Download or read book How to Succeed in a PR Agency written by Kristin Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning how to be successful in a public relations (PR) agency is a stressful on-the-job, sink-or-swim, immersive experience. While other texts teach PR theory and practice, no other book guides early to mid-career PR professionals through the day-to-day life of working in an agency and the skills required to excel and build a career. This text demystifies the PR agency experience with foundational information to simplify and clarify agency life. Authors Kristin Johnson and Shalon Roth, who each grew successful careers in PR agencies, share secrets that no one will teach in a class or a seminar. This is real talk about real life in an agency – punctuated by anecdotes from leaders in the industry. This is a must-read for communications students and PR professionals looking to grow their career and become indispensable to teams and clients.
Download or read book Social PR Secrets written by Lisa Buyer and published by Jetlaunch. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whether it's media relations, social strategy, or internal communications, companies are looking for more efficient and effective ways to use emerging and established technologies. ... Social PR secrets [is] the communication professional's modern-day beginner's handbook. ... [The author] thoughtfully lays out some of the more common roles the PR person of today plays, from the editorial to managing online communities to reporting results. At the very least, the book provides you with a realistic view of the communications landscape and at the most, shares some of the most valuable information you can use."--"Foreword," by Sarah Evans, p. [xii].
Download or read book Value added Public Relations written by Thomas L. Harris and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NTC Business Books offer cutting-edge insights and time-tested, proven marketing, advertising, and sales promotion strategies from the leading practitioners in the industry. There's expert advice in every NTC Business Book. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Download or read book Public Relations For Dummies written by Eric Yaverbaum and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proven techniques that maximize media exposure for your business A seasoned PR pro shows you how to get people talking When it comes to public relations, nothing beats good word of mouth. Want to get customers talking? This friendly guide combines the best practical tools with insight and flair to provide guidance on every aspect of PR, so you can launch a full-throttle campaign that'll generate buzz -- and build your bottom line. Discover how to * Map a winning PR strategy * Grab attention with press releases, interviews, and events * Cultivate good media relations * Get print, TV, radio, and Internet coverage * Manage a PR crisis
Download or read book Myths of PR written by Rich Leigh and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths of PR uses popular myths about the theory and practice of public relations as a vehicle for helping startup owners, brand marketers, communications practitioners and students to distinguish between fads and tried-and-tested PR practice. Its purpose is to shatter widespread misconceptions about PR, and grant readers insights into why these myths have endured in spite of clearly demonstrable evidence to the contrary. By exploring topics that readers will relate to (though many might frequently misunderstand), Myths of PR will shed new light on essential PR methodology. From the assumption that PR is a never-ending party, propagated by the way the industry is shown in the media and entertainment, to more potentially damaging misconceptions such as the often-repeated 'all publicity is good publicity', it is an engaging, anecdotal read that offers authentic insights into the reality of PR practice from one of the brightest and most exciting young communication experts in the UK.
Download or read book Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul written by Susan Harrow and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart guide to self-promotion by a public relations professional shows women how to market themselves while still maintaining style and substance and offers helpful advice on the art of the interview, writing press materials, and how to handle the spotlight.
Download or read book The Fixer written by Michael S. Sitrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Wizard of Spin."—Los Angeles Times "The spin doctor's spin doctor." —Financial Times "The Winston Wolf of Public Relations....Wolf, if you recall, was the fixer in Pulp Fiction. Played by Harvey Keitel, he washed away assassins' splatter and gore. Sitrick, 65, cleans up the messes of companies, celebrities, and others, and he's a strategist who isn't averse to treating PR as combat. Over the years, clients of Sitrick & Co. have included the late HP chairman Patricia Dunn, Roy Disney, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Vick, Alex Rodriguez, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and the Church of Scientology."—Fortune Magazine "Everyone understands the importance of shaping a story, but few are as shrewdly proficient at manipulating the media as L.A. crisis manager Mike Sitrick"—Fast Company What do you do when the reputation you've built over decades is destroyed in a day? In the court of public opinion, you're rarely innocent until proved guilty, and your enemies don't have to play by the rules. Any misstep can blow up into a worldwide embarrassment on Facebook and Twitter, land on the front page of the New York Times, and bring down a CEO, a business, or a celebrity. You need a smart strategic response. You need Mike Sitrick. In this book, Sitrick reveals the secrets that have made him America's preeminent crisis communications expert. You'll see how the PR legend and his team guided clients like the estate of Michael Jackson and Papa John's Pizza through the media-fueled fires of scandal, while helping others, like Roy Disney and the filmmakers who exposed the Russian Olympic doping scandal, achieve justice. You'll learn Sitrick's Ten Rules of Engagement and his thoughts on "no comment," social media, public apologies, and more. The question isn't whether you'll face a crisis one day, especially if you are at the top of your game. The question is what will you do when crisis comes? Don't let a lie get repeated until it's "fact," festering forever on Google. Don't let a damaging truth, stripped of nuance and context, damage your reputation forever. Follow the Fixer.
Download or read book Win Wow written by Betsy A. Hays and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Win & Wow: Public Relations Secrets for Everyday Success divulges how we can all use proven public relations techniques to accomplish our personal and professional goals. From puppy-dog loyalty to preventing crises to maximizing your sparkle dial, this book walks you through a host of thought changers and action steps that can add real value to your life. Written by public relations professor Betsy A. Hays and social media pro and CEO Tori Randolph Terhune, this book provides their complementary perspectives about practical ideas and strategies that can be used by all of us, regardless of what we want to accomplish.
Download or read book Public Relations written by Edward L. Bernays and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public relations as described in this volume is, among other things, society’s solution to problems of maladjustment that plague an overcomplex world. All of us, individuals or organizations, depend for survival and growth on adjustment to our publics. Publicist Edward L. Bernays offers here the kind of advice individuals and a variety of organizations sought from him on a professional basis during more than four decades. With such knowledge, every intelligent person can carry on his or her activities more effectively. This book provides know-why as well know-how. Bernays explains the underlying philosophy of public relations and the PR methods and practices to be applied in specific cases. He presents broad approaches and solutions as they were successfully carried out in his long professional career. Public relations is not publicity, press agentry, promotion, advertising, or a bag of tricks, but a continuing process of social integration. It is a field of adjusting private and public interest. Everyone engaged in any public activity, and every student of human behavior and society, will find in this book a challenge and opportunity to further both the public interest and their own interest.
Download or read book Handbook of Public Relations written by Robert L. Heath and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive and detailed examination of the field, which reviews current scholarly literature. This contributed volume stresses the role PR plays in building relationships between organizations, markets, audiences and the public.
Download or read book 8 Second PR written by Liz H. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the average attention span of an adult being 8 seconds, your job as a marketer just got 100 times harder. If you want to amplify your personal or business brand, 8-Second PR is a fun how-to-promote-your-business guide with case study examples of what works and doesn't work. Brands and experts can learn how to develop a Wow Story, increase Word-of-Mouth Marketing through digital marketing, and score hundreds of earned media interviews (print, TV, radio and digital). Based on a unique 360-view as a marketing professional, author and reporter, Liz H Kelly uncovers her proven 8-Second PR Story Energizer Process with tips for how to make powerful connections with fans, reporters and influencers. Each chapter includes eight action items, a PR Superpower, and lessons learned based on client and mega brand examples. Readers can gain 8 PR Superpower skills (Media Hook Superpower, Interview Flight Superpower, Digital PR Superpower) that together can make a brand unstoppable! You'll walk away with roadmap for magnifying your brand, increasing sales and Ultimate Media Success!
Download or read book The PR Masterclass written by Alex Singleton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PR Masterclass is written by former newspaper, magazine and digital journalist Alex Singleton, who is now a prominent PR trainer and consultant. It reveals the secrets of effective PR and shows how to put in place a practical, reliable and successful media strategy for your product, business or activity – one that delivers the greatest results. Through the book, you get to discover how to develop and pitch effective newsworthy material, regardless of your budget. The PR Masterclass is aimed at PR professionals as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs implementing a PR strategy. "PR can do more for your money than any other marketing tool. But very few people understand how to use it. Alex does because he has been at the receiving end. So will you if you read this remarkably practical book." —Drayton Bird, author, Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing "The lessons contained within The PR Masterclass should be plastered over the walls of organisations seeking to utilise the media effectively for their campaigns. This book is a must-have reference point." —Ryan Bourne, CityAM columnist and Head of Economic Research, Centre for Policy Studies "This is an important book about public relations and how the media is changing. Singleton is a straight-talking journalist-turned-practitioner who pulls no punches. He calls on the industry to grow up and adopt the rigour of a professional discipline. It's a call to action that I wholly heartedly support. You should read The PR Masterclass if you're new to public relations or work in the profession and want to continue doing so." —Stephen Waddington, European director, Ketchum, and 2014 President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) "Provides all you need to know about securing press coverage." —Fraser Seitel, O'Dwyer's PR magazine "Every page is packed with insight and practical advice." —Steve Harrison, co-founder, Harrison Troughton Wunderman "Written in a no-nonsense style, every chapter contains a mine of information about the subject. What's more, it's clear that Alex knows the business inside out. This is the kind of book you need to have close at hand. Do what it says, and you'll be miles ahead with your PR." —James Hammond, brand consultant "Alex Singleton's book on public relations strategy is an excellent practical guide to the real world of PR." —Ray Hiebert, Editor, Public Relations Review
Download or read book The Public Relations Handbook written by Alison Theaker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated edition of the successful Public Relations Handbook, a detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the public relations industry is given. Broad in scope, it; traces the history and development of public relations, explores ethical issues which affect the industry, examines its relationships with politics, lobbying organisations and journalism, assesses its professionalism and regulation, and advises on training and entry into the profession. It includes: interviews with press officers and PR agents about their working practices case studies, examples, press releases and illustrations from a range of campaigns including Railtrack, Marks and Spencer, Guinness and the Metropolitan Police specialist chapters on financial public relations, global PR, business ethics, on-line promotion and the challenges of new technology over twenty illustrations from recent PR campaigns. In this revised and updated practical text, Alison Theaker successfully combines theoretical and organisational frameworks for studying public relations with examples of how the industry works in practice.
Download or read book Free Publicity written by Jeff Crilley and published by Brown Books. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a working journalist shares the secrets of getting covered on the news! Whether you have a non-profit agency, whether you're a small business owner, an individual who wants coverage, or a PR pro, you'll learn the stuff that only those inside a newsroom know. Book jacket.
Download or read book The Secrets of Successful Public Relations and Image Making written by Tony Greener and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secrets of Successful Public Relations and Image-Making discusses several methods for effective public promotion. The book is comprised of 10 chapters that deal with the various aspects of image-making. The text first discusses what public relations is; who needs it; and what its applications are in different industries. The succeeding chapters cover the methods, technology, and concerns in an image promotion campaign, which include persuasion techniques, media promotions and events, and sponsorship. The book also tackles the importance of internal relation to public relations. The last chapter provides a guide in starting up a promotion campaign. The book will be of use to public relations practitioners and business owners who need an overview of the elements involved in public relations.
Download or read book Mrs Pargeter s Public Relations written by Simon Brett and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs Pargeter discovers the skills by which Public Relations can make evil look good in the latest wickedly entertaining mystery. It is her characteristic generosity rather than her love of animals that finds Mrs Pargeter supporting her friend, Jasmine Angold, at a charity reception for PhiliPussies, whose worthy aim is to rehabilitate stray cats from the Greek island of Atmos into caring English homes. But the evening is to have unexpected consequences. At the event, Mrs P is taken aback to meet a woman who claims to be the sister of her late husband, the much-missed Mr Pargeter. This surprising encounter leads to unwelcome digging into past secrets, the discovery of a body in Epping Forest, an eventful trip to Greece - and unexpected danger for Mrs Pargeter. In the course of her investigations, she learns the true nature of charity and the dubious skills by which Public Relations can make evil look good.
Download or read book The Little Book of Big PR written by Jennefer Witter and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re an established company or a cost-conscious start-up, this helpful guide tells you all you need to know to be able to use public relations effectively as a business-building tool. As an entrepreneur, you need every helpful tool you can get your hands on to build your business. And if you know the tricks of the trade, perhaps nothing can gain more attention for your small business and build your company’s credibility than a good, old-fashioned public-relations campaign. Drawing on the expertise gained during her long career in public relations, Jennefer Witter shares simple, smart, and budget-friendly methods for getting your business noticed, including what she calls the seven key elements of public relations: Self-branding Media relations Social Media Networking Speaking engagements Cause-related marketing Selecting a PR agency Complete with real-world case studies and sample content (such as media pitches) to use as-is or to modify to fit your own specific needs, The Little Book of Big PR will provide you with the expert guidance all entrepreneurs need to grow their business to new, attention-getting heights.
