Metric name Item for Media Analysis Standards area Social media measurement Metric description and application. The question that this metric answers. “An item of content is a post, micro-post, article, or other instance appearing for the first time in a digital medium.” An item is the basic unit of analysis used in content analysis. Status This … Continue reading Item for Media Analysis
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Metric name Impressions Standards area Social media measurement Metric description and application. The question that this metric answers. Impressions addresses the question of how many individuals who may have viewed or been exposed to an item. “Impressions represent the number of times an item was displayed.” (http://www.smmstandards.com) Status This interim standard was developed by the Social Media Measurement Standards Conclave … Continue reading Impressions →
Metric name Engagement Standards area Social media measurement Metric description and application. The question that this metric answers. Engagement addresses the question of how many individuals were exposed to an item and then took some additional action. “Engagement is defined as some action beyond exposure and implies an interaction between two or more parties. Social … Continue reading Engagement →
The following article was originally posted in Ken Makovsky’s blog, My Three Cents. Public relations and capitalism have something in common. Both rely on some of the same principles: relationships, mutuality and community. Capitalism is grounded in value creation for all stakeholders. If business becomes more conscious, it can do what it does even … Continue reading My Three Cents: A Higher Purpose →
Metric name Knowledge Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application “The most basic and fundamental challenge in assuring the effectiveness of public relations is exposure of key messages about the brand, product, issue, or topic to the target audience. Many of these key … Continue reading Knowledge →
GAINESVILE, FL – Jack Felton, former President & CEO of the Institute for Public Relations, passed away this week at the age of 84. The funeral will be on Saturday, May 11 at 11 a.m. at Palms Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Below is the resolution passed by the IPR Board of Trustees in … Continue reading Jack Felton: 1929 – 2013 →
Metric name Interest and relevance Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application “These measures constitute direct questions about interest in the brand, product, service, issue, or topic as well as broader measures that examine how they are perceived by the target audience. When … Continue reading Interest and Relevance →
Metric name Relationship Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application From Michaelson and Stacks, 2011: “Supplementing this overall or global question [about interest and relevance] is a series of statements that measure the relationship that the target audience has with the brand, product, … Continue reading Relationship →
Metric name Intent: preference Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application Intent covers a broad range of measures. It is an attitudinal measure not behavioral and typically includes preference for a brand, product, service, issue, or topic, as well as intent to take … Continue reading Intent: preference →
Metric name Intent to take a specific action Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application Intent to take a specified action, however, differs considerably from overall preference (see Table 6). Members of a target audience may prefer one brand, product or service over … Continue reading Intent to take a specific action →
Metric name Advocacy Standards area Communications lifecycle (awareness, knowledge, Interest and relevance, relationship, intent and preference, and advocacy) Metric description and application “Public relations often differs from other forms of marketing communication because the end result of a communication program is not necessarily the sale of products or services . One of the key measures … Continue reading Advocacy →
Sharing his journey in understanding the value and role of research as an underutilized source of learning, IPR Treasurer Gary Sheffer, vice president, communications and public affairs for General Electric, gave the opening keynote presentation at the PRSA and PRIME Research Strategic Corporate Communications and Research Conference in New York City on May 15-16. “We … Continue reading GE’s 15-Year Journey: Using Research to Protect Reputation, Enhance Culture and Drive Change →