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Big Research Smarts for Small Budgets

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Geological Survey uses Twitter data to track earthquakes: “For example, the U.S. Geological Survey, when using Twitter data to track earthquakes, utilizes only four variables: They look for mentions of ‘earthquake’ Tweets of seven words or longer are excluded (people in an earthquake zone tend to keep their messages short).

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How Socially Responsible Communications Maintain Your Community Cool

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Another great resource or ally can come from working with a trusted research firm that can help you “uncover the hidden patterns of understanding that undermine citizen action,” as the Topos Partnership has done for a variety of communities in at least seven different sectors. Responsibly-designed research.

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Harnessing the Power of Big Data for Public Relations

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Public relations professionals must sift through the millions of status updates, photos, videos, check-ins and other digital breadcrumbs to uncover meaningful, valuable insights and then decipher the best ways to act upon that data. It is surely becoming part of your daily PR research function. So, what is big data ?

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#measurePR Recap: Richard Bagnall Returns

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The May 6 #MeasurePR chat featured a very special guest— Richard Bagnall , the UK CEO of PRIME Research, and long-time friend of the chat. Richard talked to the #MeasurePR community about challenges and changes in measurement, and why it’s so important for a PR program. Measurement without insight is just… data collection, really.

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#measurePR Recap (September 2017): Celebrating AMEC Measurement Month 2017

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Khali Sakkas , Chief Executive of Insights & Research at Isentia and an AMEC Board member. Here’s some of what we talked about: On changes to the PR measurement field: A2: Biggest changes in insights have been in big data, data visualisation and increased awareness of measurement #amecmm #measurepr.

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#measurePR Recaps: March-May 2018

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On basic tech skills PR pros need to be competitive: A4: Learn how to do pre-release and post-release research. Pre-release #measurement research will give you an understanding of your position in the industry landscape, plus what matters most to your audiences. Let your data explain the need! Think Google Analytics.

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Monday Roundup: Trust

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New Pew Data Shows Millennials Are Non-Traditional, Poor, Unmarried, Not White and Don’t Trust You. Why: In this guest post for Shelly Kramer ‘s blog, Andrea Cook shares highlights from a new Pew Research Center study on Millennials. How do you build trust within your business community? And guess what?