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Measuring social sentiments
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Integrated PR - 23rd February 2011
Measuring social sentiments

An interesting meeting today with Kevin North at Sentiment Metrics, which has developed an online tool for tracking social media conversations. Many organisations are eager to get into Twitter and ...

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Integrated PR - 27th January 2011
Brand values and the power of PR

Corporate sponsorship and brand activation are fine tools for business but they can occasionally put a premium on the quality of the PR support that they receive. Whether it is ...

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Integrated PR - 27th January 2011
Topicality: five ways to boost your newsworthiness in 2011

Many of the best PR results come from responding to external news stories, rather than simply announcing things that have happened inside your firm.At 80:20, much of our time is ...

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Integrated PR - 29th September 2010
Feel the quality: the latest on measuring PR

In June, we wrote about PR measurement and the various options organisations have for evaluating the impact of their communications. We followed this in July with some breaking news about ...

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Integrated PR - 2nd June 2010
Did we win? How to measure success in PR

One of the enduring myths about PR is that you never know if it has worked; that PR and measurement are somehow incompatible. Of course, this is far from the ...

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Integrated PR - 24th February 2010
Thought leadership: the four magic ingredients

Thought leadership is one of the most effective techniques in public relations. By identifying an issue your customers care about, and sharing your insights into it, you can establish a ...