Week 7 Marketing Communication in Dealing with negative WOM Flashcards
Define Public Relations.
Fosters goodwill between a firm and its many constituent groups.
Who are constituent groups?
customers, clients, (b2b)
What are the objectives of Public Relations?
- Promoting goodwill
- Promoting a product or service
- Preparing internal communications
- Counteracting negative publicity
- Lobbying
- Giving advice and counsel
What does PSA stand for?
Public Service Announcement.
2 Factors of Press Releases.
- Vital to community building and event marketing
2. Often synergize well with social media
List the tools of public relations.
- Feature stories
- Company newsletters/e-newsletters
- Interviews and press conferences
- Sponsored events
- Publicity
Define Feature stories.
Offer a journalist the opportunity to do a lengthy article with exclusive rights to the information.
Define Company newsletters/e-newsletters.
In-house publications that disseminate positive information about a firm through its employees.
Define Interviews and press conferences.
Used in a crisis management situation or to make important announcements.
Define Sponsored events.
Make the events more financially beneficial to consumers.
Define Publicity.
Free media exposure about a firm’s activities or brands.
-heightened credibility
What marketing objectives guides Proactive PR strategy.
- Seeks to publicise a company and its brands
- Aims to build goodwill for the brand
Define Reactive PR strategy.
- Focuses on problems to be solved > opportunities
- Requires a company to take defensive measures
Define Proactive PR audit.
Identifies the characteristics or aspects of a firm’s activities that are positive and newsworthy.
Define Proactive PR plan.
Identifies the objectives and activities related to the PR communications issued by a firm.
What does Proactive PR plan consists of?
- Situation analysis
- Program objectives and program rationale
- Communications vehicles
- Message content
Define Reactive PR audit.
Gives a firms informations to issue public statements based on current and accurate data.
Identification of vulnerabilities.
Recognise areas where the firm has weaknesses that can negatively affect its relationship with constituents.
What is influencer marketing?
Series of personalised marketing techniques directed as individuals or groups who have the credibility and capability to drive positive word of mouth.
Factors of professional influencer programs.
- Attempt to influence professionals
- May require long-term commitments
- Must instruct the influencer of the influencer’s responsibility for: disclosing material connections, monitor what the influencers are saying, & follow up to address improper or questionable practices.
- See FTC endorsement guides.