The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2015

There’s a good post in Business 2 Community about the challenges of starting out in Digital PR. If you’ve been trained in traditional PR and technology is fairly new to you, it will seem overwhelming at first. Digital PR Strategy. The activity you see in Digital PR is like the tip of an iceberg.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 26, 2017

One of the places you need visibility is in the search engines – Google in particular. Google’s purpose is to deliver the best possible content to people who type in a search query. The good news is there are some fundamental elements to search viability and Google has been kind enough to make them public.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 2, 2017

Facebook and Google were so alarmed by this flood of fake news that they announced they will be cracking down on fake news stories. Get the Digital PR Tips newsletter. How to Spot Fake News. FactCheck.org offers these tips on how to spot fake news: Consider the source: . One way is to look at the URL. Follow me on Twitter.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 4, 2024

She’s been quoted in several of our articles and created a fantastic case study of her digital PR success with KURU Footwear. With that in mind, we took to the podcast to discuss the challenges of ideating, designing, and pitching digital PR campaigns from an in-house. I started digital PR back in 2018.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The trick to getting good content from an AI service is to learn how to write excellent prompts. Give it an identity to write from, a tone of voice to use, and enough context about the topic so that you get a great response back. Always edit and put your own voice on a piece that’s created by AI. Never use it straight from AI.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 17, 2024

Blogger outreach, link building outreach, digital PR outreach, and affiliate partnership outreach all have their place in the marketing mix. And like them or not, if you are serious about digital PR or starting a link building strategy, you need email outreach. There are a few simple ways to get started.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Following Google’s latest moves, such as the Helpful Content updates , email anti-spam requirements , and transition into AI, The title of this post shouldn’t surprise anyone. Digital PR is certainly not new, but it’s consistently proven to be the most effective way to gain the links that Google values.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

As Google continues to tighten the noose on borderline link building tactics with March 2024 Helpful Content updates , building backlinks is more important than ever. Even some white hat link building strategies rub against Google’s spam guidelines if builders don’t properly check websites for quality signals. Enter digital PR.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Ross and Emily Campbell-Snidal , their VP of Content Marketing, recently released a podcast explaining their new “product-led digital PR” approach. You can check out their original conversation about product-led digital PR on their blog. It’s truly good content, digital PR.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Work out a PR strategy that will support that goal. Write down your goal/s for your PR activities – make sure they are SMART goals : Specific : They need to be well-defined and clear. Learn to use Google Analytics and the analytics available on social media platforms. Follow me on Twitter.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. This post isn’t about writing a media pitch because we’ve already done that. If you’re lucky, the journalist will share every article they write on X, giving you insight similar to what you saw in the previous MuckRack example.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 14, 2024

Digital PR can help rankings, organic traffic and more. The term digital PR may differ slightly depending on who you ask. We recently discussed the differences between US and UK digital PR with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson on our podcast. How Does Digital PR Help SEO?

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The quality of writing and visuals is very subjective. But there are several indicators that can tell you how well your content is doing: The Google Quality Guidelines. To attract an audience and earn good rankings in Google you must stand out in the midst of all that noise. So how do you know if your efforts are working?

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Google now combats this approach by releasing new anti-spam requirements for bulk email sending. But there are four easy ways to find journalists: Google Search for Publications If you don’t know where to start, you can also do a Google search to find some news outlets in whatever field you are interested in. Jude’s Walk/Run.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available. Below, we’ve collected our favorite digital PR tools that have been proven to help launch successful campaigns. The list is broken down by task. All pricing and features are based on the time of publication.)

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Buzzstream

JULY 1, 2024

One day, Google says it doesn’t matter as much, and the next day, someone leaks their algorithm, which clearly shows otherwise. Looking at Google Trends to check its popularity shows that link building is almost the same, if not slightly up, from five years ago. Link building has undergone a lot these days. And it may even be too high.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Google doesn’t like it when link builders try to game the system, and they regularly take steps to discourage this. Gray hat tactics aren’t explicitly banned by Google but are looked down upon. I love some of the things I see from digital pr, it’s a shame it often gets bucketed with the spammy kind of link building.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2018

And since Google dominates the search market, it pays to develop content that meets Google’s quality guidelines and ranking rules. Google’s Aims. As early as December 1998 “PC Magazine” reported that Google “has an uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results.”. The Google Algorithm.

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The Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Google News – Nipping at their heels with 150,000,000 visitor a month. The fact that Yahoo News and Google News are so far ahead of the individual news sites supports that 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer findings that search is now the most used and most trusted source for news. SEO is a vital PR skill today.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2016

To that end, I can promise readers three things: This post recommends a manageable number of tools to try four tools, I use each one on a daily basis and these truly provide a digital PR edge. . As PR pro, it provides two valuable benefits. Second, this is a useful tool for measuring the value of your digital efforts overtime.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 27, 2018

And since Google’s overall search numbers show a huge growth in mobile searches, this is important information. Google has long said it’s an answer engine, rather than a search engine. What’s that you say – your PR team doesn’t know how to write meta tags?

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The Resolution Blog

JULY 20, 2015

If we can't answer the question we'll be inviting our digital PR friends in to help answer too. Stella is now a director at coveragebook.com and educates public relations teams on SEO-public relations through writing and training. There are no tricks, just ask. About Stella Bayles.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this episode, I spoke with Hana Montgomery , the founder and managing director of the digital PR agency Shout Bravo. I met Hana at Brighton SEO , and she gave a great talk about running global digital PR campaigns and earning links internationally. And now about a week and a half ago, this massive Google leak happened.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In the current climate of link building and digital PR, there’s one thing that’s nearly as important as the story you’re telling, and that’s data. . Using trends and popularity data takes us to the trendy tactic of newsjacking for PR. Trends and popularity. You’re just providing the data. . Open data sets/ Public service data.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 30, 2021

As a journalist, I’ve seen and deleted thousands of PR emails over the years. As a Digital PR, I’ve probably produced all of the above. With freelancers, this is a little more tricky because we are often freelancing for a range of publications and writing about a variety of topics. Personalisation.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 3, 2015

Write in the language they understand. Use a monitoring tool to find the people who are already interested in and writing about your topic. Set up searches in Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs using keywords and phrases your tribe would be interested in. Follow me on Twitter for Daily Digital PR tips.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Digital etiquette. Digital PR Skills. Many of these skills are particularly relevant to the practice of PR. Communication: PR is a communication function. There are a host of digital skills we need just to manage our jobs as PR pros. We need to know: how to write for the web. Communication.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 20, 2015

Writing a press release and posting it on the wire doesn’t get your media coverage anymore. In fact, according to the 2015 Cision Social Journalism Study only 6% of PR pros still do that. This is a marvelous opportunity to connect with them online and discover what they’re writing about or looking for.

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ZudePR

APRIL 8, 2018

Similarly if one or two of them highlight an itch you were dying to scratch during the first-draft-writing phase, you know you were right in the first place. iii:) I started writing my book on 9 January. 6 Be flexible with your technology I wrote my first draft in Google Docs. In retrospect, this was too prescriptive.

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The Proactive Report

AUGUST 5, 2016

And this way, the PR industry becomes a partner in communicating truthful and factual information.” Search: 98% of journalists start a story by doing a Google search. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an essential skill for PR practitioners. It should be taught along with writing, in all PR classes.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 11, 2016

Friday’s #DigitalPR Twitter chat with Rafferty Pendery was all about the need for businesses to embrace mobile and prepare for Googles’s next mobile update. Q2: Google has another mobile search update scheduled for May. Google doesn’t make major changes to their algorithms based on a whim.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 11, 2016

Friday’s #DigitalPR Twitter chat with Rafferty Pendery was all about the need for businesses to embrace mobile and prepare for Googles’s next mobile update. Q2: Google has another mobile search update scheduled for May. Google doesn’t make major changes to their algorithms based on a whim.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Building Personal Brands As Part of Your Digital PR Strategy As PR professionals, we all tend to focus on corporate news, churning out those press releases and madly pitching… but how often are we focusing on individuals within the company and building their personal brands?

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

For instance, we link to Ahrefs in a lot of our posts because it is an integral tool for link builders and digital PRs. In fact, Google seems to understand that this occurs both naturally and purposefully. However, there are only so many one-to-one link exchanges that you can do before Google will deem it excessive.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

I set Hootsuite (I have the Pro version) to share twice a day at those optimum times then schedule the same update to my LinkedIn personal page, company page, my Google+ pages and my company Facebook page. There is no better blogger writing about website strategy. Digital PR. The Seth Godin of UK PR. Scott Guthrie.

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