Advertising vs. PR: What pays off?

A research study of the quintessential business dilemma has turned up some surprising answers, according to this CNNmoney.com blog

How Did I Get Here: Sandra Macleod

Sandra Macleod is Group Chief Executive of Echo, the global research company protecting brands and reputation for such household names as BP, Barclays and the BBC. She has been cited as among the '100 most influential people in PR', and is often seen on conference platforms talking about research, measurement and reputation. By Marc

The Value of Reputation

A recent trust survey confirmed that management has lost public respect. It's not just individual businesses in the firing line, but business itself. MT brought together Most Admired leaders and other practitioners to debate the issue of how to hang onto your good name...
 

Media Content Analysis

Media content analysis helps you define and understand your media profile by evaluating issues, messages, advocates, critics, media and journalists, giving qualitative ratings to print, broadcast and online coverage and recommending PR action and response.

Media Content Analysis and Evaluation

Media content analysis helps answer questions such as How is your brand communicated through the media? What’s working and what’s not in your PR program and spokespeople? Why? What issues are coming up on the media horizon that you should be planning for? Who are the new commentators who can affect your coverage? Media content evaluation is also useful for understanding how journalists and publications interpret your key messages and the impact of coverage on regional, national and international target audiences. And organizations are increasingly keen to discover the differences between traditional, online and social media that may impact on perceptions as measured by media content analysis.

Media Content Analysis Effectiveness

Media content analysis effectiveness is proven by the extent to which it helps uncover trends in the reach of corporate messages, changes in journalists and other opinion-formers’ positions, and shifts in the propensity of audience groups to read and recall messages and materials. Drawing these elements together into a cohesive picture of message, medium and audience can give you valuable insights to shape your communications strategy. Many organizations today agree that the most accurate and objective way of understanding how their corporate or brand image performs in print, broadcast and online outlets is through media content analysis.

 
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Media Content Analysis