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AI adoption is no longer the challenge—trusted context is. Most organizations have AI tools, but many still rely on disconnected, stale, or unverified data, limiting the quality and trustworthiness of AI-generated outputs. Meltwater MCP brings trusted, real-time intelligence into AI assistants.

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Today, PR teams aren’t just tracking media coverage and share of voice. They’re also measuring how their brand shows up in AI-generated answers, search summaries, and large language models (LLMs). This new LLM visibility layer is quickly becoming a critical part of PR performance.

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Blog Topics: Generative Engine Optimization, Media Intelligence, Media Relations, Social Listening, Consumer Intelligence, Influencer Marketing

Find out how you can leverage Facebook to boost your brand's online presence and gain a competitive edge. Explore the Meltwater category page today!

Facebook Blog | Meltwater

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Find out how you can leverage TikTok to elevate your brand with creative content and gain a competitive edge. Explore the Meltwater category page today!

TikTok Blog | Meltwater

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X / Twitter Blog | Meltwater

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Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is transforming how brands show up in AI-powered search. Explore insights, strategies, and best practices to help your content rank and resonate across conversational engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot.

Explore insights and strategies for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) to help your brand stay visible and discoverable in AI-powered search.

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Blog Collection | Meltwater

Media monitoring helps organizations stay informed about what’s being said across online news, print, broadcast, podcasts, and other media channels. Whether you're tracking brand mentions, measuring PR performance, monitoring competitors, or identifying emerging trends, our expert guides, best practices, and industry insights will help you build a smarter media monitoring strategy and make more informed communications decisions.

Discover expert media monitoring guides, best practices, and industry insights to track brand mentions, monitor competitors, and stay ahead of the news.

Media Monitoring: Guides, Best Practices & Industry Insights

Every day billions of conversations take place on social media: tweets, posts, comments, blogs, reviews, podcasts, and much more.
Learn how to use social listening to make sense of all of that data.

On our social listening category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around social listening and social media monitoring. Read more.

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Business Reputation Management: What does it take to add reputation management to your marketing strategy? More importantly, how do you keep your reputation sparkly and shiny? Here’s your all-access guide to online reputation management for the long term.

On our reputation management category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around business reputation management. Read more.

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From your brand's logo to your website, your social media presence to your customer support—these elements combined are what constitutes a brand in the minds of customers. But, there are thousands of other businesses that have a logo, website, social media presence, and website. So, how can you position your business on the market and make it stand out from the competition?
The key to success is branding & brand management!

On our brand management category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around brand management. Build your strategy and reach your goals!

Brand Management Blogs | Category

Competitive intelligence and the act of collecting competitive data can be seen as growth drivers for a company. Our guide will help you understand the concept of competitive intelligence (CI) by answering questions such as: What is the definition of competitive intelligence? How is competitive intelligence useful to organizations? What is the goal of competitive intelligence? And more.

On our competitive intelligence category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around competitive intelligence. Learn how to stay ahead.

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Let’s dive into the customer journey framework and how to optimize the process by creating a customer journey map and using metrics that matter when analyzing the customer journey.

On our customer journey category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around mapping and understanding the customer journey.

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What Is Data Analytics?
How can I grow my business? 
How do customers interact with my newly launched product?
How do I increase the productivity of my employees?
How do I know if my marketing efforts are working?
We have just two words for you...Data analytics!

On our data analytics category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around AI and data analytics. Technical and still easy to understand.

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Public relations and media relations can add impact to any marketing strategy. It’s an opportunity for brands to grow their reach beyond traditional sales messages. PR helps to shape the image you want people to have of your brand.
So, what is PR and how do you use it? This guide shows you everything you need to know to build a strong public relations foundation.

On our public relations (PR) category page, you find all our blogs covering public relations and communications topics. Step up your PR game.

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We all know exactly what the roles of sales or accounting are in a company, right? We might even have a slight idea of what the IT guys are doing.
But there is another business discipline, that plays a crucial role in organizations, even more so during the pandemic – internal communications!
But what exactly do we mean by that, what purpose does it serve and what steps can you take to ensure you and your employees will communicate effectively?

On our internal communications category page, you find all our blogs about internal comms topics. Learn about the intranet, internal newsletters, and more.

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As the internet has taken root in more areas of our lives — everything from entertainment to shopping to paying bills and more — traditional marketing is becoming less impactful. As any marketer knows, you need to focus on where your audience is if you want to reach them. Since the average person spends about seven hours a day online, it’s no surprise that content has maintained its hold on marketers.
Here's a closer look at what content marketing is and why it matters more than ever in our digital-first economy.

On our content marketing category page, you find blogs about content marketing topics. Learn about strategies, KPIs, tips, and more. Make your content king!

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The rise of the influencer marketing space – today a $10 billion industry, growing 50% per year – is one of the clearest examples of how social media is transforming traditional marketing. These days having a business website, presence on social, PR coverage, and your own content isn’t enough to compete.
We'll dive into the intricacies of influencer marketing to help ensure that you're equipped with the insights needed to be successful in this space.

On our influencer marketing category page, you find blogs about influencer marketing topics. Build your strategy, find influencers, and measure results.

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Have you just launched a new product or service that you want to get the word out about? Maybe you want to share with consumers why it is awesome and how it is so much better than the one your competitors offer.
Well, then, there is one thing you can't do without...Marketing!

On our marketing category page, you find blogs about marketing topics. Learn about all the different angles and types of marketing and improve your results.

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In this guide, we want to give you a peek into the definition of social media management, the daily schedule of a social media manager, social media platforms to promote your business, and the do’s & don’ts of social media management.
Are you ready to begin the journey of becoming a social media superstar?

On our social media management category page, you find blogs about social media management topics. Build and manage your online community.

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Building a following and using social media platforms to reach a wider audience requires a well-planned social media marketing strategy. In this guide, we’ll be looking at why social media marketing is so essential and how you can make it work for your business.

On our social media marketing category page, you find blogs about social media marketing topics. Learn how to get the highest paid social ROI!

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In the fast-evolving realm of digital marketing and public relations, utilizing the right tools is crucial for success. Our interdisciplinary category showcases all the pertinent tools for digital marketing & PR. These tools help in enhancing your online presence and effectively reaching target groups, whether through reputation management, influencer marketing, or social media management.

On our digital marketing and PR tools category page, you find all our blogs covering topics around mapping and understanding the customer journey.

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There’s no doubt TikTok is on fire right now. Brands who align themselves with TikTok influencers can drive interest to their business and tap into an audience they may not have access to otherwise. If you're ready to branch out from Instagram, TikTok has a lot to offer marketers.

You don’t have to understand how TikTok became so successful as a social media platform. You don’t even have to produce your own TikTok videos to leverage the success of a TikTok influencer for your brand. Instead, partner with top TikTok creators and leverage their audiences to drive interest in your brand.

Essential TikTok statistics assists in building a business case for using TikTok as part of your overall strategy. It can supplement your Instagram influencer activities or stand alone as a new way to go to market.

A single endorsement from an Australian TikTok star can be all you need to supercharge your marketing efforts. But, knowing who would be a good fit for your brand isn’t always easy to figure out. Evaluating the best Australian TikTokers can show what results can be achieved when you collaborate with the right talent.

Not every business is going to benefit from working with Hannah Balanay or Rory Eliza. The Rybka Twins could be a perfect match for what you’re trying to achieve, or they could be a complete mismatch. Being able to analyse performance beyond the most popular Australian TikTok influencers is a critical step.

So how do you decide which TikTok accounts are going to be best for your brand? This list has tips to help you get started.

Look beyond the most-followed TikTokers in Australia. It’s important to align your brand with TikTok accounts that have skills to complement your company offering.

Look for TikTokers who have high levels of engagement for their videos. You’ll want to make sure they have true reach for their posts.

Keep in mind an Instagram influencer might not be as effective on TikTok. Even a YouTuber or vlogger can struggle. Being popular on one social media channel doesn’t automatically make you an influencer on another.

Take time to review the content of TikTok influencers before deciding who to work with. Videos that appeal to a Gen Z audience might not be interesting to Gen X or Baby Boomers.

Make sure the video content for each TikTok influencer is safe for work, to avoid embarrassment.  

Determine what kind of videos your audience wants to see from TikTok influencers. Australia has a lot of great talent producing comedy, fashion, how-tos, business advice, and recipes. The choices are limitless.

Many Aussie TikTokers have influence in other markets. This can be especially useful if you’re doing business outside of Australia – or want to expand internationally.

Our advice is to find out who is successfully driving influencer marketing ROI on TikTok through brand partnerships. Before you pay a TikTok influencer for a sponsored post, you’ll want to know who is attracting the most notice with content and, potentially, driving the most business for their sponsors.

Tip: Learn how to find the right influencers to partner with your brand, check out the best Australian YouTubers, and take a look at the top Australian (Instagram) influencers.

This is our list of 20 Australian content creators on TikTok with the most influence:

Sarah Magusara ~ Best of TikTok Dance Compilation (2021)

Handyman Racing!

How to trim dog paws 👩‍🚀🐾 

Spiderman, spiderman... #vr #comedy #gaming #spiderman #funnygaming #lol

I ENDED HER EXISTENCE 🤣 #foryou #foryoupage #prank #comedу #viral #public 

Funniest comment wins 😃 #parkour #brisbane #competition #training #athlete #tiktok #explore #foryoupage #escape #foru #4u #viral #risky #spiderman #tiktokau #aussie #missionimpossible 

What happened when a wave breaks on the sand.. 😮💦  #gopro #australia #satisfying #theoceaninslowmotion

A tip to be successful!💩🤣

The 20 Best Australian TikTokers

Tired of spending time crafting PR stories that don't get the media attention and publicity they deserve?

Fed up with creating lists of UK media contacts for them to quickly become out of date?

We understand, don't worry we've listed the top UK media database providers to help you decide which tool to add to your techstack.

Let's take a look at these top media database providers in the UK﻿:

Tip: Learn more about the UK media landscape before you start using a UK media database.

Meltwater's curated global media database, provides media relations teams with the critical information required to build relationships with relevant journalists and media influencers in the UK and land their next big public story on a local level.

Tip: These are the Best Press Release Distribution Services in the UK and the top UK influencers.

Meltwater media database platform features

Scan a global database of media contacts to find the influential people you need to help spread your story

Advanced search capabilities let you look for contacts who have recently published works on keywords or topics of interest

Classic identification by publication, name, and location is also available

Leverage mini-profiles to help verify your UK media contacts before diving into their full persona

Uncover what they’re saying on social media or in the press with attached social listening capabilities

Create bespoke media lists for like-minded contacts and industry experts - think about your bespoke reporting at the same time

Surface insights on your influencers’ performance and success of your releases

Easily identify which groups or collection of influencers are bringing the most value to your business with list management analysis

Monitor key metrics; open rates, click-through rates, bounces and unsubscribe rate.

However, Meltwater isn't just another media contacts tool operating in the UK. As well as helping you distribute media, the all-in-one Media Database and Relationship Management Platform also lets you add your media lists and outreach progress to a ‘project’ so you can coordinate your team and track their success.

For example, the Meltwater PR Reporting Tool helps you maintain a log of all of your team’s media list interactions within a CRM-style relationship management feature. The CRM-style relationship management functionality also provides you with deep insights into a journalist’s published coverage and online footprint.

This way, you can report on the earned media generated by your outreach efforts and measure progress against your own goals and objectives.

Are you interested in learning more about what our UK media database can do for you? Simply fill out the form at the bottom of this post to contact us.

Roxhill delivers a fresh approach and a new platform, with a focus on delivering quality global media data, smart analysis, and excellent service. Self-proclaimed to be the next-generation media database, Roxhill is a UK-based media intelligence tool launched by Gorkana’s founder, Alex Northcott.

Key features of Roxhill's media database UK

Search 190,000 journalist profiles by topic, sector, keyword and company in seconds

Get customised, real-time journalist alerts and stay informed of journalist moves, requests, forward features and social media posts.

As a well-established player in the industry, Vuelio, has a powerful UK media database listing more than 1 million global contacts, outlets and opportunities from nearly 200 countries.

Whatever your brief, reach or intended approach, their solution and team help in getting the right information to the right contacts, at exactly the right time.

You can tailor your communications by discovering who writes about which topic, how they prefer to be contacted, publications they’re associated with, who the top influencers are no matter how niche the subject – plus all the essentials you need to drive your media relations.

Partnerships with Kred and Moz, give insights into journalists' social influence

Provides a centralised software solution to log, share and report stakeholder engagement activities

Create online newsrooms for all of your press content

Quickly find and build lists of the most relevant journalists, editors, freelancers, bloggers, broadcasters, analysts and more

Updated daily to ensure you have the most current and complete information.

As one of the big players in the industry Gorkana, recently acquired by Cision, labels themselves as "the UK's most complete database of traditional journalists and outlets, combined with social influencers."

Access to 850K+ pitchable contacts, outlets, and opportunities

1 billion social influencer profiles in the platform

Researched and verified contacts by their in-house media research team

Cision breakdowns their media database tool into three categories

Media Influencers - contacts worldwide built from trusted and long standing relationship with the journalist community, priding themselves on quality and depth of data

PR Opportunities - ability to search thousands of media calendar listings and accessing lead times for features and news opportunities

Full-Service Distribution - multichannel distribution coordinates your message across mainstream media and social.

One of the largest providers of media monitoring globally. Kantar is a leading data, insights and consulting company.

Providing clients with the following services in a UK media database platform, key features:

85,000+ media contacts in the UK + Ireland / 800,000+ international contacts 

Per month: 90,000+ records checked manually, 5,000 records added globally, 100,000+ entries updated using AI validation

Preference of contact/wider interests included

Record, track and share your journalist interactions

Integrated with other services within Kantar Platform

Media Database Providers in the UK - Summary

If you want a tool that seamlessly integrates into your communications team you need more than just a UK media database.

You need a platform that can act as your eyes and ears when it comes to journalists and media contacts in the UK. By using a global provider you can access thousands of contacts whether you're pitching regionally, nationally or globally. 

Fill out the form below to contact one of our media intelligence team today to access thousands of media contacts UK.

UK Media Database Comparison: Get the Best Contacts

In 2022 we, along with many others, predicted that live shopping would be a major marketing trend. While livestream shopping didn’t take off the way a lot of people thought it would, it’s not something to discount as a marketing channel just yet — not by a long shot. In fact, it’s just getting started.

In 2022, Statista reported that live commerce sales reached an estimated 17 billion. That may sound modest, but remember, 2022 was basically the starter year for live shopping reaching a wider audience. Statista predicts that by the year 2026, sales will skyrocket to 55 billion. A 223% increase!

But what exactly is live shopping and why should brands care? We’ll cover everything you need to know in today’s blog!

What Social Media Platforms Offer Live Streaming Shopping?

Live shopping, or social live shopping, is a form of social commerce where creators or companies host livestreams on social media to promote products. Viewers of these livestreams can purchase in real time, while having their questions answered and seeing the product in use before making that final credit card entry. It’s essentially a new, and far less hokey, form of QVC and other at-home shopping programs.

Although it hasn’t been as explosive an adoption from consumers as marketers may have expected, there are plenty of reasons to jump on the livestream shopping bandwagon. 

Here are some key reasons that marketers should consider it:

How livestream shopping could become the future of retail | GMA

Live streaming is immersive and immediate — you can provide your audience with a 360 degree kind of experience. Demonstrating products, providing behind-the-scenes glimpses of a workspace or how things come together, inspiring interest in consumers. They can, in turn, ask questions or leave comments, generating conversation around the products.

And the cherry on top of this brand equity you’re building is that it’s not the bottom line. Instead of having to depend on viewers to jot down what they like for purchasing later, you can tap into their immediate enthusiasm and encourage purchases in the moment.

It may seem like a negative, but you can use the fact that live shopping hasn’t taken off to establish a cohort of super fans.

You might even get to know the screen-names of people who show up regularly in your lives. When you recognize them you can give them a special shoutout. This recognition may in turn encourage others to tune in more often — and share how much they love your brand with their friends and family.

A live shopping event can help you attract new customers, who might not be familiar with your brand if you typically only sell through a website, or in-store. This is especially key for more established businesses who are perhaps trying to break into younger markets.

Shopping live on social media could be the future of e-commerce and should therefore be a part of your social media marketing efforts. Almost every major social media platform offers some form of live shopping, and we’re sure to see them continue to hone these features in the coming months, let alone years.

Live shopping has been available on Instagram since 2022.

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Influencers and brands can host a livestream on Instagram Live that includes direct purchase links. These live shopping streams are often used to demonstrate products or make announcements such as ticket pre-sale. To encourage Instagram live shopping, promoters may offer a discount code or early access — rewarding those who tune in.

Multiple hosts can run a live shopping stream on Instagram, making this an ideal avenue for influencer partnerships.

Instagram live shopping allows hosts to intercut the video with still photos and pre-shot video, which can be a great way to keep people engaged instead of dropping off. Like posting to your Instagram Stories, you can also save lives to your Highlights row.

Tip: These resources will help you become successful on Instagram: The Ultimate Guide to Instagram Marketing (Download), How To Be Successful With Instagram Marketing, How to Use Instagram Ads — A Guide for Marketers, How to Get Verified on Instagram, Guide to Instagram Profile Pictures, Current Instagram Trends to Watch, How To Get More Instagram Followers, How to Use Instagram for Business

Pinterest approaches live shopping a bit differently.

In 2021 they launched “Pinterest TV”, which showcases a wide range of brands and influencers, one at a time — essentially giving them each their own TV spot.

There is a schedule posted for when each spot will air and viewers can tune in for deals, new releases, and of course demonstrations of certain products. 

Viewers who miss the lives have the opportunity to watch episodes after they’ve aired, and can still purchase the products featured.

The format for Pinterest TV is great for influencers who are looking to expand their networks, given that they can advertise their appearances in advance, encouraging people to tune in.

Pinterest TV – The Gamechanger in Live Stream Shopping

While most livestreaming features have a max time limit, on YouTube you can stream for up to 10 hours.

Institutions and public figures often use this capability to host fundraisers, or allow viewers to send donations — like this Live Otter Cam from the Monterey Bay Aquarium:

Live Sea Otter Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium

In 2022, YouTube partnered with Shopify to facilitate a smoother experience for viewers when live shopping on YouTube. The integration also expands live shopping functionality to more creators, so keep an eye out for new ‘merch drops from your favorite YouTubers!

Tip: Are you using Shopify for your eCommerce online shop? Consider taking a look at the best Shopify podcasts to listen to. We also have a list of the best eCommerce podcasts in general that could be helpful to you.

Like Pinterest, YouTube is also experimenting with live shopping events in partnership with influencers on the platform. In 2022, they launched their 2nd annual BeautyFest, a live shopping extravaganza where popular beauty influencers provide tutorials and product promotions, in partnership with several top-tier beauty brands. Celebrities like Tracee Ellis Ross, Gwen Stefani, and others also joined in the festivities.

Tip: These resources will help you become successful on YouTube: The Ultimate Guide to YouTube Marketing (Download), Getting Started With YouTube Marketing, How to Create and Manage a YouTube Channel, YouTube SEO Tips: How to Optimize Your Videos for Search, A Starter Guide to Advertising on YouTube, 10 Tips to Grow Subscribers on YouTube (The Organic Way)

Live shopping has taken off with considerably more oomph in countries outside the US. This has created a unique problem for TikTok, whose parent company Douyin is gaining great traction with live shopping in China and other Asian countries. 

TikTok is currently testing live shopping in western markets, with moderate success. As of October 2022, they are still in the early stages of implementation, partnering with TalkShopLive to help develop the functionality.

It puts TikTok in an unfamiliar position, as the entertainment platform has dominated in so many other areas — with Instagram basically copying its every move in 2022. So the fact that Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and others have live shopping means the platform has stiff competition.

Tip: These resources will help you become successful on TikTok: What Is TikTok And How Did It Become So Successful?, How To Use TikTok For Business, The Best TikTok Scheduling Tools, How To Get Verified on TikTok — Get the Blue Tick

Facebook premiered live shopping in 2018, making it an early innovator in this niche.

The nice thing about setting up a live shopping stream on Facebook is that you can shoot in a mobile view or a desktop view. So if you know your audience is mostly mobile users or desktop users you can cater your live shopping content to them.  

It is important to note that in August 2022, it was reported that Facebook would be shutting down their live shopping functionality and features by October 1st (The live shopping education site for Facebook is still active, however).

Facebook Live Shopping - How to Easily Sell Online

Tip: These resources will help you become successful on Facebook: Facebook Marketing Tips To Make Your Brand Successful, A Guide to Creating a Facebook Business Page, How to Leverage Facebook Recommendations for Your Business, How to Use Facebook Lead Generation Ads, How To Sell on Facebook Marketplace

Ready to get your live shopping channels up and running? Follow these best practices for a smooth livestream and to increase conversions!

Part of the joy of livestreaming is the ability to answer questions on the spot.

Announce your livestream in advance so that your followers can submit questions.

You’ll be able to understand consumer pain points at-a-glance, especially if numerous people ask the same question.

Entice people to join your live shopping stream with teasers and incentives. These can take many forms, but here’s some suggestions:

Steam-only gifts (ie swag or freebies, first-come, first-serve)

An announcement at the end of the stream (to encourage people to stay until the end)

Nothing slows down a livestream like lagging internet and bad lighting or sound.

Do a test run wherever you’re planning to have your stream to get most errors and glitches solved.

Because live is live, there will always be things that happen on the day — it’s just the nature of live video — but if you have a plan in place to address unexpected issues, your live stream will go much smoother.

Have a general idea of the format for your live shopping event. Particularly if you’re demonstrating products, make sure you have a script and all the camera angles you want planned out ahead of time. If you’re planning on inserting any pre-shot content make sure you have this queued up and ready to go.

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