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

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? This is where data-driven PR has a chance to shine.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR. Living on the B2B side of the house, I’ve been thrilled by the enthusiasm we’re seeing for deeper understanding on how these elements play into our PR programs and the RFP’s we’re receiving. Here are my findings: 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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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

” when you read about the emergence of a new technology, a new tool, a new idea. ” We tested it out; GDELT has a sharp learning curve and massive system requirements (they recommend at least a terabyte of disk space for the raw dataset). Vice President, Marketing Technology. How do you find new things to test?

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

Advertising systems can now focus on behaviors, such as being able to display an ad only when a TV show is currently on the air, or on a specific brand of mobile device. 2015 will be the year when companies either fully embrace data-driven PR and marketing or fall far behind. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2015

It’s certainly possible, using predictive analytics, to get a rough sense of what might work and what might not work, but few companies have access to that much technology and expertise. What if there was a way, if not to predict the future, to at least have an early warning system about what content you should promote?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 7, 2016

However, many were concerned that its overly broad models – “business and industrial”, for example – could mean a B2B technology company or an industrial concrete company, two very different businesses. What if a company’s data doesn’t exactly map to the generic model?

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Shift Communications

MARCH 8, 2016

We do this every day, diving into our clients’ products and services, wrapping our heads around the intricacies of their technologies and finding that nugget of information that will be intriguing to a member of the media. For example, diving into a faculty member’s on-going research on the immune function of the central nervous system (!)

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

One thing that every data-driven communications professional needs to understand: our models are not reality; they are a separate entity. They become less accurate with time, as the system we are modeling does not remain the same. It’s fairly obvious that a strategy from 2008 needs re-evaluation before seeing use in 2016.

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