PR measurement. PR measurement. PR measurement. The 10 Most Common Ways Comms Pros are Measuring PR
About half of comms pros say they track web traffic, impression and placements for PR measurement, but such metrics point out the direction of success rather than conclusive Commetric came out this week with its “PR Measurement Twitter Influencer Index.”...Read More
Break Through the Crowded Media Landscape with Quality Content [Guest Post]
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 Working in communications comes with the age-old struggle of fighting to get...Read More
Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed
90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly Most communicators say the volume of work has grown, but so too has the variety of work. Nine in...Read More
The Top 3 Reasons Clients Hire Outside Agencies, Consultants and Freelancers
A survey of comms pros finds the top three reasons clients hire outside help are an extra pair of hands, outside objectivity and advice and expertise in a niche If you ask communicators and PR professionals why clients hire outside...Read More
Are Communications Professionals Concerned about Media Bias? Survey says…
Most comms pros have some concern about bias across eight different media sources; at one end, 54% expressed strong concerns about social media, while at the other, 28% expressed strong concerns about professional journalists Are there still two sides to...Read More
Comms Pros on Whether or Not their Organization Trusts the Media
“Depends on the media outlet.” wrote one respondent. “Some [media outlets] are fair; some are not.” More communications pros say their organization trusts the media than do not. Even so, the percentage is a little under half. The rest is...Read More
The Top 10 Communications Challenges in 2022: It’s not the Budget it’s the Clutter
Budget used to be among the top communications challenges, but it’s slid down the list every year for the past five; comms budgets don’t show up as a problem until #8 and garnered just 13% of the votes from respondents....Read More
The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros
More than three-quarters of respondents (78%) say the volume of work has increased – and one in three say it’s increased significantly. The type of work has also changed with 90% reporting it’s changed at least some while 50% saying...Read More
Selfish Altruism: Ned Lundquist on Origins of the JOTW and an Appeal to Take the Annual Comms Survey
It seemed like any ordinary day in August of 2002. I rode the WMATA bus down Wisconsin Avenue. It was still early morning, but the August heat of Washington, DC, was already on high. It was a nascent consulting firm...Read More
Do You Work in Comms? Please Take the 5th Annual JOTW Comms Survey for 2022
Ned Lundquist has been publishing Ned’s Job of the Week (JOTW) newsletter for the better part of 20 years. Every week it’s filled with job opportunities in PR, public affairs and media – it’s a great place to find a...Read More
