AVE for measuring public relations
After a year-long inquiry and debate on the topic of using AVEs* to measure Public Relations ROI, the Institute of Public Relations Commission (IPR, from the USA) has concluded that there is no evidence to suggest that advertising and editorial space hold equivalent value. Most rational people already know this but it’s good the industry has taken a firm stance. This comes after PR practitioners at a European measurement summit in June this year agreed and released The Barcelona Declaration [...]
A new manifesto for PR
Is it just me or has PR been slammed more in the last month than in the last few years? The industry appears to be copping it from all sides. We’ve had: Neil Shoebridge’s AFR piece titled How to lose clients and annoy reporters. He argues that the PR industry is awash with incompetent people and outlines his top and deady PR sins. Jason Whittaker’s guest post on Mumbrella titled Precious PR [...]
