The Proactive Report

MARCH 14, 2017

It’s pretty easy to understand the goals of a commercial business and see how PR can support and further those goals. Frame your PR measurement around the goals of the business or campaign and keep track of your results. Data and measurement has become an integral part of PR reporting today. PR Measurement Tips.

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Buzzstream

APRIL 2, 2025

.” But Jane Hunt from digital PR agency JBH literally wrote the book on Digital PR. Their book, the Digital PR Playbook , is an absolute must-read for digital PRs. In our talk, we discussed many digital PR topics, but what I kept coming back to was the idea that digital PR is growing up.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 8, 2025

The big move is towards “digital PR.” So, I was able to chat with Clearlink’s Director of Digital PR, Sage Singleton to get a sense for why this is happening and how it’s impacted their agency. Broaden Your Digital PR Goals Beyond Backlinks Don’t be afraid to reevaluate your teams KPIs.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

Since I have amassed a bucket of tips, secrets, and tricks over my ~ seven years of agency work in digital PR and link building, I thought Id start sharing them in the newsletter. After getting some great feedback from readers, I recently started expanding it to include tips from other digital PRs and link builders in the game.

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Remote PR Jobs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Whether you're a freelance PR pro or part of a remote team, a strong public relations strategy is essential for managing your messaging, handling crises, and getting media coverage. Set Clear Goals: Set SMART goalsspecific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. Contrary to idea that attention spans on the web are shrinking and you should keep your content short, this study revealed that people are reading longer news content – even on a mobile phone.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. Contrary to idea that attention spans on the web are shrinking and you should keep your content short, this study revealed that people are reading longer news content – even on a mobile phone.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I was clueless about the world of Digital PR and what it entailed – until I landed in the industry myself. Unlike its traditional PR counterpart, Digital PR is also conducted with SEO in mind and one of the key aims of outreach is to gain linked coverage on online news publications.

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5W PR

MARCH 21, 2025

As competition intensifies and regulations tighten, PR teams must craft compelling narratives that build trust while maintaining compliance. This comprehensive guide examines proven PR techniques for launching online casinos , drawing from successful case studies and industry best practices.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Before I was at BuzzStream, I worked with The Grit Group , a fantastic digital marketing agency run by Alex Johnson. I recently saw Alex publish a fantastic LinkedIn post about why every SEO should study branding. (It’s It’s an excellent conversation for SEOs, digital PRs, and agency leaders. Vince: Yeah.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Measurement and Analytics-Driven PR Data has become the cornerstone of PR effectiveness. Modern communication strategies are defined by their measurability. The PR landscape of 2025 demands professionals who are adaptive, technologically savvy, and deeply committed to authentic communication.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 13, 2018

The 2018 Gartner Multichannel Effectiveness Study shows that Social Media, Mobile, and Digital are the channels most effective for reaching people at every stage of the journey – and there are only a few points between them. Measuring awareness. Measuring interest. Measuring conversion. Measuring advocacy.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Digital PR can play an important role in that strategy. Here are five good PR actions you can implement right away: Twitter lists: A quick and easy way to tap into your audiences’ conversations is Twitter lists. Every strategy needs goals so that you can measure your progress.

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Digital PR System Infographics Banking 113

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. Ruth Barrett , Head of Content and Digital PR at Inspired Agency , has another use for the tool, too, utilising it as a way to fine-tune pitches and angles before outreach.

Digital PR 161

Digital PR Tools Pitching Film 161

Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

At one point during the summer Olympics, I saw a compelling LinkedIn post from a fellow digital PR, Victoria Schmid. Digital PRs suddenly see open rates, click-through rates, and responses drop precipitously and scramble to meet KPIs and link goals. This tip comes from Bri Goodwin, Digital PR Manager at Journey Further.

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Digital PR Pitching Radio Google 118

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Digital PR can play an important role in that strategy. Here are five good PR actions you can implement right away: Twitter lists: A quick and easy way to tap into your audiences’ conversations is Twitter lists. Every strategy needs goals so that you can measure your progress.

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Digital PR System Video Twitter 100

The Proactive Report

MARCH 30, 2018

Two-thirds of the CMOs polled in the 2017 Marketing Performance Management Benchmark study said the pressure to measure value, impact, and contribution is growing. That might describe how PR pros feel about analytics and measurement too. But it is a fact of life now, there’s just no avoiding it anymore.

Measurement 113

Measurement Analytics Mobile Enterprise 113

5W PR

MARCH 16, 2025

Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome, combined with increasing privacy regulations and growing consumer demand for data protection, signals the end of an era in digital advertising. This transition affects everything from audience targeting and campaign measurement to personalization and attribution.

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Privacy Marketing Advertising Advertising 78

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. We are, mate.

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Digital PR SEO Google Travel 98

The Proactive Report

MAY 7, 2018

A new study from Learning House revealed that about half the US. The PR Measurement Course could give you that extra edge on your resume. The post New Study Highlights Skills Gap in College Graduates appeared first on Social Media Strategy | Online PR | Proactive Report | Sally Falkow.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Enter digital PR. I’ve spent the last ten years helping companies grow their digital presence with digital PR, and I’ve seen first-hand the impact and value digital PR can drive for a brand’s growth. What is Digital PR? In the next section, we’ll explore the types of digital PR.

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Digital PR Construction Case Study SEO 71

Buzzstream

JANUARY 7, 2025

With interest in digital PR growing almost 30% in the past few years, we wanted to put together a snapshot of today’s industry, looking at tactics, challenges, tools, and much more. We interviewed over 150 digital PR professionals worldwide between November and December 2024 to give you the State of Digital PR Report for 2025.

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Digital PR Report SEO Data 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

He provides several case studies illustrating this including Forbes. Many of the PR media monitoring tools use domain authority as a measure of coverage quality. Such studies are fairly rigorous, repeatable and highly scrutinized (peer-reviewed) in search circles. click image for higher resolution).

SEO 139

SEO Engineering Google Study 139

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

I asked Rebecca questions based on her recent research report for Altimeter Group about content, measurement and KPIs: Q1: Why are marketers finding measurement to be the single most formidable content marketing challenge? What is it about measurement that seems to stump them? Q2: Do KPIs also apply to PR?

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Measurement Digital PR Tools Content Marketing 100

Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Digital PR is a broad landscape, especially when it comes to campaigns. If you are still getting to grips with digital PR campaigns, it can be hard to know which type is best to bring your campaign to life and help you to reach your target audience. Reactive digital PR. Proactive digital PR.

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Digital PR Analysis B2C Examples 62

The Proactive Report

JUNE 30, 2015

Two recent studies show that brand engagement is the No. The biggest challenges to achieving this goal were maintaining a two0way dialog and measuring results. Another study – the 2015 CMI Benchmark, Budgets and Trends report – found that just over half of the marketers they interviewed (52%) had no content strategy at all.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Audiences will come to a website after a PR push, but they will stay with a company because of the information supplied by the content marketing. For this reason, PR professionals are converting their media publications into blogs and e-newsletters. White papers, webinars, infographics, and case studies are also widely used.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Let’s say we would pitch a city data study like the Wall Street Journal’s Top Tech Cities in the UK , and Norwich came in first place. As you can see, she recently covered two city studies using the same format: “Norwich named X of the UK’s X cities.” For example, say BuzzStream was releasing a new digital PR course.

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Pitching How To Digital PR Data 126

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

If you’re studying PR, or you’re working in the industry, the recent study from USC Annenberg should be by your bedside. The report covers the disruption of the PR industry, what’s changing, what talent is needed in the new model of PR, and where the industry is headed. The Challenge.

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Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 113

The Proactive Report

MARCH 18, 2016

Alicia has been an advocate of using consumer-generated content (UGC) in the PR and marketing mix for the last ten years. Here are a few stats that show why UGC is so important to the Digital PR mix: Fifty-nine percent of millennials say they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about major electronics. comScore).

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Digital PR Real Estate Social Media Consumer 100

The Proactive Report

MARCH 18, 2016

Alicia has been an advocate of using consumer-generated content (UGC) in the PR and marketing mix for the last ten years. Here are a few stats that show why UGC is so important to the Digital PR mix: Fifty-nine percent of millennials say they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about major electronics. comScore).

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Digital PR Real Estate Social Media Consumer 100

The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

CMOs at the largest technology companies report that building out content marketing as an organizational competency is the second most important initiative, only behind measuring ROI. ( Get the Digital PR Tips News letter. CONTENT STRATEGY AS A COMPETENCY. 888 243 3470. Follow me on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.

Strategy 149

Strategy B2C SEO Social Media 149

Buzzstream

JULY 29, 2020

That, combined with an overall sense in the industry that PR is getting harder , and you have a dilemma. In a new study, we collaborated with the team at BuzzStream scraped the Twitter profiles of 29 leading PR professionals to learn more about the personality traits that lead these influencers to success. And goals they have.

Publicity 119

Publicity Digital PR Creativity Education 119

The Proactive Report

JULY 27, 2015

The lack of digital skills is an item that is mentioned as a barrier to digital marketing and PR success in several studies. So invest in getting your employees and/or outside resources up to speed on their digital skills. Then look at how you can make the most of these digital activities: Planning.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2017

.” Content has become an integral part of the success of your PR and marketing efforts and several studies show that the planning and implementation of a content strategy is high on the list of priorities for 2017. SEO writing is a vital PR skill today. Get the Digital PR Tips Newsletter each week.

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Knowledge Base SEO Strategy Digital PR 113

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

If you’re studying PR, or you’re working in the industry, the recent study from USC Annenberg should be by your bedside. The report covers the disruption of the PR industry, what’s changing, what talent is needed in the new model of PR, and where the industry is headed. The Challenge.

Industry 100

Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 100

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

If you’re studying PR, or you’re working in the industry, the recent study from USC Annenberg should be by your bedside. The report covers the disruption of the PR industry, what’s changing, what talent is needed in the new model of PR, and where the industry is headed. The Challenge.

Industry 100

Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 100