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Keeping up with the vast amount of information available online can be overwhelming, but media monitoring allows us to stay informed and aware of what is being said about our brand, competitors, and industry.
The media monitoring tools also provide valuable insights into consumer sentiment and helps us make informed decisions about our marketing and communication strategies. Working without outside information means working blindly and handicapping ourselves against the competition.
Identifying brand sentiment
The days of only occasionally conducting focus groups to learn how your brand could be viewed "out there" are long gone. Today's media monitoring tools give you access to unfiltered outside opinion and frequently assist you in categorising it into both favourable and adverse sentiment buckets so you can track its evolution over time.
Proactively managing crises
In a world in which data can spread like wildfire quicker than you can say "PR crisis," it can take years to establish a solid and favourable brand reputation and only a matter of hours to destroy one. To stay in control of the conversation and get ahead of the approaching storm, it's imperative to respond quickly and fully informed.
Recognise your audience.
Have you ever struggled to come up with a title for a fresh blog post or YouTube clip so that your audience can easily find it? Do you ever question whether you are communicating with your target audience in the same language? By bridging the communication gap, you can stop talking about your new "SMS tool" when your potential customers are pleading with you for a good "text messaging platform." Similarly to this, it would be a missed opportunity to promote your new veggie burger as having the meatiest appearance while your viewer is actively discussing the environmental impact of various vegan products.
Analyse the effects of marketing and PR
The days of assuming what works are over. Today's monitoring tools not only enable us to comprehend the full impact of our campaigns but also to demonstrate the worth of our efforts. When we can quantify our impact, we can take advantage of every opportunity to learn, generate fresh ideas, and ultimately demonstrate the worth of our labour. What key performance indicators should you monitor? Media monitoring has more information on this. Consider the list of people who have been identified as influencing your sector as a whole resource rather than limiting yourself to those who are already amenable to you.