The PR Commitment to Small Business
The PR Commitment to Small Business
offline publication or website. Only requirement: you must use
the Robert A. Kelly byline and resource box. Net word count
is 610 including guidelines and box. Robert A. Kelly © 2006.
The PR Commitment to Small Business
We’re birds of a feather, public relations and small business.
Wonderfully compatible and a perfect fit. Usually makes it
easy to commit resources to small business success.
But, sometimes I wonder about those small businesses that
ignore the perceptions and behaviors of the key audiences
with the most immediate impact on their businesses – the
very people who hold the future of that small business in
their hands!
To me, it’s a matter of dollars and cents, even of survival!
So, what are we to make of small business failures? Especially,
for starters, one where it’s obvious that enough well-placed
public relations activity might have altered the behavior of
prospects in a positive way allowing the operation to prosper
and avoid a Chapter Eleven filing?
What a waste!
Truth is, the folks who make up these key audiences, like the
rest of us, act on THEIR perception of the facts before them.
If a small business overlooks this crucial reality, and fails to
prepare by monitoring how these people view it, who is to
blame if misconceptions flower leading inevitably to negative
behaviors?
Of course, the small business itself.
The title of this article speaks of a commitment to small
business. While I believe that public relations is indispensable
to small business success, our commitment must be conditional.
Here’s why.
We are committed to your small business, and will help you
every step of the way:
IF, that’s IF, you take the time to meet with members of your key
audiences and evaluate their feelings and beliefs about you;
IF you are committed to move into action when you discover
troubling perceptions;
IF you accept that what people BELIEVE to be true, versus
the truth, defines your public relations problem;
IF you are willing to raise your profile by regularly speaking
before business and fraternal clubs, by meeting with the media,
and by promoting your enterprise as appropriate, thus building
the kind of good will you will need should things go awry.
IF you prepare carefully written, persuasive messages that
directly address the misconceptions you discover during your
fact finding;
IF you select effective communications tactics that will carry
your messages to those key audiences in a timely manner.
Tactics such as meetings, speeches, luncheons, facility tours,
promotional events, emails, media interviews and many more.
And IF you track your progress by meeting regularly with
members of those key audiences, and monitoring both the
media and the reaction of community residents and other
businesses, adjusting your strategy and tactics accordingly.
A lot to ask in return for our commitment to a small business?
Perhaps, but without such a commitment in return, a positive
result is unlikely.
Public relations and small business ARE wonderfully
compatible and a very good fit.
That’s why my commitment remains on the table.
end
Bob Kelly counsels, writes and speaks to business, non-profit and
association managers about using the fundamental premise of public
relations to achieve their operating objectives. He has authored 245
articles on the subject which are listed at EzineArticles.com, click
Expert Author, click Robert A. Kelly. He has been DPR, Pepsi-Cola
Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR, Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communications,
U.S. Department of the Interior, and deputy assistant press secretary,
The White House. He holds a bachelor of science degree from
Columbia University, major in public relations.
mailto:bobkelly@TNI.net Visit:http://www.prcommentary.com
The PR Commitment to Small Business - To learn more about this author, visit Bob Kelly's Website.
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The PR Commitment to Small Business
We’re birds of a feather, public relations and small business.
Wonderfully compatible and a perfect fit. Usually makes it
easy to commit resources to small business success.
But, sometimes I wonder about those small businesses that
ignore the perceptions and behaviors of the key audiences
with the most immediate impact on their businesses – the
very people who hold the future of that small business in
their hands!
To me, it’s a matter of dollars and cents, even of survival!
So, what are we to make of small business failures? Especially,
for starters, one where it’s obvious that enough well-placed
public relations activity might have altered the behavior of
prospects in a positive way allowing the operation to prosper
and avoid a Chapter Eleven filing?
What a waste!
Truth is, the folks who make up these key audiences, like the
rest of us, act on THEIR perception of the facts before them.
If a small business overlooks this crucial reality, and fails to
prepare by monitoring how these people view it, who is to
blame if misconceptions flower leading inevitably to negative
behaviors?
Of course, the small business itself.
The title of this article speaks of a commitment to small
business. While I believe that public relations is indispensable
to small business success, our commitment must be conditional.
Here’s why.
We are committed to your small business, and will help you
every step of the way:
IF, that’s IF, you take the time to meet with members of your key
audiences and evaluate their feelings and beliefs about you;
IF you are committed to move into action when you discover
troubling perceptions;
IF you accept that what people BELIEVE to be true, versus
the truth, defines your public relations problem;
IF you are willing to raise your profile by regularly speaking
before business and fraternal clubs, by meeting with the media,
and by promoting your enterprise as appropriate, thus building
the kind of good will you will need should things go awry.
IF you prepare carefully written, persuasive messages that
directly address the misconceptions you discover during your
fact finding;
IF you select effective communications tactics that will carry
your messages to those key audiences in a timely manner.
Tactics such as meetings, speeches, luncheons, facility tours,
promotional events, emails, media interviews and many more.
And IF you track your progress by meeting regularly with
members of those key audiences, and monitoring both the
media and the reaction of community residents and other
businesses, adjusting your strategy and tactics accordingly.
A lot to ask in return for our commitment to a small business?
Perhaps, but without such a commitment in return, a positive
result is unlikely.
Public relations and small business ARE wonderfully
compatible and a very good fit.
That’s why my commitment remains on the table.
end
Bob Kelly counsels, writes and speaks to business, non-profit and
association managers about using the fundamental premise of public
relations to achieve their operating objectives. He has authored 245
articles on the subject which are listed at EzineArticles.com, click
Expert Author, click Robert A. Kelly. He has been DPR, Pepsi-Cola
Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR, Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communications,
U.S. Department of the Interior, and deputy assistant press secretary,
The White House. He holds a bachelor of science degree from
Columbia University, major in public relations.
mailto:bobkelly@TNI.net Visit:http://www.prcommentary.com
The PR Commitment to Small Business - To learn more about this author, visit Bob Kelly's Website.
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