Public Relations & Sponsorships Flashcards
The management function that focuses on the relationships and communications that individuals and organizations have with other groups for the purpose of creating mutual goodwill
Public Relations (PR)
“Groups” aka “stakeholder” aka “publics” include (4)
Consumers
Employees
Stockholders
Community, etc.
PR manages communication between stakeholders (publics)to: (3)
Develop goodwill
Affect public opinion
Improve reputation
Good PR creates (3)
Mutual understanding
Positive outcomes
Good long term relationships
Advertising (perceived bias)
Ads delivered by purchased media
Public Relations (Perceived bias)
PR messages not openly sponsored
Advertising (precision and results)
Ads placed for reach and frequency
Public relations (precision and results)
PR picked up by external media
Advertising (practitioner goals & orientation)
Ad industry focuses on marketing communications
Public relations (practitioner goals & orientation)
PR pros consider all corporate communications
In support of marketing, PR can (6)
Raise awareness Inform and educate Build trust Build relationships Give people reasons to buy Create a climate of consumer acceptance
PR person must (4)
Monitor, measure, and analyze changes in attitudes among publics
Assess how company policies and actions relate to different publics
Determine PR objectives and strategies
Develop and implement a mix of PR activities
This PR function deals with internal relationships - the part of PR that builds and maintains a mutually beneficial relationship between managers and the employees on whom an organizations success depends
Employee communication
Examples of employee communication (5)
Mission statements Policy documents (handbooks) Ethics statements Training materials Publications -Newsletters -emails
This PR function involves the generation of news about a person, product, or service
Must be newsworthy, may be planned or unplanned, may be positive or negative
Publicity
Examples of newsworthy publicity
New product intros, awards, company earnings, mergers, etc.
Which has a greater return on investment and why?
Publicity and advertising
Publicity
-you’re not paying for it and you’re getting credible, believable news story
This function of PR is used when you need PR to reach audiences other than the consumers targeted by marketing
It is not to sell products, but to inform or influence public opinion
Advertising