Katie Paine, CEO of KDPaine & Partners, recommends that communications executives consider a combination of the following metrics when attempting to measure engagement on a social media campaign: 1. Percent increase/decrease in unique visits 2.… Continued
Measurement
Intelligence Convergence: Measurement’s New Frontier
April 8th, 2009 by PRNEWSMedia measurement and analysis may have been borne out of the concept of counting clips but, especially in this increasingly fragmented media landscape, painting a complete picture of your organization’s reputation among each stakeholder group… Continued
Selling the Value of PR to the C-Suite
April 1st, 2009 by PRNEWSGetting the C-suite to acknowledge the value of PR is an age-old battle, but today there is an extra component to sell: social media, as Web 2.0 goes hand-in-hand with all stakeholder communications. To get… Continued
How to Choose the Best Media Mix & Resource Allocation for Your Organization
March 25th, 2009 by PRNEWSThere is no one-size-fits-all approach to determining the best media mix for your organization, or to know precisely how to allocate resources for the best ROI. "If you tried to measure everything, you wouldn’t have… Continued
Leveraging Social Media for PR Campaigns
March 16th, 2009 by PRNEWSThe PR industry continues to rely on social networking opportunities to leverage their business and reach otherwise unreachable clientele. Please share your thoughts and your experience on using social media as a valuable tool for leveraging for PR campaigns, increasing ROI and promoting your business as a whole.
Measuring the Real Value of Internet Media
March 5th, 2009 by Mike SmithSeems the paid media folks are having as much of a challenge getting their arms around measuring value in the social media and interactive environment as earned media people. Nielsen is calling for standards and… Continued
Proving Value: Measures of Success
March 4th, 2009 by PRNEWSBy Mark Weiner If "proving value" remains one of PR’s greatest challenges, why do so many people get it wrong? The difficulty may be that values are subjective: They change from organization to organization but… Continued
Successful Social Media Tools
February 26th, 2009 by PRNEWSNow is the time to get smart about the measures that we traditionally have not used. Here’s how to get started: 1. Reach out to key individuals inside the organization that rely on and have… Continued
Key Performance Indicators
February 11th, 2009 by PRNEWSKnowing what to measure is critical to any PR measurement program. Yet what is important to one client may have little significance for another. Following is a focused list of key performance indicators (KPIs) that… Continued
Social Media ROI
February 11th, 2009 by PRNEWSNot a day–or, if you are on Twitter, not an hour–goes by without discussion about how social media is changing our business. Depending on whom you listen to, its impact on communications is either revolutionary… Continued