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    05 9th, 2010

    Please feel free to publish this article and resource box in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website. A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net. Word count is 1145 including guidelines and resource box.
    Robert A. Kelly © 2005.

    Managers: Let’s Call a Spade a Spade!

    Brochures, broadcast plugs and press releases – don’t call them public relations. Call them what they really are, valuable tactical devices which public relations calls upon from time to time to move a message from here to there.

    Nothing more, nothing less, and certainly not public relations’ Mother strategy which (1), marshalls the resources and action planning needed to alter individual perception leading to changed behaviors among a business, non-profit,or association’s most important outside audiences. And (2), goes on to help a manager persuade those key folks to his or her way of thinking,
    then (3) moves them to take actions that allow their department, group, division or subsidiary to succeed.

    The management reality behind such an achievement is the underlying premise of public relations: People act on their own perception of the facts before them,
    which leads to predictable behaviors about which something can be done. When we create, change or reinforce that opinion by reaching, persuading and
    moving-to-desired-action the very people whose behaviors affect the organization the most, the public relations mission is usually accomplished.

    The good news for those managers is that the right public relations planning really CAN alter individual perception and lead to changed behaviors among key outside audiences.
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    09 12th, 2009

    News releases are not the best way to get major media coverage, but they can be used to increase the frequency with which your company name appears in the press.

    Press releases will get you coverage in set features like business notes, and new personnel columns. They also provide a good way to let allies, employees and customers know what you are doing. For these purposes, post releases on the company website, send out by e-mail, or distribute by one of the services like PR Newswire or PR Web.

    Here is a quick list of 33 possible reasons for you to write and distribute a news release.

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