Core Features of Modern PR Tools

Most solutions cover three basic functions: media monitoring of news sites and social media, automated analysis of reach and sentiment, and the management of press distribution lists for sending press releases. Depending on the provider, the focus may be more on monitoring or more on the distribution workflow.

Practical Tip: Before choosing a tool, it’s worth asking whether the focus should be on monitoring or on sending—very few providers cover both areas equally well, and choosing the wrong focus often leads to a costly switch later on.

Smaller teams, in particular, benefit from starting with a single, more affordable tool to address their biggest pain point, rather than investing right away in a comprehensive enterprise suite whose full range of features they wouldn’t even use at first.

• Media monitoring across multiple channels
• Automated Reach Analysis
• Centrally Manage the Press Distribution List
• Clarify the focus before making a selection
• Take Advantage of the Trial Period Before Signing the Contract
• Assess scalability for growing teams
• Obtain references from existing customers

Monitoring Tools for Mentions and Sentiment

Tools like Awario scan social media, forums, and news sites in real time for brand mentions and provide an immediate initial assessment of sentiment. This makes it possible to implement social listening even without an in-house data team.

• Real-time search across multiple sources
• Initial assessment of the mood included
• No need for an in-house data team
• Alerts in the Event of a Sudden Increase
• Monitor competitors simultaneously

Hashtag and Campaign Tracking

For PR campaigns with their own hashtag or a clearly defined timeframe, specialized tools such as Keyhole are ideal, as they analyze the reach, interactions, and participating accounts of a single campaign separately from ongoing brand monitoring.

• Campaigns can be analyzed individually
• Reach per hashtag is measurable
• Identify the accounts involved
• Can be used independently of continuous monitoring
• Comparison of multiple campaign phases is possible

Dashboards for Ongoing Reporting

For day-to-day work, what matters most is having a clear overview of all channels in one place. A centralized social media dashboard consolidates mentions, reach, and interactions, eliminating the need to switch between multiple individual tools every day.

• All channels in one place
• Fewer switches between tools
• Automated Reports for the Team
• Real-time alerts consolidated in one place
• Access Rights for Multiple Team Members

PR Tools in Combination with Traditional Public Relations

Software cannot replace personal contacts with journalists, but it significantly speeds up the preparatory and follow-up work—from maintaining distribution lists to determining whether a press release was actually picked up. When combined with traditional public relations work, this creates a workflow that frees up time for the actual relationship-building with newsrooms.

• Automate Distribution List Maintenance
• Check for Received Messages
• More time for media contacts
• Technology complements, but does not replace

Choosing the right tools depends on your focus: monitoring, campaign tracking, or mailing list management. Most teams end up combining two or three specialized solutions rather than relying on a single all-purpose software program that performs only moderately well in each area. Ultimately, what matters more than the number of tools is that the data collected is regularly analyzed and actually used to make decisions, rather than just gathering dust on an unused dashboard.

Selection Criteria for the Right PR Tool

Before making a decision, it’s worth taking an honest look at the actual size of your team: Smaller teams often benefit from streamlined solutions like Buffer, while larger editorial teams with many parallel channels tend to benefit more from more comprehensive platforms like Hootsuite.

Another criterion is integration with existing systems: A tool that does not connect to your existing email program or CRM creates additional manual work instead of saving time. The scope of monitoring features should also be evaluated in advance, as the depth of analysis varies greatly among providers.

• Consider team size when making selections
• Check for integration with existing systems
• Compare Social Listening Features
• Start with small teams and lean solutions

Common Mistakes in Tool Selection

A common mistake is purchasing a comprehensive enterprise solution before it’s even clear which features are actually needed on a day-to-day basis. It’s just as risky to skip a trial period before signing a contract, since many limitations only become apparent during actual use—not from the list of features on the provider’s website alone.

Another mistake is the lack of training for the team after implementation: A powerful tool is of little use if only one person actually uses its features while the rest of the team continues to work manually.

• Don’t Invest in Enterprise Solutions Right Away
• Take Advantage of the Trial Period Before Signing the Contract
• Test it out before you buy
• Provide the team with adequate training after the implementation

How Sentiment Analysis Works Technically

Modern tools automatically scan comments, posts, and reviews for keywords, sentence structure, and context to classify each mention into one of three categories: positive, negative, or neutral. Language models are also increasingly able to recognize irony, sarcasm, and industry-specific jargon—elements that simple keyword lists used to overlook.

Practical tip: When it comes to sensitive topics, automated assessments should always be reviewed by humans on a random basis—irony and regional expressions, in particular, still frequently lead to misjudgments in purely automated systems.

The greater a brand’s volume of mentions, the more important automation becomes: It’s practically impossible to analyze thousands of daily comments manually. In practice, the combination of automated pre-sorting and selective human review yields the most reliable results.

• Classify as positive, negative, or neutral
• Take Context and Irony into Account
• Automation for High Volumes
• Random human inspection
• Using Language Models for Contextual Understanding
• Take industry-specific jargon into account

Applications in Marketing and Public Relations

Sentiment analysis provides early warning signs when sentiment surrounding a brand begins to deteriorate—often days before it escalates into a visible crisis. Those who take advantage of this early warning can respond before negative comments gain significant momentum.

• Early Warning System for Reputational Risks
• Monitoring Sentiment Trends Over Time
• Respond Before the Situation Escalates
• Comparison of Campaigns
• Shorten Response Time in the Event of a Crisis
• Notify the relevant teams early on
• Define clear escalation levels

Sentiment Analysis for Competitive Comparisons

In addition to your own brand, the same method can also be applied to competitors as part of ongoing social media monitoring. If a competitor’s product receives significantly more positive reviews on the same channels, this provides concrete insights into which product features or communication points still need improvement.

• Compare competitors over the same time period
• Analyze Topic-Specific Sentiment
• Identifying Weaknesses in Your Own Offering
• Strengthen our competitive positioning
• Monitor trends over several quarters

Tools for Practical Implementation

In practice, specialized social media monitoring tools handle the technical analysis and provide dashboards showing sentiment trends over days, weeks, or months. To get started, a tool with basic features is often sufficient before investing in more comprehensive enterprise solutions.

• Dashboards with Sentiment Trends
• Alerts for Sudden Spikes
• Export for Regular Reporting
• You can get started with the basic functions

Limitations of Automated Sentiment Analysis

Despite steady improvements, sentiment analysis remains prone to errors, especially when dealing with short comments lacking sufficient context. For serious reputation issues, therefore, a structured reputation management approach complements automated analysis with human judgment and a clear response strategy.

• Short comments are often misunderstood
• Context remains difficult to grasp
• Never the Sole Basis for Decision-Making
• Supplemented by human judgment
• Regular Calibration of the Models

Sentiment analysis makes sentiment measurable and thus provides a valuable complement to mere mention counts. Those who use it correctly combine automated analysis with human oversight, enabling them to respond more quickly and effectively to changes in public perception. In the long term, it pays to regularly compare the results with actual business metrics so that pure sentiment metrics can actually be used to inform sound decisions for marketing and communications.

Sentiment Analysis in Practice: Examples of Applications

Before a product launch, sentiment analysis helps gauge the reaction to teasers and announcements early on, before the actual campaign begins. Tools like Awario provide an initial automated assessment across multiple channels, eliminating the need for a team to read every mention individually.

During ongoing campaigns with their own hashtag, sentiment can also be analyzed using specialized tools such as Keyhole to identify early on whether a campaign is being received positively or is triggering unexpected criticism—allowing for a response while the campaign is still active.

• Gauge the mood ahead of the launch
• Automated tools save time
• Analyze Hashtag Campaigns in a Targeted Manner
• A response is still possible while the term is still in effect

Common Mistakes in Sentiment Analysis

A common mistake is placing blind trust in automated results, even though algorithms often misclassify irony and regional expressions in particular. Equally risky is analyzing sentiment in isolation without linking it to actual brand tracking, which leaves it unclear whether positive sentiment actually leads to greater willingness to buy.

Another mistake is monitoring too infrequently: If you only analyze the data once a quarter, you’ll miss short-term shifts in sentiment, which are most telling during the first week after a campaign.

• Don’t blindly trust automated results
• Link Sentiment to Brand Tracking
• Don’t conduct monitoring too infrequently
• Prioritize the first week after the campaign launch

What is a viral shitstorm – and when does it become a crisis?

Not every negative reaction is a crisis. A critical comment, a bad review, a dissatisfied customer: it’s part of everyday life. A crisis arises when negative feedback reaches a critical mass, the media gets involved or there is a permanent threat of reputational damage. The line between “unpleasant” and “threatening” often lies in hours, not days.

Typical crisis triggers on social media are: a misleading post, a video that has gone viral without context, internal information that gets out, a shitstorm caused by a prominent account, or an accumulation of negative customer experiences at a certain point in time. Each of these scenarios requires a different response tactic – but the same structural framework behind it.

Agency tip: Define three escalation levels internally in advance: Level 1 (isolated negative comment, community manager responds), Level 2 (growing pattern, social media lead takes over), Level 3 (media involvement or viral momentum, management + PR department). If you don’t define these levels in advance, you will discuss them in the middle of the crisis – valuable minutes will be lost.

Prevention: crisis management begins before the crisis

The most effective crisis management is that which prevents a crisis from arising in the first place or at least recognizes it at an early stage. Social listening is the most important tool here. If you monitor brand mentions, changes in sentiment and emerging topics around the clock, you can often recognize crises as they arise – before they go viral.

Prevention also includes clear internal guidelines: Who is allowed to post on behalf of the company? Is there an approval process for sensitive content? How do you react to political or social issues? Many shitstorms arise because an employee has acted without approval – or because the company has made an ill-considered statement on a topic without knowing the social dynamics.

It is particularly important to document a crisis plan that is known to all relevant people. This plan defines who is allowed to make which decisions, which channels are used for communication, which messages are not to be used under any circumstances and how media inquiries are to be handled. A good crisis plan fits on two pages and can be used immediately under pressure.

Response protocol: The first 24 hours decide

When a crisis breaks out, the clock is ticking. Studies show that companies that react within the first hour can reduce reputational damage by up to 60 percent. This does not mean having ready-made answers immediately – but being visible and signaling that the company is taking the issue seriously.

The first response must do three things: it must come quickly (within 30 to 60 minutes), it must sound human (no corporate speak), and it must credibly signal that the topic is being addressed. “We have seen your messages. We take this very seriously and will get back to you with an update as soon as possible.” is better than an elaborate statement that arrived four hours too late.

What happens next depends on the type of crisis. In the case of your own mistakes, clearly state the error, take responsibility and communicate concrete next steps. In the case of external attacks or misinformation: clarify factually, provide evidence, do not escalate emotionally. In the case of employee incidents: act internally, communicate the process externally – without revealing details.

The most common mistakes in crisis response

• Silence: Every hour without a reaction is seen as a lack of interest or an admission of guilt
• Defensive tone: justification without empathy comes across as cold and worsens the mood
• Oversharing: Too many details too early can create new attack surfaces
• Deletion without explanation: Deleted posts are almost always documented and lead to a further loss of trust
• Lack of consistency: contradictory statements in different channels increase confusion
• False promises: Promises that are not kept cause lasting damage

In connection with social media KPIs, it is also worth defining crisis metrics: Sentiment score, share of voice (negative vs. positive), response time and reach of critical posts. These figures help to evaluate progress and report internally – which is directly related to structured social media reporting for managers.

Communication strategy: What, how and where to communicate?

In a crisis, consistency is more important than speed – but both are necessary. The communication strategy determines which messages are played on which channel, who speaks and what is not said under any circumstances. These three pillars must be defined before the crisis.

On social media itself, the rule is: respond directly in the thread or post in question, don’t avoid it. If you respond on another channel, it looks like you are trying to hide your reaction. At the same time, the company website or a dedicated area should serve as a “single source of truth” – all other channels link to it. This gives the community a reliable point of contact and prevents rumors from gaining the upper hand.

It is also advisable to make a clear distinction between public and private communication. Direct messages to particularly vocal critics can sometimes be more effective than public responses. And: Influencers, brand ambassadors or community members who credibly defend the company are more valuable in a crisis than any official statement. An Instagram agency can help to proactively build these networks – before they are needed.

Messaging framework for different types of crisis

• Product defect / recall: transparency about the defect + concrete action plan for those affected + hotline or contact option
• Employee incident: Clear distancing + communicate process (investigation) + no prejudice
• Communication error (post): Admit mistake + explain what was meant + name learning effect
• External misinformation: Objectively and verifiably contradict + provide sources + not emotional
• Data breach: inform immediately, communicate extent, take steps to limit damage + fulfill legal obligations

Anyone thinking more about the strategic development of a social media agency relationship should check in the context of crisis management whether external support is part of the crisis plan – and who will take over coordination in an emergency.

After the crisis: learning, documenting, optimizing

A crisis does not end with the last negative comment. The recovery process is at least as important as the acute reaction. If you go back to business as usual after a crisis without analyzing what happened, you risk the next crisis following the same path.

The post-crisis review should take place within a week of the end of the crisis and answer the following questions: How long did the response last? What worked well? What prolonged or exacerbated the crisis? Which messages worked, which did harm? Which processes need to be adapted? The result of this review flows directly into the updated crisis plan.

At the same time, it is about reputation repair. Ideally, publishing positive content after a crisis does not happen abruptly – but as a natural transition. Returning to normal marketing communication too soon is perceived as disrespectful or ignorant. A sensible strategy is to first show content that directly addresses the consequences of the crisis before returning to the regular content rhythm.

Crisis management as part of the social media strategy

Social media crisis management is not a special case – it is an integral part of any serious social media strategy. Companies that build their social media presence professionally consider crisis scenarios from the outset: in the editorial plan, in the community guidelines, in the team structure and in the response processes.

The differences between companies that survive a crisis unscathed and those that suffer permanent damage rarely lie in the severity of the crisis itself. They lie in the preparation, the speed of response and the quality of communication. A practiced team, a clear plan and an honest corporate culture are the best insurance against viral conflagration.

We are happy to provide specific measures, analyses and ongoing support – get in touch now and develop a crisis plan together that suits your company.

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This is why you should use TikTok tools

TikTok is a powerful and popular social media tool that businesses around the world use to connect with their customers and find new ways to reach them. It’s important for businesses to stay informed about activity on TikTok to have a better understanding of their audience’s preferences and needs. This is why using TikTok monitoring tools is so important. With a TikTok monitoring tool, businesses can not only track the performance of their own campaigns, but also identify trends and get a picture of the market. With the help of these tools, companies can find out:

• What type of content resonates best with users,
• Which hashtags generate the most interactions,
• Which users have the strongest influence on other users,
• What types of videos are the most viewed,
• … and much more

Know which content is successful

These tools allow businesses to gather relevant data to make better decisions for their social media marketing. It also allows you to better understand what content marketing works and what doesn’t. This means more engagement for your business and more sales.

Minimize risks

In addition, monitoring tools help minimize online risks and ensure that your brand will not be caught in negative news. When you are aware of bad news about your company, you can react immediately and prevent damage to your reputation. They also help you monitor competitor campaigns – so you can see what other companies are doing and how you can do it better.

In short, using TikTok monitoring tools makes it easier than ever for you to gather opinion research data about your audience to better understand them. With this knowledge advantage, you can make better decisions and achieve more effective campaign results.

Recommendations: TikTok Tools for Performance

Our current recommendations, TikTok tools for more performance marketing.

• Keyhole
• Modash
• Traackr
• Awario
• Iconosquare
• Storyclash
• Klear
• Pentos

Keyhole

Keyhole provides an industry-leading TikTok monitoring tool that allows you to quickly and efficiently see how your TikTok marketing is doing.

Leading TikTok monitoring tool

With Keyhole, you can not only track the number of likes and comments in real time, but also monitor various data points, such as demographic information, campaign performance, and hashtag performance. These advanced analytics give you a better idea of how well your marketing strategies are working and where you can see room for improvement.

Another great tool is Keyhole’s “Mentions” feature. With this feature you can find out who is talking about your brand and in what way they are promoting their product or service.

Read more here:

• Keyhole

Modash

Modash is a TikTok monitoring tool that helps you track and analyze your presence on the TikTok platform. With Modash, you get detailed insights into the performance of your TikTok campaigns that help you measure their success.

Monitoring and real-time notifications

With Modash, you get access to a range of analytics and reporting features that give you a better understanding of how your campaigns are performing. Features include:

• Post Performance Analytics: Individual Videos
• Audience Analytic (Community): Your community
• Content Insights: Successes of individual videos
• Real Time Alerts: Notification in real time

Read more about all the features here:

• Modash

Traackr

Traackr is an excellent tool to monitor your TikTok account. It offers many features to give you insight into the activities on your account. This tool is available to all users either for free or with a monthly subscription. Traackr offers various features to monitor your TikTok account.

More about the tools and all functions:

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Awario

Awario is a powerful tool for monitoring TikTok. With Awario, companies can search the web, social media and blogs for relevant mentions of their brand, products or services.

TikTok monitoring with search function

The tool offers various search options to simplify the search for specific content. For example, you can search for hashtags that were published in a certain time period. You can also search by usernames or by related topics or keywords. Moreover, you can customize your search by adding search filters.

More about all functions here:

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Iconosquare

Iconosquare is a popular social network that allows people to share short videos with their friends and other members. It’s a great tool for sharing short clips of funny or interesting moments. However, TikTok is not just fun, it can also be a useful tool for businesses to stay in touch with their target audience.

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Storyclash

StoryClash is a monitoring tool that lets you keep an eye on your competitors’ social media accounts. Thus, you’ll be able to keep up with your competitors’ latest posts, likes and comments. You can also use StoryClash to identify potential threats and opportunities for your business.

Monitor competitors

StoryClash has a number of features that let you easily monitor your competitors’ social media accounts. For a start, you’ll be able to see the activity on any account you follow, in real time. Thus, you’ll be able to see new posts as soon as they are published, as well as likes, comments or reactions. You can also see which posts have the most engagement and who is engaging the most with your competitors’ content.

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Klear

Klear is a monitoring tool that allows you to monitor your TikTok account. There are several advantages of this tool: First of all, with Klear you can find out if someone has stolen your account or if someone has copied your photos, videos or comments. Also, if you are not sure whether someone has stolen your account or not, you can use Klear to find out if someone else is watching your account and what he or she is doing.

• Klear

Pentos

Pentos is one of the leading TikTok monitoring tools that allows companies to monitor their presence on the TikTok network. This tool offers a number of features that allow companies to monitor their online reputation, collect important data and identify potential problems.

More about the tools and all functions:

• Pentos

Conclusion: Influence success on TikTok significantly

With TikTok monitoring tools, companies can significantly influence their success on TikTok. The goal of every business and brand manager is to increase sales, attract new customers and stand out in the market. To achieve this goal, it is important to find the right strategy for more visibility on TikTok. With the help of various features, such as reporting, monitoring or analytics, companies can significantly increase their reach and stand out in the market.

• TikTok for business
• TikTok Agency
• TikTok Ads

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Hootsuite – Cheapest supplier

Identify, win and retain customers. Get more out of your social media activities with Hootsuite.

• Hootsuite
• Price from 25 Euro / Month
• For 10 social media profiles and 1 user

Zoho Social

Zoho Social is a complete social media management platform for companies and agencies. Manage multiple social networks, schedule an unlimited number of posts, monitor keywords, and collaborate with your team – all from a single dashboard.

• Zoho Social
• Price: On request (individual)

Agora Pulse

Plan contributions in advance, get reports and of course check the engagement of your followers and fans, Agora Pulse can do everything.

• Agora Pulse
• Price from 89 Euro / Month
• For 10 social media profiles and 2 users

Sprout Social

• Sprout Social
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Sprinklr

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• Price: On request (individual)

EClincher

• EClincher
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Sendible

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Social Report – Most Social Media Profiles

• Social Report
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Digimind

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ClaraBridge

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Brandwatch

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Brand24

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StatusBrew

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Nuvi

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Reputation

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Monitoring the successes – Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Co

However, social media monitoring is extremely different. There are areas in influencer marketing that can hardly be monitored at all. The last action, for example, coupon codes in Instagram Postings. No direct links can be placed here and therefore clicks and sales cannot be traced. Of course, this is a big problem for many companies who are also building reach with the promotion through influencers. At the same time, there are options such as Facebook ads that can also be switched to Instagram, which are extremely accurate in reporting and monitoring. So accurate that even many critics are concerned about privacy, after all, advertising is becoming increasingly personalized. Here, paths can be traced extremely precisely so that you know and see exactly who likes your own brand, who buys the products, who is interested in similar products, how old the people are, where they come from and what their interests are.

The evaluation in monitoring is so different. If you really want to deal with this topic, you should start directly with software. The subject of monitoring is so diverse and special that it cannot be explained in a few paragraphs. The best recommendation is therefore Learning by Doing and YouTube videos! Add a portion of cleverness and the monitoring can begin.

KPI – Key Performance Indicator

There is only one term for measuring success in business management: key performance indicators. The so-called KPIs document the degree of fulfillment. In online marketing, these are primarily the conversion rate, which provides information on sales or contracts, the click-through rate (CTR), with a statement on the proportionality of clicks achieved in comparison, up to the interaction rate, the engagement rate, which indicates how many reactions there were to certain media content, and up to the response rate, which provides information on how many responses there were to a certain action.

Let’s take another look at the different KPIs:

Interaction Rate – Engagement Rate

The interaction rate or the commitment of the users plays an important role in two areas in particular. On the one hand, in monitoring, i.e. the measurement and evaluation of success following campaigns.

The formula for calculating the interaction rate:
( Likes + comments x 5 ) / Views = commitment</block quota>(
You can adjust the value x 5 as desired, upwards or downwards. More about Intercation rate

Click Rate – Click Through Rate CTR

The click through rate (CTR) is an extremely important indicator in reporting and monitoring. As a key figure, the click rate provides information about the relation between the views, the so-called sightings, and the clicks. The higher this percentage, the more successful the campaign.

• A social media posting reaches 1,000 people,
• Of which 50 click on the offer,
• Gives a click rate of 5%

The click rate formula:
Impressions (views) / clicks = click rate</block rate>
More about Click rate

Conversion / Conversion Rate

For the interaction rate or the engagement, the conversation with the own target group is a decisive success factor for your social media marketing. Conversation is the basic model in media studies. By exchanging information, novelties, innovations, all conceivable forms of information are disseminated.

More about Conversion Rate

Response Rate – Response Rate

The response rate indicates the response rate to a particular campaign and, when comparing several campaigns, which success factors can be derived from it. The response rate can have very different reasons, a simple example would be a marketing survey sent to 1,000 companies. If 400 questionnaires came back, the rate would be 40%.

The formula for calculating the reaction rate:

( received / sent ) * 100 = Response Rate

More about the reaction rate

Influencer Monitoring

Influencer monitoring can be difficult in some cases. In other cases it is again relatively simple. Ultimately, the best way to monitor influencers is to have direct access to the statistics and analyses of each influencer. Of course, this is not always possible, so most influencers usually send screenshots of statistics. You can then use social media software to offset and check these in parts. In principle, however, the aim is not only to equip influencers with free articles and products, but also to report the actions and interactions in a sustainable manner. Just as with advertisements, the ultimate goal is to separate successful influencers from less successful ones so that long-term collaboration only begins with influencers who ultimately provide conversion.

The simplest and most effective way is to use so-called short links. Short links are then placed below the postings, e.g. in the YouTube description, the description below the Facebook posting and of course as a Swipe Up link in the Instagram Stories. In the back end of the short link provider, you can see in the statistics how often the user clicked. If you work with 20 influencers, you can compare all influencers after 30 days. Just write down the costs and the clicks next to them. From this you can calculate how much you paid for a click. The influencers with the most successful campaign will then continue to be booked. The tracking and reporting of influencer campaigns is as simple as that.

You have learned how to calculate the click rate before, with a small variation you can calculate the click price.

Calculation and formula for click price

• Costs / Clicks = Click price

Let’s look at the comparison in a simple example:

• Influencer A costs 2.000 € for 250 clicks = 8,00 € per click
• Influencer B costs 10.000 € with 500 clicks = 20,00 € per click
• Influencer C costs 7.000 € for 800 clicks = 7.20 € per click
• …

As a result, the campaign with Influencer C would persist.

Of course there are other factors, but these are the basics. Of course, there are other factors that are important for the valuation:

• Impressions, reach in the community
• For major influencer branding and positive image
• Conversion Raid, Closings after click

Reporting and monitoring software

If you are more interested in monitoring in social media marketing and want to work with analysis methods of a sSocial Media agency, then we recommend you take a look at Social Media Software. Especially on our large articles on the subject:

• Social Media Software Comparison

A little extra tip, if you read this article, you will understand the entire basic model of ad management. At the end there is then the click rate for the evaluation and success evaluation of the individual campaigns.

Objectives of the clicks: Conversion

Why are the clicks actually registered? The ultimate goal of organic reach but also paid reach is to attract prospects or potential customers to online offerings. For example, to the online shop, where you can buy a new trend product, or to the newsletter Funnel, where you can register.

If you now compare different postings with each other, you draw among others the click rate as a success factor add. In this way, several postings or their successes can be compared with each other. A small calculation example for the calculation of the click rate:

• A social media posting reaches 1,000 people,
• Of which 50 click on the offer
• Gives a click rate of 5%.

Behind the click rate is the so-called conversion. Of course, it’s not only how many people click on the offer that matters, but also the corresponding country page, in the technical term Landing Page, must be optimized in such a way that the desired goals are achieved.

The decisive factor in the evaluation of postings and campaigns, whether social media advertising or advertising in search engines, remains the click rate.

Campaigns Level 1: Separation according to media and content

For real campaigns, up to 20 different media contents are often played off against each other in a split testing. These can be e.g. different photos, graphics, small videos or also longer videos. Each of these postings gets different descriptions, one video gets a very short and concise description, the second video gets a description with many emoticons and the third video gets a very detailed description. The same is not only tested with the videos against each other, of course also with every single photo and with every single graphic. The result is a multitude of different campaigns that are tested against each other, with sufficient media budget.

So the first campaign level looks like media content, against each other different levels are tested:

• Photos and pictures
• Graphics and image montages
• Short videos, so called snack content, less than 10 seconds
• Longer videos, between 10 and 30 seconds

In addition, different types and forms of descriptions are tested against each other. In the simplest form these can be e.g. the following forms:

• Short description with few emoticons
• Short description without emoticons
• Short description with many emoticons
• Longer description with, without and with many emoticons
• Short description with capital letters, with, without and with many emoticons

Now not only different formats can be tested against each other, of course also the contents can deviate from each other and the formulations. Ultimately, hundreds of individual campaigns can be created theoretically and, of course, practically simply by changing the media content. How do you compare their success? The click rate is used here.

But we are not at the end yet, Facebook advertising, Instagram, YouTube and of course other social networks like Xing, LinkedIn, Twitter and many more, not only live from different media content when it comes to campaigns and advertisements, of course it is also about the target groups. Especially the precise targeting of target groups with selected media content makes social media advertising but also advertising on search engines so efficient and promising for brands, services and products. For this reason, campaigns are additionally split according to target groups.

Level 2 campaigns: separation of target groups and demographics

In the second level, blind testing directly goes even deeper, now the target groups are separated on the basis of demographic data, personal data but also information such as interests and affinities. The media content, which was already divided into individual clusters, is only expanded once more by the variable target groups. Thus a certain media content, e.g. photo or video, is matched with a certain type of description, longer or shorter, more or less emoticons, with a certain target group, male or female, 35 to 40 years, 15 to 20 years. This results in the individual campaign groups.

Not only personal data can be retrieved, but also age, gender and marital status. In addition, interests and hobbies can also be called up, so that automobile manufacturers address target groups that have a high affinity for certain vending machines. Depending on which pages or channels the users have marked with Like or which channels or users they follow, individual, targeted groups can be created.

It goes even further, not only personal data and interests, but also geographic data can be included in the campaign creation. Do you only want to reach people from the Berlin area? Do you only want to reach people from the United States? Should only people be reached who live within a 40 km radius of the New York metropolis? You can use any filter you want. You can even call up people in Los Angeles or in Hamburg who are currently there. For example, you can reach tourists in Hamburg and Los Angeles who do not actually live here. Wow. Wow.

Monitoring and performance evaluation by click rate

After a certain test period, which of course depends on the media budget, he can make statements about which campaigns were successful and which were not. If, for example, you equip each advertisement with a monthly budget of 5000 €, you can draw conclusions about the results relatively quickly. Media budget must be set directly high, especially for testing. Once the successful individual campaigns have been identified, the media budget can be reduced. And that’s why start-ups and smaller companies have to reckon with an entry of at least 2000 € per month in order to calculate meaningful results. Because in the end you pay with every euro of range, only by sufficient results conclusions can be drawn. If you want to compare e.g. 20 campaigns with each other, then the click rate helps.

Once again the basic formulas:

• Impressions (Views) / Clicks = Click rate

Accordingly, individual values will be calculated for each individual campaign. These can be compared with each other.

• Campaign AA ( photo motif 1, description 1, target group 1 ) reaches 5000 people, 100 of them click, click rate is 2 percent
• Campaign AB ( photo motif 1, description 1, target group 2 ) reaches 7500 people, 75 of whom click, click rate is 1 percent
• …
• Campaign BA ( photo motif 2, description 1, target group 1 ) reaches 8000 people, 280 of them click, click rate 3.5 percent
• Campaign BB ( photo motif 2, description 1, target group 2 ) reaches 3000 people, 450 of them click, click rate is 15 percent
• …

If this small preselection is now evaluated, it can be concluded that the following campaigns were the most successful:

1. Campaign BB with 15%
2. Campaign BA with 3.5%
3. Campaign AA with 2%
4. Campaign AB with 1%

And from this we conclude as a social media agency or you for your social media advertising, the photo motif 2 was definitely better received than photo motif 1. The overall average of target group 2 had a higher conversion than target group 1.

The media budget for campaign AA, campaign AB and campaign BA will be cut accordingly. The surplus is then put into campaign BB.

Social Hub: Analytics, Monitoring and Pricing

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• Social hub
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The advantage of the extensive analyses and evaluations is clearly that you can optimize your own strategy based on real data. This increases the social media activities and the own figures and evaluations of the performance become even more meaningful when looking at the individual channels. Social Hub thus offers a creative solution for strategists in social media management.

Free online course! Influencer Marketing Basics

Here is an overview of the different topics and focuses of the two-hour tutorial.

Introduction to Influencer Marketing

Definition

Development of social networks / social value

Social Network Ranking, Values of the networks

Classification and categories

Advantages Influencer Marketing

Risks

Software support in social media marketing on Instagram

Hootsuite / Screencast

Social Analytics / Screencast

Instazood / Screencast

Planning and implementation of an Influencer concept

Definition of the objectives

Applications / SA Hashtag Analyser

Qualitative and quantitative attributes of the influencer

Influencer Search / SA Research / SA Manager

Briefing for the Influencer

Contact

Contract

Processing

Offers for agencies / SA campaign planner

Monitoring / SA Monitoring

Conclusion

Introduction into influencer marketing