The document summarizes a case study of how a US-based IT company called Altimetrik utilized in-moment marketing strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic to generate organic media coverage. Regular company announcements about COVID-19 were newsjacked to align with current events and garner media attention. Over a period of 6 months, 4 press releases were issued leading to 64 media placements across various online news portals and publications with a total unique visitors reach of over 55 million. The press releases announced Altimetrik's successful work from home implementation, a COVID-19 relief fund, an executive appointment, and COVID-19 insurance for employees.
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Work synopsis
What we did How we did it
↗ Converting routine Covid-19
company announcements into
‘in moment’ trending story
opportunities to generate
organic media coverage
↗ Regular internal company
announcements around Covid-
19 would be shared by our
client, Altimetrik, a US based
IT company engaged in digital
transformation of Fortune 500
enterprises
↗ Covid-19 updates would be
newsjacked (aligning brand
stories with current events to
generate media attention) to
garner maximum organic
coverage in the media for the
brand
What we achieved
↗ Four press releases issued
during April to August 2020
• Altimetrik BCP success
• Fund raise for Covid-19
• Executive appointment
• Covid-19 insurance cover
for employees
↗ Back-to-back media releases
were backed by four authored
article placements for several
leaders of Altimetrik thus
establishing their leadership
positioning in the IT industry
Results duration (Apr-Sep’20)
↗ Press releases : 4
↗ Earned coverage : 64
↗ Authored articles : 4
↗ Opportunities generated : 76
↗ UVPM : 55.73 mn+
↗ Digital pick-up (organic shares
+ favourite): Economic Times
coverage shared by an
influencer generated 500+
reach on Facebook and 13.8K
viewership on Twitter
↗ Altimetrik featured by eight
leading HR publishers through
the Appointment press release
for the first time
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Media Dashboard and Coverage
64
Media placements
earned
79
Media
contacts pitched
76
Media
opportunities
generated
55.73mn+
Unique
Visitors per month
18
Initiated
9
Opportunities
Pipeline
MEDIA RESULTS DASHBOARD
18 outlets
BCP & Covid-19 fund raise
press releases
42 outlets
Appointment & Covid
insurance press releases
4 outlets
Industry stories & authored
article placements
Earned media
placements
April to Sept’20
MEDIA COVERAGE IN
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BCP press release :
Coverage snapshot
Press release issued in April 2020 –
Continuous organic pick-up through
April and May
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# News portals
1. THE ECONOMIC TIMES (ONLINE)
2. UNITED NEWS OF INDIA (UNI)
3. BUSINESS JOURNAL
4. TRENDLYNE
5. DRITALCONNECT
6. INCOME TAX GURUJI
7. JANHITYOJNA
8. SHAREMARKETTIPO
9. NEWSPOST
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Coverage snapshot
About Economic Times online
The Economic Times website gets 120 million page
views a month. With over 6.7 million unique visitors, ET
online is amongst the top 10 global websites in its genre.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/tech
-firm-altimetrik-enables-100-work-from-
home/articleshow/74979044.cms?from=mdr
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Coverage snapshot
About United News of India (UNI):
UNI founded in 1961, has emerged as one of the largest
news agencies in India with several hundred subscribers
across the length and breadth of the nation.
The agency's subscribers include newspapers published
in languages, All India Radio and Doordarshan, the
Prime Minister's office as well as Union Ministers' offices,
Central and State governments, corporate and
commercial houses besides electronic and web based
media.
It has News Bureaus in all state capitals and other major
cities. The agency also has representatives in key world
capitals.
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Covid-19 fund raise:
Coverage snapshot
Press release issued in early May 2020
Organic media pick-up continues till end of May
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# News portals
1. THE ECONOMIC TIMES (ONLINE)
2. TECH CIRCLE
3. NEWSZZ
4. NEWS SAMACHAR
5. TRENDING NEWS
6. KONEXION NETWORK
7. REDIFF REALTIME
8. NEWS NOW UK
9. BW HEALTHCARE WORLD
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About Economic Times online
The Economic Times website gets 120 million page
views a month. With over 6.7 million unique visitors, ET
online is amongst the top 10 global websites in its genre.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-
nation/altimetrik-to-give-rs-7-6-crore-for-covid-19-
relief/articleshow/75699350.cms
Coverage snapshot
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About Tech Circle:
TechCircle is India’s leading tech
information website covering technology
start-ups, mobile start-ups, business ideas
and e-commerce.
It is part of VCCircle group founded in 2005
with presence in online business news,
data, events and training for VCs, PE,
investors and fund managers. It boasts of
300000 unique visitors per month and
monthly impressions of 500000
https://www.techcircle.in/2020/03/25/corona
virus-india-live-updates/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
20. 20
About Business World:
BW Businessworld is an Indian business magazine. The
magazine was published by ABP Group, whose most
prominent publications are The Telegraph, Anandabazar
Patrika, Sananda, Anandamela and others. On 19 September
2013 ABP Group owners Ananda Publishers sold
Businessworld to Anurag Batra, owner of media group
exchange4media, and Vikram Jhunjhunwala, who runs
investment banking and asset management firm Shrine
Capital for an undisclosed amount.
Stats: Readership: 3 million
http://bwhealthcareworld.businessworld.in/article/500-
Altimetrik-India-Staffers-Contribute-To-Fulfill-Vattikuti-
Foundation-s-INR-7-61-crore-Covid-19-Donation-Pledge-/16-
05-2020-192271/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
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Appointments press release :
Coverage snapshot
Issued in May 2020 –
Organic pick-up through May and June
and trending news on Google search for
8 weeks
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# News portals
1. THE ECONOMIC TIMES (ONLINE)
2. ETHRWORLD.COM
3. TECHGIG
4. PEOPLE MATTERS
5. HRKATHA
6. EMERGINGHR
7. WORLDHRDIARY
8. HRNXT
9. UNITED NEWS OF INDIA
10. BUSINESS TELEGRAPH UK
# News portals
11. INDIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
12. BUSINESS MANAGER
13. JUST DIAL
14. THE GREATER INDIA
15. IQSTOCKMARKET
16. MSN.COM
17. FOLLOW HEALTH
18. NIMO NEWS
19. NEW INDIA LIFE
20. MAGGNEWZ
# News portals
21. Market Plus
22. News Horizon
23. Startup Around
24. India Inc.
25. The Trado
26.
The Nation News
Network (India)
27.
The Nation News
Network (Germany)
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About The Economic Times online
With over 13 million unique visitors and 16 million
monthly active users, ET online is amongst the top 10
global websites in its genre.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-
biz/startups/newsbuzz/altimetrik-brings-on-board-
krishna-muniramaiah-as-hr-head-for-apac-
region/articleshow/75847067.cms
Coverage snapshot
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About ETHRWorld.com
ETHRworld is a brand new digital initiative of The
Economic Times. It was launched on May 8, 2020. It
seeks to address the evolving role of HR in the post-
pandemic world.
https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/workplace
-4-0/recruitment/altimetrik-brings-on-board-krishna-
muniramaiah-as-hr-head-for-apac-region/75849907
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
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https://content.techgig.com/Altimetrik-appoints-Krishna-Muniramaiah-
as-HR-Head-for-APAC-region/articleshow/75850741.cms
About TechGig :
TechGig is a technology platform for IT professionals to
synergize, share, exchange ideas, facts and information
as well as showcase their work and express their views
on the vast repertoire that the IT INDUSTRY
ENCOMPASSES. Garnering cutting-edge inisghts, jobs,
review and news as well as providing platform for
connecting with colleagues and peers are the mainstay
of TechGig. TechGig is part of Times Business Solutions
(a division of Times Internet Limited) which is the “life
interactive” arm of The Times of India Group. TechGig
conducts ‘TechGig Code Gladiators’ that has made it to
the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s
Largest Programming Event. The 2017 edition of the
event garnered 81,641 unique submissions thereby
breaking the previous World Record of 30,634 entrants
set by China’s Baidu Online Network Technology.
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
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https://www.peoplematters.in/news/c-suite/altimetrik-
appoints-krishna-muniramaiah-as-head-of-hr-asia-
pacific-25751
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/money
About People Matters
People Matters is an HR media platform founded in
2009. People Matters aims to foster ideas between HR-
related professionals. People Matters prints a homonym
magazine, online publishing, conducts research and
creates events focused on human resources. In 2012 the
HR Fund backed People Matters with 40 million rupees
on first round, with the aim to help build a digital
platform.[1] The magazine started in 2010 and can be
found in news stands in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore.[2] It has been
named the best HR Magazine in Asia in 2012. The
magazine enjoys a circulation of 26,000.
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
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About HRKatha:
India’s only digital daily for HR. it provides HR
professionals, employers and employees with industry
relevant stories and updates.
HRKatha is founded by a group of journalists under the
guidance of Prajjal Saha and other senior professionals.
https://www.hrkatha.
com/people/moveme
nt/krishna-
muniramaiah-joins-
altimetrik-as-hr-
head-for-apac/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
200,000
visits a month
Over 8 lakh
page views in a month
3.5 mins +
Average time spent
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https://emerginghr.com/
About Emerging HR :
Programic Asia is the leading provider of business-to-
business conferences and on-line information. Founded
in 2014, the company maintains highest standards of
quality and service in research, technology and product
development.
It is the go to source for online and offline events,
information, education, networking, and promotion for
executives across an extensive range of industries and
professions.
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
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https://emergihttp://www.worldhrdiary.com/2020/05/altim
etrik-appoints-krishna-muniramaiah-as-hr-head-for-apac-
region.htmlnghr.com/
About WorldHRDiary :
WorldHRDiary.com is an online HR news platform for all
stakeholders of HR industry connecting CXO community,
HR leaders, HR aspirants, Employers, Employers, Job
Seekers, Policy Makers, Govt. Officials across the world.
It provides original and unbiased content with correct
information on industry trends. WorldHRDiary covers the
HR industry developments extensively with a global
perspective and reach. It has different segments of news
like industry news, interviews, articles, features etc.
which gives readers insights about different aspects of
HR industry.
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
31. 31
About United News of India (UNI):
UNI founded in 1961, has emerged as one of the largest
news agencies in India with several hundred subscribers
across the length and breadth of the nation.
The agency's subscribers include newspapers published
in languages, All India Radio and Doordarshan, the
Prime Minister's office as well as Union Ministers' offices,
Central and State governments, corporate and
commercial houses besides electronic and web based
media.
It has News Bureaus in all state capitals and other major
cities. The agency also has representatives in key world
capitals.
http://www.uniindia.com/altimetrik-appoints-new-hr-head-
for-apac-region/business-economy/news/2004051.html
Coverage snapshot
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https://business-
journal.in/tag/altimetrik-new-hr-
head/
About India Business Journal :
Business Journal (IBJ), one of the
prominent business magazines in the
country, has made inroads into those
segments of industry and economy
that are integral, but often
underplayed. It has a readership base
of 10 million
Coverage snapshot
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https://www.businessmanager.in/news.php?Id=1272
About Business Manager :
“Business Manager” started in May 1998 has made its
own place not only on the table of the HR fraternity,
management professionals, industrialists , academicians,
management institutes and management students. The
magazine is totally focused on HR/IR issues and carries
the central idea of making HR managers fully equipped
to deal with practical problems while at work.
Coverage snapshot
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Client testimonials
Jeffrey Fleischman – CMO Altimetrik
Very impressive coverage. Thank you for the great partnership.
Jeff
Twastree Chakravarty – India lead for Communications, Altimetrik
Hi Suchitra,
This is brilliant coverage. In the past two month, we did 3 consecutive press releases that garnered coverage in more than 20
news portals! This builds a very positive impact on the brand!
Thanks,
Twastree
+Krishna and Ranga - This is our third coverage in Economic Times in last three months!
Great work Pallavi. Will wait for more coverage.
Thanks,
Twastree
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Client testimonials
Thank you Suchitra.
People Matters coverage is really good, especially in the HR circle. We have been trying to get editorial space here but with less luck.
@Krishna - we should leverage this further and start authoring articles that can be placed in these kind of publications. I will set up
some time next week to discuss on topics that you could author on. This will have an impact on the talent space.
Thanks,
Twastree
Thanks Suchitra. This is approved.
Last two months have been great momentum for Altimetrik!
Great job and thanks to the Oni360 team!
Thanks,
Twastree
A great month!!! Thank you.
Jeff
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# News portals
1.
TIMES JOBS INDUSTRY
STORY
2.
TIMES JOBS AUTHORED
ARTICLE
3.
SILICON INDIA AUTHORED
ARTICLE
4.
MEDIA CATALYST
AUTHORED ARTICLE
#
Press release coverage
online
5. THE ECONOMIC TIMES
(ET)
6.
HRKATHA
7. UNITED NEWS OF
INDIA
8.
NFA POST
9. DECCAN HERALD
(PRINT)
10. DECCAN HERALD
(ONLINE)
11.
HUMAN CAPITAL
#
Press release coverage
online
12. TIMES JOBS
13. ETHRWORLD.COM
14. MY TIMES NOW
15. THE DAILY PODIUM
16.
BANKING NEWS
UPDATES
17. REDIFF.COM
18. YAHOO FINANCE
19. DEVDISCOURSE
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About TimesJobs:
About TimesJobs.com: Owned and operated by The Times
Group, it is an Indian employment website operating in India
and Middle East. It is one of three major job portals in India
along with Naukri.com and Monster.com.
This survey received responses from 1,145 HR professionals
working across diverse industries. According to the survey,
diversity was the flagpole for all hiring activities during the
COVID-19 lockdown. Krishna M, HR Head India and APAC of
Altimetirk was quoted amongst other industry leaders
https://content.timesjobs.com/covid-19-lockdown-5-0-hr-
leaders-anchoring-the-transformation-in-the-age-of-new-
normal/articleshow/76534052.cms
Coverage snapshot
63.69K
Total visits
85.52%
India
3.76%
US
1.70%
UK
1.25%
Singapore
1.18%
Baharain
52. 52
About TimesJobs:
About TimesJobs.com: Owned and operated by The
Times Group, it is an Indian employment website
operating in India and Middle East. It is one of three
major job portals in India along with Naukri.com and
Monster.com.
https://content.timesjobs.com/five-trends-in-cloud-
computing-that-will-change-the-landscape-of-jobs-for-it-
professionals/articleshow/76705988.cms
Coverage snapshot
63.69K
Total visits
85.52%
India
3.76%
US
1.70%
UK
1.25%
Singapore
1.18%
Baharain
53. 53
About Media Catalyst:
MediaCatalyst is an independent new
age media platform offering insights
and opinion on business, education,
healthcare, lifestyle, CSR, science,
technology and economics. A leading
news portal, MediaCatalyst has been
conceptualized to bring trusted
information and news to millions of
people daily in order to make a
significant change.
https://www.mediacatalyst.in/how-to-
hire-and-retain-the-talent-
transformers/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
Despite being a fairly new platform, it
has garnered traffic of
10,000 visitors per month
and is growing steadily.
54. 54
About Silicon India:
Siliconindia is a US-INDIA Magazine which provides the most
relevant content by projecting stories of entrepreneurs,
Businesses Updates and technology.
Over the last decade, SiliconIndia.com has emerged as the
most trusted source for news and information for
professionals. The portal has a global ranking of No.4 in the
IT News & Media category. With over 4 million registered
users, SiliconIndia.com is the fastest growing portal and is
ranked among the top 110 websites most trafficked
from India.
https://blogs.siliconindia.com/ShreeSule/Technology/Contactle
ss-ATMs-in-times-of-Covid19-bid-
X3Pn1OHl18108440.html?utm_source=clicktrack&utm_mediu
m=banner&utm_campaign=morecat
Coverage snapshot
Global rank: 277755 UVPM: 5L
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Corona Insurance cover for employees
Press release Coverage snapshot
Press release issued in Aug 2020 –
Organic pick-up through August and
September
56. 56
About Economic Times online
ET online is a top tier news source. It is the world's second-
most widely read English-language financial newspaper after
the Wall Street Journal. is amongst the top 10 global websites
in its genre.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/financ
e/insure/altimetrik-rolls-out-special-covid-insurance-cover-for-
india-employees/articleshow/77756116.cms
Coverage snapshot
The Economic Times website gets It has
120 million page views,
16 million monthly active users and
13 million unique visitors every month.
57. 57
About HRKatha:
HR Katha is an India'a leading online HR platform to
know about HR News & Updates, HR Trends, HR
Practices and platform to connect HR professionals.
HRKatha is founded by a group of journalists under the
guidance of Prajjal Saha and other senior professionals.
https://www.hrkatha.com/industry-news/altimetrik-rolls-
out-corona-kavach-policy-worth-3-lakh-for-each-
employee/
Coverage snapshot
200,000
Visitors a Month:
Over 8 Lakh
Page views in a Month:
58. 58
About UNI:
United News of India (UNI) UNI founded in 1961, has
emerged as one of the largest news agencies
in India with several hundred subscribers across the
length and breadth of the nation. The agency's
subscribers include newspapers published in
languages, All India Radio and Doordarshan, the Prime
Minister's office as well as Union Ministers' offices,
Central and State governments, corporate and
commercial houses besides electronic and web based
media. It has News Bureaus in all state capitals and
other major cities across India.
The agency also has representatives in key world
capitals.
http://www.uniindia.com/~/altimetrik-provides-corona-
insurance-cover-of-inr-3-lakh-per-india-
employee/Business%20Economy/news/2137946.html
Coverage snapshot
59. 59
About NFAPost:
NFAPost is a media and information platform
covering business, startup, tech news and its impact
on politics and culture. It is owned by NFA
Communication Pvt Ltd.
https://thenfapost.com/2020/08/27/altimetrik-
provides-corona-insurance-cover-of-rs-3-lakh-per-
india-employee/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
60. 60
About Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald (DH) is an English daily (general interest)
newspaper published from Karnataka.
It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi,
Davangere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Kalburgi.
The print article was also carried on DH website
http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
It has a readership of
560000
(Indian Readership Survey 2017).
DH website attracts
3 million unique visitors
per month and monthly impressions of
60 million/p.m.
61. 61
https://humancapitalonline.com/News/details/1362/Alti
metrik%20rolls%20out%20insurance%20policy
Coverage snapshot
FEATURED FOR
THE FIRST TIME
About Human Capital:
Human Capital is a subsidiary brand of Oswal Printer &
Publishers.
Marking 25 years of presence in industry, Human
Capital is India's leading, pioneer and most respected
HR magazine, and the number one source of
information related to HR.
Launched in June 1997, with the motto- "Realizing
Business Strategy Through People" has created a
niche for itself as India's leading monthly magazine on
HR.
More than 65,000 readers across its
social and digital platforms
62. 62
About TimesJobs:
About TimesJobs.com: Owned and operated by The Times
Group, it is an Indian employment website operating in India
and Middle East. It is one of three major job portals in India
along with Naukri.com and Monster.com.
https://content.timesjobs.com/altimetrik-provides-corona-
insurance-cover-of-inr-3-lakh-per-india-
employee/articleshow/77766997.cms
Coverage snapshot
63.69K
Total visits
85.52%
India
3.76%
US
1.70%
UK
1.25%
Singapore
1.18%
Baharain
63. 63
About ETHRWorld.com
ETHRworld is a brand new digital initiative of The Economic
Times. It was launched on May 8, 2020. It seeks to address
the evolving role of HR in the post-pandemic world.
https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hrtech/payroll-
and-benefits/altimetrik-rolls-out-special-covid-insurance-cover-
for-india-employees/77775440
Coverage snapshot