I just finished judging a dozen entries for a prestigious industry award program. Entrants were required to state a “business outcome” that the campaign was supposed to deliver. Most of them did write down a business objective. Sadly, only one reported results based...
PR is in a death spiral…and bad metrics are to blame
I just finished judging a dozen entries for a prestigious industry award program. Entrants were required to state a “business outcome” that the campaign was supposed to deliver. Most of them did write down a business objective. Sadly, only one reported results based...
The right social media metrics for your business objectives
When it comes to designing a social media strategy – which, let’s face it, your business absolutely needs – there are two fundamental details you must have: 1. A clear focus on objectives 2. A set of metrics directly related to the set objectives Any strategy worth...
10 Methods to Measure the Impact of PR Campaigns
Whenever a company runs a PR campaign, it invests considerable money and efforts in it. It, therefore, becomes necessary to measure the success of that PR campaign. Besides, measuring the effectiveness and the impact of a campaign will also help you identify the...
Looking to move away from AVEs?
For years now, AVEs (advertising value equivalencies) have been a mainstay of measuring PR value. And why not? They lend a quantitative aura to public relations, a field that has always been difficult to measure as it espouses attributes like relationships, message...
2016 pipeline news coverage: visualizing North America’s energy sector
Given the ongoing protests against new North American pipeline construction, we at Agility PR Solutions thought now would be a perfect time to look back at the energy year that was. We found that, between the Standing Rock protests, the election of Donald Trump, and...
To achieve stellar results – start with media monitoring
Most PR professionals think about media monitoring and analytics only after launching a new campaign. You carefully monitor coverage of your story and sentiment. You measure how many stories are published, determine share of voice, and provide reports to your...
The trouble with media monitoring
As a field, as a science, media monitoring and measurement has never been more sophisticated than it is now. The benefits of listening, and then learning from the results, have been clearly established. Yet, as an article from PR Week explains, many corporate...