PR Tech Recommends Reporters You Should Pitch [PR Tech Sum]
OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequests curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. Why? I...Read More
Another Acquisition and More Podcast Monitoring Tools [PR Tech Sum]
Meltwater acquires Klear; Muck Rack enhances reporting; Talkwalker adds podcast monitoring; TVEyes partners for podcast audience data About this time last year, I was slowly coming to grips with the fact we were just at the very beginning of this...Read More
Geek Out with Meltwater on NLP and Sentiment Analysis for PR and Marketing; Off Script No. 48: Dr. Tim Furche
An expert at Meltwater says natural language processing (NLP) is getting better at understanding context, which can help PR assess large volumes of content Sometimes bad words can mean good things. For example, the word “bomb” might have different connotations...Read More
One IPO, One M&A and the Best Media Monitoring Solutions for 2021 [PR Tech Sum]
SEMrush goes IPO; Meltwater acquires Linkfluence; G2 names best media monitoring solutions; Critical Mention adds GA integration; Vetted is generally availability This time last year was the first PR Tech Sum published after the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic....Read More
PR Agency Owner Started Making Homegrown PR Software; Today it’s a VC-backed Startup; Off Script No. 47: Zach Cutler Co-founder and CEO at Propel
Zach Cutler says he built a $1 million PR agency by age 28 and when he couldn’t find a PR software product for managing the work that he liked, he started developing one The idea that PR software is like...Read More
Here we Go Again, Cision to Acquire Brandwatch; Top Reasons Why One Company Acquires Another [PR Tech Sum]
Cision announces plans to acquire Brandwatch; BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles; Forbes contributor compares PR tech tools; PR tech vendor posts supporting Black History Month There are several reasons why one business would acquire another. The first reason is to acquire...Read More
AI to Identify Story “Boundaries” and Filter Ads in Broadcast Monitoring [PR Tech Sum]
Isentia brings AI to broadcast monitoring; Propel adds social media monitoring; Muck Rack partners with non-profits for journalists; plus mentions and picks For a while, it was standard operating procedure among marketers to sprinkle the words “artificial intelligence” and “machine...Read More
8 Innovations in Public Relations Technology to Watch
Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for...Read More
Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]
Meltwater lists on a Swedish stock exchange; startup Propel hits 50 customers; Vetted launches – it’s like HARO or ProfNet with no pitching Welcome to 2021! For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community...Read More
New Tech Tool Aims to Predict the Probability Your PR Pitch will Resonate with Reporters [PR Tech Sum]
“PRophet” says it has analyzed millions of stories from thousands of reporters to produce the probability of a journalist covering your story There’s a recurring story in PR that goes like this: A long-time agency executive grows weary of expensive...Read More
