Your business guide to help fit together the public relations jigsaw puzzle

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Your piece-by-piece guide to PR services to help solve the media puzzle

Public relations is a jigsaw made up of different PR services.FEW things in business are more frustrating than being set a challenging puzzle when all you really want is simple and straightforward information.

Yet it happens all the time. You want to know about the benefits of a product or service and instead you are faced with a mental assault course. Potential clients feel confused by what is on offer and exactly what’s involved, making it easier for them just to walk away.

So, we’ve produced this essential guide to PR services for businesses. We hope it takes away your pain by answering the questions you didn’t even know to ask.

Check out our easy explanation of five main pieces of the PR jigsaw and how they fit together – all with examples of how these have worked for real businesses you will recognise:


 

LONG TERM PR –  The pinnacle of PR activity is the sustained PR campaign, over 12 months or more. It’ll come with clear and measurable objectives. Find out how taking the long view can work for any client – from Hollywood actresses to wind farm developers and care home operators.


 

PR PROJECTS –  If you don’t have the resources or simply aren’t ready for the big commitment, then find out if a short or one-off PR project could work for you. We explain the implications – and how this cost-effective solution delivered amazing results to a female-friendly hotel chain and a renowned Indian restaurant.


 

LAUNCH EVENT PR –  Is it possible to use public relations to launch a new product or service? Not only is it possible but we’d heartily recommend that you do. And our case studies feature examples as varied as High Street fashion giants to anti counterfeit crusaders.


 

SOCIAL MEDIA PR –  How about Twitter, Facebook and the like? Could or should social media form part of a wider PR campaign – and can that be handled by a PR agency? Yup. In fact find out how we delivered a social media profit boost for a restaurant.


 

PR PHOTOGRAPHY – Seeing the paparazzi at work looks daunting yet that’s a million miles away from how successful PR photo shoots work? Let us debunk the myths and explain how your PR agency should take the strain – so that you just have to relax and smile for the camera.


 

After reading our guide, we hope you’ll be better able to decide if your business could benefit from a sustained, long-term PR campaign or whether you might be better suited to a short or one-off project campaign.

If you found this information useful, it is worth checking out a series of other essential guides we have produced to help businesses like yours to use and choose PR services. Because when you get the most out of public relations, we all benefit.

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