3. Today Advertising vs PR How to spot the news in your business How to create news ‘Selling in’ your story Looking like a market leader/expert Social media – where does it fit?
4. What is PR ? “The planned and sustained communications between an organisation and the audiences that matter to it - driving that audience to behave in a certain way”
5. Have the end in mind Who do I need to reach….? What do I want them to do….? So, what must they think about us….?
15. Classic news Award wins Business wins Expansion Product/service launch Appointment Charity event Anniversary Human interest
16. Creating news? Piggyback on wider news Host an event Sponsor something relevant Give a talk/lecture Run a competition Make a prediction Express an opinion
19. Always think ‘so what’ News that’s important to you doesn’t necessarily matter to the reader, viewer or listener! If it doesn’t pass the ‘so what’ rule, don’t bother
23. Have I got news for you! Timely 60 seconds pitch Introduce yourself Get to the punchline of your story If you were in a pub and it was an anecdote, how would you tell it?
27. Expert Guides Launch it in media Expert feature material Site download – but data capture Blog/Tweet about it Link back to it At exhibitions Customer giveaways Basis for events
35. What do we mean? “Although 65% of women know how to change a wheel, only 10% would feel confident enough to put the knowledge into practice according to a survey by ABC Garage...which today announced that it is running special workshops for female motorists.”