No Brainer Metrics for 7 Communications Challenges
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The document outlines key communication metrics tailored to various sectors, including earned media, content marketing, internal communications, events, higher education, public affairs, and nonprofits. It emphasizes the importance of measuring factors like engagement, conversions, and employee satisfaction through various analytics tools. The document also suggests tracking share of voice and total engagement over time as critical indicators of success.
No Brainer Metrics for 7 Communications Challenges
- 2. 7 Communications Challenges Standard metrics don’t fit the myriad challenges that today’s communicators may face, so to make your measurement job simpler, we’ve picked the best metrics for some of the typical (and not so typical) challenges that relate to: 1) Earned Media (both traditional and social) 2) Content Marketing 3) Internal/Employee Communications 4) Events 5) Higher Education 6) Public Affairs 7) Nonprofits www.painepublishing.com 2
- 3. Share of Desirable Voice over time (Google News or clip counts) Reduction in share of undesirable voice over time Total Engagement in social media over time (Facebook/Twitter/ LinkedIn/YouTube analytics) Increase in conversions from earned/social sources Earned Media (both traditional & social) www.painepublishing.com 3 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 4. Increase in unique sessions viewing content (Google Analytics) Total Engagement in content (Facebook/Twitter/ YouTube analytics) Increase in conversions or sales leads from content (Omniture, Salesforce, Google Analytics) Content Marketing www.painepublishing.com 4 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 5. Increase in opens of emails (Banana Tag) Increase in ratio of positive to negative comments on internal social channels and Glass Door Increase in Employee Engagement. Employees willing to recommend as a place to work Reduction in turnover, reduction in recruitment costs, increase in promotable employees Internal/Employee Communications www.painepublishing.com 5 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 6. Share of Desirable Voice over time (Google News or clip counts) Total online Engagement around event (Facebook/Twit ter/YouTube analytics) Traffic to the Registration Page (Google Analytics) Increased trust in the organization or qualified leads from the event (or other desired outcome) Events www.painepublishing.com 6 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 7. Share of Desirable Voice over time (Google News or clip counts) Total Engagement in social media over time (Facebook/Twitter /YouTube analytics) Traffic to the Application Page (Google Analytics) New Qualified Applicants from Earned Media (Admissions) Higher Education www.painepublishing.com 7 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 8. Share of Desirable Voice over Time (Google News or clip counts) Total Engagement in social media over time (Facebook/Twitter/ YouTube analytics) Petition signatures (Petition app) Legislation passed/killed (Legislative tracking service) Public Affairs www.painepublishing.com 8 No Brainer Metrics for:
- 9. Share of Desirable Voice over time (Google News or clip counts) Total Engagement in social media over time (Facebook/Twitter/ YouTube analytics) Traffic to the Volunteer or Donate Page (Google Analytics) New volunteers, donors, or increase in donations Nonprofits www.painepublishing.com 9 No Brainer Metrics for:
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