2. PUBLICITY IS THE MOVEMENT OF INFORMATION WITH THE
EFFECT OF INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF A SUBJECT
INVOLVES THE GENERATION OF NEWS ABOUT A COMPANY,
PRODUCT, SERVICE, BRAND OR PERSON IN VARIOUS MEDIA.
IT IS A SUBSET OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT.
SHORT-TERM FOCUS
NOT ALWAYS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FIRM
CAN BE NEGATIVE AS WELL AS POSITIVE
NON-PAID COMMUNICATION
3. Publicity is the free
mention of a product or
company
Differs from advertising
because a company does
not pay for the exposure,
it gets in the media
Major disadvantage is
that companies have lack
of control on it
Sponsorship
A testimonial
Someone’s analysis or
prediction
What it is ?
Examples of
Publicity
Tiger Woods Speech
If I squeeze out a
few tears I
wonder if I can
earn back some
of my
sponsors…
4. Brown’s Apology
Chris Brown's TV Apology with Rihanna
Michael Phelps
DUI and Drug Charges
5. OUTLINE
Getting attention from the press
Writing a good press release
Communicating with the press
Best practices
6. Reebok Used a
Press
Conference to
Announce the
Sponsorship of
Shakira
7.
8. GETTING ATTENTION FROM THE PRESS
Creating “Buzz”
Famous by Association
Tip from Julia Allison “Whenever someone takes a picture of me, I always try
to stand next to someone famous..”
Making An Announcement
Launch, Investment, Opening of an office, impressive statistics, new product
with hot new features
Other options/Goodie
A funny story
Be part of a trend
Mystery or something impressive
9. WRITING A GOOD PRESS RELEASE
Only for announcing something traditional or classic
Communicating With the press
Before sending press release
Know and select the right media and journalist
Know how the journalist prefer to receive information
Send email with catchy/punch line and good title
along with exclusive information with some videos and pictures.
10. BEST PRACTICES
Following up with a Journalist who hasn’t published
anything
Corrections
Competitors
Social Media
Facebook – activity on Fan pages can be news
Twitter – sometimes tweets can be news worthy
Quora – interesting replies to questions can lead to stories
Top secrets
12. DEALING WITH NEGATIVE PUBLICITY
DO s Don’t s
Open all
Communication lines
Select a spoke person
Be Empathetic
Stay Calm
Hesitation
Litigation
Retaliation
Prevarication
Pontification
Confrontation
Obfuscation
13. PUBLICITY TECHNIQUES
Continous Public Relation Activities
Local Community Involvement
Newsletters, Newspapers and Company magazines
Media Relations
Employees Relations
Shareholders and financial community relations
Pre-planned, Short-term activities
News, Press Conferences
Ceremonies, opening and events
Announcements
Unpredictable, Short-term activities
Handling Negative Publicity
Media Interviews
16. ADVANTAGES
It Is Credible
It is Cost Effective
Often generates High Frequency of exposure
Disadvantages
Less Control
Less accuracy
Few releases published