Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

I find fiction reading really improves my writing because, in the course of being entertained, Im consuming examples of how published authors describe abstract concepts. Since I work in technology, which is by definition the application of science for practical use, there is some direct professional development value.

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Polaris

JANUARY 6, 2015

Think you don’t have time to write a PR brief ? And, assuming your circulate the brief to internal decision-makers for input, a written PR brief means everyone on your side of the table is aligned with the goals and PR measurement metrics. There is no one way to write a PR brief, but here are 9 elements that fit most situations.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on Medium For better or for worse, I’ve become an abstract-writing machine over the years. Whether it’s from writing my own abstracts for conference CFPs, or ghost-writing webinar abstracts for others, I’ve drafted a lot of abstracts. I’ve settled into a bit of a formula. Or why use something.

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Polaris

MAY 14, 2015

Rid Your Writing of These Annoying Grammar Mistakes. I’ve been working hard to eliminate the passive voice from my writing. My goal is to write more clearly and avoid overly complicated sentences. Then, I had to learn how to write more actively. 1: The Passive versus the Active Voice. It hasn’t been an easy thing to do.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 31, 2021

Since the company wields a good bit of influence in marketing circles, I carved out some time to read – and write about – the report. The sense of greater appreciation is definitely a thing. More likely to measure results as they happen. 71% of high performers “say they can measure campaign performance in real-time” [vs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Here are the questions I asked Seth today (and so many other folks responded too): What is your definition of outcomes in public relations? These should lead to business outcomes, but should be measured in their own right; [it] makes measurement more actionable.&# Can you define what a “KPI&# is?

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

She begins by deconstructing the definition of reputation: what makes a good one and what happens when it goes bad. Strong sections cover the role of CEO, ethics, post-crisis recovery and measurement, and the future of reputation management. She is a Fellow of both the CIPR and PRCA.

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Cision

MARCH 17, 2017

I instantly appreciated the mix of business strategy, creative ideation and writing that made up those classes; they were theoretical and practical. At the same time, I had been hired to write copy for a jewelry company, which had quickly turned into running PR and marketing, followed by eventually managing a small team.

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Cision

APRIL 14, 2017

This week, I got to speak with Salzman about combining a love for words with a love for impact measurement, a foolproof way to approach strategic communication, and her secrets to media relations success throughout her career. Then I wrote a book on first jobs to avoid having to have one, and then began writing features for magazines.

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Prowly

APRIL 2, 2025

Product managers need to measure the success of this release. Instead of manually writing summaries of what youve achieved, your boss can be on the same page just by looking at the AI coverage summaries. TEST PROWLYS MONITORING DIGESTS FOR FREE 3. Proof of progress. Added value.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 24, 2022

Foster was speaking at the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) Summit in Vienna. Arun Sudhaman writing in PRovoke urged public relations practitioners not to forget the lessons of the past two years. It’s a young discipline which almost certainly explains the lack of definitions.

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This has less to do with the actual business storytelling and more about how The Man measures journalists. PR people who by definition know something about “spreading the word” can play a role in helping the journalist meet those pesky performance metrics. is beyond me. This is why journalists get cranky about PR.”.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 19, 2019

First, let’s take a look at the Content Marketing Institute’s definition: “Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience—and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action.”. Measure your results.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Creating quality content won’t solve all the barriers to visibility, but it will definitely help you get the attention of your target audience, writes Grace Hallen of Brandpoint. You’ll also need to measure your content to understand what’s working and what’s not.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. In reading through it, I had several points worth making here.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 18, 2014

‘Tis the season when brands release heart-warming Christmas videos and marketing bloggers write about the best holiday gift ideas , new year’s resolutions and marketing trends for 2015. Big data will allow us to measure everything—and as a result, nothing, if we don’t carefully select the metrics important to our business. I hope not.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 7, 2019

Non-key word anchor text: Sword and the Script Media writes about public relations. Here are some publications and DA numbers at the time of this writing: The Wall Street Journal : 94. To be clear, DA isn’t definitive, and it does have plenty of critics. 2) Backlinks are third-party validation. Digiday : 79.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 29, 2013

Here’s the write up from the #measurePR chat held on May 14: We kicked things off by discussing the new program from Klout, called Klout Experts. We’re a predictable bunch, I think, because #measurePR chat participants remain dubious that this will lead to true influence measurement. Hello folks! Details in this Wired piece.).

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5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Throughout the years, one thing has remained the same: the purpose of a media kit is to act as a one-stop shop of information for a journalist or media source to write a feature on the company. While this is a definite perk, it also means that the media kit needs to be the best possible representation of the brand.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 11, 2020

I think certain outlets definitely have a bent toward a specific ‘side’ but many reporters are curious about learning the facts. As I learned writing my dissertation, the stance of objectivity can itself be considered a point of view.” Writing is all about a point of view. Sensational beats fair. “Is Infotainment. Human nature.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2014

First, let’s begin with definitions. You know what your purpose is and you know what the outcome should look like, so now you have to pick what methods you’re going to use to reach those goals and how you’ll measure your progress to them. It’s the reason you get out of bed every morning.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. Implementing an A/B segmentation to strategically distribute blog content over the wire, PhRMA was able definitively to measure the impact Cision Distribution by PR Newswire had on driving traffic to their blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is measurement lost? I didn’t think I’d get back into the blogging saddle for a few days yet, but I couldn’t help it when I read this excellent post from Nick Lucido on the problem with PR measurement. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 They always use analytics to measure performance. But a small percentage write long-form content. hours to write.”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The best laid plans go awry sometimes; I had fully intended to write this up before I headed off on vacation for a week—then, I got home and was confronted with pre-hurricane prep work. (We Here’s the write up from the #MeasurePR chat held on October 16: We had a small, but as always a lively group on the 16th.

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NewsWhip

APRIL 28, 2021

How has the consumer changed the news cycle and impacted PR measurement? Communications methods & measurement standards. The consumer-driven news cycle & PR measurement. And it’s no longer about that measurement piece at the end. APRIL 22, 2021 4pm Singapore / 12pm UAE / 9am Ireland. Watch webinar.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Speak their language It’s so tempting to start shouting about your good results, how many pieces of coverage you’ve secured, how much the Telegraph journalist loved your event and will definitely write soon. Tip: If it is an important meeting, manually write yourself a script, read it once and throw it away.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Ann Wylie gives you some funny formulas to spice up your writing Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! D’oh, you say. Pull out the bag of tricks.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Without a clear definition of the ultimate aim of your marketing campaign, it’s impossible to be able to measure the results. With that in mind, here are five of our top tips for making sure your campaigns convert. Set your campaign goals and make them SMART. Investing in SEO can be key to making sure your campaigns convert.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Making up Metrics I was recently on a conference call with a respected nternational measurement organization and a new member of the group was explaining how she’d been pressured by her CEO to put a dollar value on her efforts. “So There should be a special place in measurement hell for people who make up bad metrics.

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ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 24, 2015

He would lock himself in his office, write for long periods of time, punctuated with bouts of pacing, calls for one or the other of us to go in and advise on something, and the occasional swear word. Raised awareness is a goal – it’s not definitive. You can measure how many people shared a post on social.

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. We were lumped into the same boat as advertising, where measuring the effectiveness of a campaign was wholly unscientific.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2015

What do you do if you’re constantly inundated with questions on PR measurement, even if everyone seems to have written a book on them? Why, you write a book, of course! Writing the book on PR measurement. So now everyone can stop asking me when I’m going to write a book! And measurement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2019

Influencer Dance Definitions. I couldn’t write a post for Shonali Burke and Waxing Unlyrical without talking about how you measure the disco dancing success. As with any campaign, start with measurable goals and KPIs. Engagement numbers are great, but marketers need to move toward finding a way to measure actual ROI.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 6, 2011

by a recent PR Daily post, “ Advertising vs. PR: How to measure the value of editorial coverage (thank you, Heather Whaling , for pointing me to it). it’s a very weird justification of AVE (ad value equivalency) as a measure of “PR,&# which the author equates to “publicity&# (something else I am so tired of hearing).

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s measured by asking respondents to rate trust on a nine-point scale from “distrust” to “neutral” to “trust.” To be sure, America definitely has a problem trusting the media. Write with journalistic ideals. Among the key findings, was that business is now the most trusted institution. emphasis mine ].

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 11, 2017

There’s a lot of confusion in the market about PR analytics and measurement vs. media monitoring. As measurement began to rise in importance over the years, and better data is demanded, these industry elders have tweaked their offerings and their messaging to focus more on PR measurement. By Seedepth.

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