Releasd is a powerful tool for communicators looking to showcase their activity in a visual, digestible format.
When online articles are added, the platform provides a suite of automated metrics to demonstrate how successful each piece has been:
Releasd can also calculate totals and averages for all coverage uploaded, including print:
In addition, users can add an unlimited number of completely bespoke metrics:
This article summarises the automated metrics available.
Please review our methodology for in in-depth explanation as to how these metrics are generated.
Contents
1. Metrics for Online Coverage
1.1. Website Metrics
1.2. Coverage Views
1.3. Social Engagement
2. Summary Metrics (Online, Print, Social)
1. Metrics for Online Coverage
Releasd provides a raft of automated metrics for individual pieces of online coverage.
The metrics below are available via the Online Coverage & Metrics widget. Learn how to use the widget here.
1.1. Website Metrics
Metrics about the publication on which the coverage appeared.
Monthly Visits (Reach)
This is an estimate of the total number of visits or sessions that a publishing website receives in a month, provided by SimilarWeb.
Monthly Unique Visits
The number of individual people who visit the website in a month.
Domain Authority
A score developed by Moz that predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages. Ranges from one to 100, with higher scores corresponding to a greater ability to rank.
Visits Last 3 Months
A trendline that plots the relative number of visits to the website over time.
Average Visit Duration
The average amount of time spent on the website per visit. A good indicator of the quality of the website and reader engagement.
1.2. Coverage Views
Coverage Views shows how many times an article is likely to been seen both on the publishing website and across all social media platforms if it's been shared.
Coverage Views
This new PR metric estimates the number of times a specific article will be seen both on the publishing website and across social media platforms (if it's been shared).
The Website
An estimate of the number of times a piece of coverage will be viewed on the publishing website.
Open Social
An estimate of the number of times a piece of coverage will be seen on open social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest, which provide sharing data via an API).
Dark Social
An estimate of the number of times a piece of coverage will be seen on dark social platforms (e.g. Linkedin, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and others which do not provide data via an API).
Please review our methodology for in in-depth explanation as to how these metrics are generated.
1.3. Social Engagement
Social Engagement
The Social Engagement metric can be broken down as follows:
- The total number of shares, likes, comments and reactions that the piece of coverage achieved on Facebook, plus
- The total number of shares that the piece of coverage achieved on Twitter and Pinterest, plus
- An estimate of the total number of shares that the piece of coverage achieved on dark social media such as Linkedin, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
The total number of shares, likes, comments and reactions (if the article has received reactions, then reaction sentiment is also displayed).
The total number of shares.
The total number of shares.
Dark Social
An estimate of the number of times an article has been shared on platforms like Linkedin, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and others.
Please review our methodology for in in-depth explanation as to how these metrics are generated.
2. Summary Metrics
The Summary Metrics widget calculates totals and averages based on the content within a Releasd report. Users can also add custom metrics. Learn how to use the Summary Metrics widget here.
Total Pieces of Coverage
The total number of pieces of Online Coverage and Print Coverage in all widgets.
Print Coverage Metrics
Pieces of Print Coverage
This totals the number of pieces of coverage added to the Print Coverage widget.
Total Print Coverage Circulation
This totals the circulation added to the Print Coverage widget.
Online Coverage: General Metrics
Pieces of Online Coverage
The total number of articles in all Online Coverage widgets.
Total Monthly Website Visits
Adds the number of visits or sessions across all publishing websites. Also known as 'Reach' or 'Opportunities to See' / 'OTS'.
Total Monthly Unique Website Visitors
Totals the number of unique visitors to all publishing websites.
Average Domain Authority
Averages the Domain Authority across all publishing websites.
Online Coverage: Views Metrics
Total Online Coverage Views
Adds the number of online Coverage Views across publishing websites and social media platforms.
Coverage Views on Websites
Adds the number of online Coverage Views on publishing websites.
Coverage Views on Social
Adds the number of online Coverage Views on social media platforms.
Coverage Views on Open Social
Adds the number of online Coverage Views on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
Coverage Views on Dark Social
Adds the number of online Coverage Views on all other social platforms, e.g. Linkedin, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger etc.
Online Coverage: Social Engagement Metrics
Total Social Engagements
The number of shares, likes, comments and reactions on Facebook, plus shares on Twitter and Pinterest, plus dark social shares across all online coverage.
Total Social Shares
Adds the number of shares of all online coverage across open and dark social platforms.
Open Social Shares
Adds the number of shares of all online coverage on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
Dark Social Shares
Adds the number of shares of all online coverage on all other social platforms, e.g. Linkedin, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger etc.
Facebook Shares / Likes / Comments / Reactions
Adds each activity across all online coverage.
Twitter Shares
Adds the number of shares across all online coverage.
Pinterest Shares
Adds the number of shares across all online coverage.
Please review our methodology for in in-depth explanation as to how these metrics are generated.
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