how do we as pr and communications professionals demonstrate our worth?
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Matt Appleby, Chair of CIPR Cymru and PR Director at Golley Slater, Cardiff addressed delegates at Community Housing Cymru's PR network and spoke about demonstrating our worth during a recession.TRANSCRIPT
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How do we as PR and communications
professionals demonstrate our worth?
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Introductions
Matt Appleby MCIPR
Chair, CIPR Cymru WalesManaging Director, Golley Slater, CardiffCIPR Chartered PR Practitioner
Golley Slater PREstablished in Cardiff 1957UK-wide – 11 offices, 300 peopleCardiff PR team of 12Clients from private & public sector
CIPR Cymru WalesProfessional membership body for PR350 members in WalesCPD, events, training & the voice of PR
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Today
• What we can measure• The PRE process• Measurement methodologies• Setting up a system• Where the debate is – COI• Other things to measure• The Golley Slater system• Online & social networks• Questions/discussion
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how can we monitor & measure
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Public Relations can be measured in terms of…
1. Contribution to management, leadership and organisational performance (commercial success, better decision-making, avoidance of mistakes)
2. The process of communication, relationship & reputation building – and as part of programme development and implementation
3. Its contribution to social and economic development
4. The contribution and competencies of individual practitioners
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The PRE process: Planning : Research : Evaluation
2. OBJECTIVESWhere do we need to be?
5. RESULTS & EVALUATION
How did we do?
1. AUDITWhere are we
now?
3. STRATEGY & PLAN
How do we get there?
4. ONGOING MONITORINGAre we getting
there?
PRE
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Setting up a system – 6 steps
1. Define objectives – are they SMART?• Specific : Measureable : Achievable : Relevant : Timed
2. Determine criteria – use IMPACT?• Influence/tone : Message Communicated : Prominence : Audience reached : Consultant/spokesperson quoted : Type of article
3. Choose a benchmark (media audit, stakeholder audit, year’s coverage)
4. Select a measurement tool – or set one up
5. Compare results with objectives
6. Modify campaign
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© Jim R Macnamara 1992 & 2001
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IMPACT - Media Content Analysis
• Number of articles per target media• OTS received per message• OTS per media activity• Number of times key messages are
featured• Tone of coverage –
– scale of +5 positive, 0 neutral -5 negative
• Section in which articles appeared • Number of articles per media titles• Position of articles• Visual impact of articles
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Content weighting
• Percentage weighting on top of readership for:– Tone of coverage – Section in which articles appeared – Number of articles per media titles– Position of articles– Visual impact of articles
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where is the debate
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Qualitative measurement
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We haven’t mentioned AVE yet…
• Volume measurements are crude and of no use in the planning process (never mind the quality, feel the weight!)
• AVE increasingly discredited as misleading – why measure the value of PR against advertising?
• No way to measure and evaluate broadcast or online coverage• Evaluation should be a tool that helps with planning campaigns in
‘real time’ and demonstrating that messages are reaching the relevant audiences through the right channels
“While AVE should not be used to measure PR, it is often requested and can sometimes provide a simple, though flawed, comparative metric across campaigns”.
COI Standardisation of PR Evaluation Metrics
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how does this work in
practice
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Golley Slater planning & measurement
Agreeprogramme
Agree outputs Document outputsAgree
measurementCollect results
Apply measurement
Apply measurement
Apply measurement
Contact reports/campaign specific
programmesEstablish benchmark
Report
Setting outputs/measurement
Setting theprogramme
ActivityMeasurement and
reporting
Review benchmarkingManagement reports/
evaluations
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what else should we
measure
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Demonstrating professional success
• Within (and on behalf of) the organisation:– Performance of the team –
appraisals, awards– Professionalism of the team –
qualifications, CPD, credentials– Time input– Recognition of counsel and advice
role – Case studies of success– Internal PR for PR
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Other methods of measuring success
• Depending on the objective and activity:– Journalist audits– Stakeholder audit– Feedback from events– Publications – feedback and reader
surveys– Focus groups– Target audience surveys
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Measuring outcomes
• Often requires investment in research• Difficult to tie outcomes back to PR
activities• Can look at changes to behaviour
– enquiries up, complaints down, web traffic changes
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monitor & measure online
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Free tools for monitoring• We should be monitoring online
‘chatter’ as part of our day-to-day PR lives
• We should be listening for ourselves, but also ‘buzz monitoring’ – comparing the amount and quality of conversation and engagement about us vs our competitors
• Free tools can also be used to evaluate the success of online activity against your set objectives
• Check out the PR Measurement Blog for discussions around social media monitoring or here http://bit.ly/LoSzE for 100 ways to measure social media.
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General alerts and trends
• Google alerts www.google.com/alerts– set up regular checks for clients and also competitor brands – send through competitor information to your clients
• Google insights www.google.com/insights– Free industry insights and keyword data
• Google Trends www.google.com/trends – Shows the most popular searches
• Compete www.compete.com – Shows web traffic and compares up to three sites
• Social media stats and analytics– www.forrester.com– www.comscore.com
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Blogs
• Blogs– www.technorati.com is the main search engine for blogs as it also
ranks them by authority. Google also offers the facility to search blog and the buzz monitoring tools below will pick them up too.
– www.co.mments.com just tracks comments – use www.boardtracker.com to keep an eye on forums– Find an influential blogger (start with the main media’s blog in the
sector) and see who they subscribe to and link to – it will give you a picture of the network
– Tag clouds are good quick way to get a picture of a blogger’s main interests
– Use an RSS reader to monitor new blog content
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• Facebook– Check regularly for Fan pages
and work out how/whether to engage
– Also search for potential Anti Group
– Use Facebook insights on fan pages you run for data on what content is most engaging and to check if you’re attracting the right audience
– Facebook ad planner shows you demographic data against location and interests for planning campaigns
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Monitoring social media and online buzz
• www.howsociable.com – free weekly analysis of leading social media sites
• www.socialmention.com– realtime social media search, alerts and analytics
• www.blogpulse.com– track trends and conversations, search blog profiles
• www.netvibes.com– set up personalised dashboard to track social media, brands or news
• www.perspctv.com– compare up to five search terms for blog, news and social media
mentions• www.surchur.com
– real time social media search• www.tinker.com
– Monitor conversations on twitter and facebook
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any questions
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