In my travels around the country while building my business I have had the pleasure of meeting some of the greatest community volunteers in our nation. I never missed an opportunity to meet community leaders and learn all I could about every market my company franchised in. One event in... Read More
Ideally, you will have two types of quotes in your press release. A quote from yourself is mandatory. To give your release extra impact, get a quote from a third-party.Quoting yourself may seem unnatural to you at first, but it's what every reporter expects. Your quote should be about the... Read More
Corporations are willing to pay substantial amounts of money to prominent personalities so that consumers will relate the brand with their favorite star, and thus will be more likely to buy the product. The buying public imparts credibility to the celebrity because of his or her charisma as well as... Read More
If you manage a department, division or subsidiary for a business, non-profit or association, your primary public relations model probably should read this way: people act on their own perception of the facts before them, which leads to predictable behaviors about which something can be done. When we create, change... Read More
It could, but what if it doesn't?Will you be prepared?Will those key external audiences of yours, whose behaviors REALLY affect you, look favorably at you and your business?Because, once the economy emerges from recession, if they don't, you'll have one arm tied behind your back.Don't let that happen. Instead, decide... Read More
Ain't a gonna happen unless business, non-profit and association managers, possibly like you, do something positive about those important external audiences of yours that most affect your operation. And then, as you persuade those key outside folks to your way of thinking, help move them to take actions that allow... Read More
You're a business, non-profit or association manager who needs to achieve your organizational objectives on schedule. Since public relations should be helping you do just that, why leave it wholly in the hands of others?In your own best interest, get personally involved in your public relations effort and ask the... Read More
As a business, non-profit or association manager, you'll know it's PR paydirt when you're able to persuade your key external stakeholders to your way of thinking, then move them to take actions that lead to your department, division or subsidiary's success.Proof of the pudding will be outside stakeholder behaviors like... Read More
Above all, you need to know that the right PR can alter individual perception and lead to changed behaviors.Especially when you create external stakeholder behavior change, the kind that leads directly to achieving your managerial objectives.And all because the core of your public relations lies in doing something positive about... Read More
Before you even think about writing a press release, there are a few things you need to know about the media. Here's the first - and most important - of them:1. Journalists receive hundreds of press releases every weekDepending on the publication they're writing for, they may even get hundreds... Read More
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