Why PR is a Vital Force
Why PR is a Vital Force
in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website.
A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net.
Word count is 940 including guidelines and resource box.
Robert A. Kelly © 2004.
Why PR is a Vital Force
Because it can alter individual perception and lead to
changed behaviors. Something of profound importance to
businesses, non-profits and associations who can sink or
swim on how well they employ this crucial dynamic.
Consider this simple blueprint that gets everyone working
towards the same external audience behaviors insuring
that your public relations effort stays focused: 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 or reinforce that opinion
by reaching, persuading and moving-to-desired-action the
very people whose behaviors affect the organization the
most, the public relations mission is accomplished.
Winners use it to produce results like these: community
leaders beginning to seek you out; welcome bounces in
show room visits; capital givers or specifying sources
looking your way; prospects starting to do business with
you; customers making repeat purchases; membership
applications on the rise; fresh proposals for strategic
alliances and joint ventures; higher employee retention
rates, and even politicians and legislators starting to view
you as a key member of the business, non-profit or
association communities.
Here’s how they do it.
They start by finding out who among their important
outside audiences is behaving in ways that help or hinder
the achievement of their objectives. Then, they list them
according to how severely their behaviors affect their
organization.
Next, they take steps to find out precisely HOW most
members of that key outside audience perceive their
organization. Now, if you don’t have the budget to pay
for what could be costly professional survey counsel,
you and your PR colleagues will have to monitor those
perceptions yourself. Actually, they should be quite
familiar with perception and behavior matters.
Best way to get that activity under way is to meet with
members of that outside audience and ask questions like
“Are you familiar with our services or products?” “Have
you ever had contact with anyone from our organization?
Was it a satisfactory experience?” Be sensitive to negative
statements, especially evasive or hesitant replies. And
watch carefully for false assumptions, untruths,
misconceptions, inaccuracies and potentially damaging
rumors. When you find such, they will need to be
corrected, as they usually lead to negative behaviors.
Here, you must select the specific perception to be altered
which then becomes your public relations goal. You
obviously want to correct any untruths, inaccuracies,
misconceptions or false assumptions.
Clearly, a PR goal without a strategy to show you how
to get there, is like lasagna without the marinara sauce.
As you select one of three strategies especially
constructed to create perception or opinion where
there may be none, or change existing perception, or
reinforce it, what you want to do is insure that the
goal and its strategy match each other. You wouldn’t
want to select “change existing perception” when
current perception is just right suggesting a “reinforce”
strategy.
Now, you create a compelling message carefully put
together to alter your key target audience’s perception,
as specified by your public relations goal.
Here’s a thought. Combine your corrective message with
another news announcement or presentation which may
provide more credibility by downplaying the need for
such a correction.
Your message must be compelling and quite clear about
what perception needs clarification or correction, and why.
Of course you must be truthful and your position logically
explained and believable if it is to hold the attention of
members of that target audience, and actually move
perception in your direction.
I like to call the communications tactics you will use
to move your message to the attention of that key external
audience, “beasts of burden” because they must carry your
persuasive new thoughts to the eyes and ears of those
important outside people.
Happily, you have a wide choice because the list of tactics
is long indeed. It includes letters-to-the-editor, brochures,
press releases and speeches. Or, you might choose radio
and newspaper interviews, personal contacts, facility tours
or customer briefings. There are scores available and the
only selection requirement is that the communications
tactics you choose have a record of reaching people just
like the members of your key target audience.
We are all lucky in this business because things can
always be accelerated by adding more communications
tactics, AND by increasing their frequencies.
Colleagues and others will soon be asking about progress.
Of course, you will already be hard at work remonitoring
perceptions among your target audience members. Using
questions similar to those used during your earlier
monitoring session, you’ll now be sharp-eyed and on the
lookout for signs that audience perceptions are beginning
to move in your general direction.
Satisfying curiosity in this regard is largely a matter of
serving up the results you will receive when you undertake
this aggressive public relations plan. Put another way, it’s
Happy Hour time when you achieve the kind of key
stakeholder behavior change that leads directly to achieving
your department, division or subsidiary objectives.
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 been DPR,
Pepsi-Cola Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR,
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communi-
cations, 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
Why PR is a Vital Force - To learn more about this author, visit Bob Kelly's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
Please feel free to publish this article and resource box
in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website.
A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net.
Word count is 940 including guidelines and resource box.
Robert A. Kelly © 2004.
Why PR is a Vital Force
Because it can alter individual perception and lead to
changed behaviors. Something of profound importance to
businesses, non-profits and associations who can sink or
swim on how well they employ this crucial dynamic.
Consider this simple blueprint that gets everyone working
towards the same external audience behaviors insuring
that your public relations effort stays focused: 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 or reinforce that opinion
by reaching, persuading and moving-to-desired-action the
very people whose behaviors affect the organization the
most, the public relations mission is accomplished.
Winners use it to produce results like these: community
leaders beginning to seek you out; welcome bounces in
show room visits; capital givers or specifying sources
looking your way; prospects starting to do business with
you; customers making repeat purchases; membership
applications on the rise; fresh proposals for strategic
alliances and joint ventures; higher employee retention
rates, and even politicians and legislators starting to view
you as a key member of the business, non-profit or
association communities.
Here’s how they do it.
They start by finding out who among their important
outside audiences is behaving in ways that help or hinder
the achievement of their objectives. Then, they list them
according to how severely their behaviors affect their
organization.
Next, they take steps to find out precisely HOW most
members of that key outside audience perceive their
organization. Now, if you don’t have the budget to pay
for what could be costly professional survey counsel,
you and your PR colleagues will have to monitor those
perceptions yourself. Actually, they should be quite
familiar with perception and behavior matters.
Best way to get that activity under way is to meet with
members of that outside audience and ask questions like
“Are you familiar with our services or products?” “Have
you ever had contact with anyone from our organization?
Was it a satisfactory experience?” Be sensitive to negative
statements, especially evasive or hesitant replies. And
watch carefully for false assumptions, untruths,
misconceptions, inaccuracies and potentially damaging
rumors. When you find such, they will need to be
corrected, as they usually lead to negative behaviors.
Here, you must select the specific perception to be altered
which then becomes your public relations goal. You
obviously want to correct any untruths, inaccuracies,
misconceptions or false assumptions.
Clearly, a PR goal without a strategy to show you how
to get there, is like lasagna without the marinara sauce.
As you select one of three strategies especially
constructed to create perception or opinion where
there may be none, or change existing perception, or
reinforce it, what you want to do is insure that the
goal and its strategy match each other. You wouldn’t
want to select “change existing perception” when
current perception is just right suggesting a “reinforce”
strategy.
Now, you create a compelling message carefully put
together to alter your key target audience’s perception,
as specified by your public relations goal.
Here’s a thought. Combine your corrective message with
another news announcement or presentation which may
provide more credibility by downplaying the need for
such a correction.
Your message must be compelling and quite clear about
what perception needs clarification or correction, and why.
Of course you must be truthful and your position logically
explained and believable if it is to hold the attention of
members of that target audience, and actually move
perception in your direction.
I like to call the communications tactics you will use
to move your message to the attention of that key external
audience, “beasts of burden” because they must carry your
persuasive new thoughts to the eyes and ears of those
important outside people.
Happily, you have a wide choice because the list of tactics
is long indeed. It includes letters-to-the-editor, brochures,
press releases and speeches. Or, you might choose radio
and newspaper interviews, personal contacts, facility tours
or customer briefings. There are scores available and the
only selection requirement is that the communications
tactics you choose have a record of reaching people just
like the members of your key target audience.
We are all lucky in this business because things can
always be accelerated by adding more communications
tactics, AND by increasing their frequencies.
Colleagues and others will soon be asking about progress.
Of course, you will already be hard at work remonitoring
perceptions among your target audience members. Using
questions similar to those used during your earlier
monitoring session, you’ll now be sharp-eyed and on the
lookout for signs that audience perceptions are beginning
to move in your general direction.
Satisfying curiosity in this regard is largely a matter of
serving up the results you will receive when you undertake
this aggressive public relations plan. Put another way, it’s
Happy Hour time when you achieve the kind of key
stakeholder behavior change that leads directly to achieving
your department, division or subsidiary objectives.
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 been DPR,
Pepsi-Cola Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR,
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communi-
cations, 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
Why PR is a Vital Force - To learn more about this author, visit Bob Kelly's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
Dave KurlanDave Kurlan is the founder and CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc., the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of David Kurlan & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Dave has been a top rated speaker at Inc. Magazine's Conference on Growing the Company, the Sales & Marketing Management Conference and the Gazelles Sales & Marketing Summit. He has been featured on radio and TV, including World Business Review with General Norman Schwarzkopf, in Inc. Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine and Incentive Magazine. He is the author of Mindless Selling and Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. He created and wrote STAR, a proprietary recruiting process for hiring great salespeople, and he writes Understanding the Sales Force, a popular business Blog and is a contributing author to The Death of 20th Century Selling and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2. - Visit Dave Kurlan's Website |
|||
George LudwigGeorge Ludwig is a recognized authority on sales strategy and peak performance psychology. An international speaker, trainer, and corporate consultant, he helps clients like Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Northwestern Mutual, CIGNA, and numerous others improve sales force effectiveness and performance. Though it's George's strategies and processes that help corporations increase productivity and performance, it's his tremendous energy and dynamism that spark the transformation. Again and again, clients remark on his amazing ability to unleash human capacity and inspire men and women to break out of their comfort zones. The result is a whole new type of salesperson. His customized presentations teach achievers to make stunning advances in their lives. From helping salespeople realize cherished dreams to helping corporations exponentially accelerate revenue streams, George Ludwig leaves audiences and individuals empowered, emboldened, and clamoring for more. George is the best-selling author of Power Selling: Seven Strategies for Cracking the Sales Code and Wise Moves: 60 Quick Tips to Improve Your Position in Life & Business. - Visit George Ludwig's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Bob's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 | |
|
| |
 | |||||||
|
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 Internet Marketing Secrets EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY Instant Newsletters Balance chart 25 Facebook & Twitter Tips |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Productivity Blogs
Top Blogs To Watch In 2009 | |
 |
Write The PR
Press Release Builder | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||