Brand Management – Beyond Marketing
In the past, the management of an organization’s brand has usually been the sole domain of the organization’s marketing team. However, with the evolution of the Internet and people’s need for instant information, there is a greater call for public relations professionals to become more directly involved with an organization’s brand management.
Generating Buzz: The Benefits Of Public Relations Marketing
Public Relations Marketing Overview
The key to the success of any business lies in having a plan for effective public relations marketing in place. Whether a business is centered around real estate, product sales, service providing or education and training, the benefits of public relations marketing can be clearly identified by increased revenues on the bottom line. Regardless of the quality of the product or service being offered, if people don’t know if exists, they won…
Invite the Media to Tell Your Story
With preparation and diligence, you will overcome almost all media relations challenges.
Podcasting as a Marketing Tool
Podcasting is exploding in popularity thanks to the ease of creation and distribution. Learn how your company can benefit from this new medium as a way to reach new customers, boost employee morale and spread the word about your business.
Change Your Tone
The world of PR is benefiting from dramatic changes in the way media coverage is being delivered electronically to your computer desktop or PDA of choice. Perhaps the nuisance of ink on your fingers is being replaced by a bad case of “BlackBerry thumb” — but nevertheless getting your media coverage electronically has never been easier or more mobile.
Communications Analysis: Real-Time
You’ve just reviewed the final results of your last pro-active media campaign to launch that new product or service. The numbers look pretty good: media impressions were in the millions; coverage was evenly split between broadcast and print; and a leading national paper ran three stories on the launch-pretty impressive. But could it have been better?
Managers: Let’s Call a Spade a Spade!
Calling tactical devices like brochures, broadcast plugs and press releases just that, avoids confusing them with the broader, more comprehensive mission known as public relations.
Managers: Should Your PR Budget Stress Tactics or Strategy?
If tactics are the name of the game for you, it really means you are not planning to effectively alter individual perception among your key outside audiences which then would help you achieve your managerial objectives.
PR’s Only True Measure
Can we agree that managers MUST plan to do something positive about the behaviors of those important external audiences of theirs that MOST affect their operation?
Publicists: It’s Time to Embrace the Technology of Online Press Kits
Media professionals prefer online media rooms and the Internet for researching stories. Many publicists are still using hard copy press kits and e-mail attachments. Online press kits are how technology is making a publicist’s job easier and more effective.