today has the potential to answer so many questions, but the problem is: lots of people don’t know what to do with the data they have. Collecting and analyzing data doesn’t have to mean combing through pages upon pages of spreadsheets.
The ability to tap into this knowledge can help inform owned, earned, and paid media of your organization’s PR and marketing efforts. All of these can be used to research industry trends and current news: Google News. Google Trends. Google News. So why Google News , specifically? Wikipedia Top 25 Report.
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For the general sports fan, statistics and data have been making their way into the mainstream for some time, similar to how online has brought measurement to marketing in a new way over the past 5+ years. Although I don’t know if we’ll see the Google Analytics movie anytime soon…). Let’s parallel that to PR and marketing.
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The Agency had just sprouted a marketing technology team arm, and I had been itching to learn more in that area for some time. I was already starting to see the need to integrate our traditional PR practices with marketing tech. I’ve been on the PR side, and I’ve ventured over to the digital side. Marketing Land.
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If Facebook is where your target audience spends time online, allocate a portion of your marketing spend to Facebook advertising. Data-DrivenPR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner. Data-DrivenPR Milestone: SHIFT Becomes Google Analytics Certified Partner.
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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. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Analytics DataData-DrivenPR Infographic' ” Christopher S.
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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. Analytics Marketing Technology analytics'
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Although to be clear, this is not a question limited by age; I’ve also gotten the question from career changers or communicators who simply wish to improve their marketability. Visuals : Traditionally, communicators have been trained in writing. Social : Without a doubt, social is a key element in anything digital today.
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