The Public Relations Blog

Should PR pros rethink industry degrees, departments, and job titles?

Many organizations interchange “communication” and “communications” in department names, job titles, and agency branding. However, there is an important distinction between these two terms business leaders and industry professionals often overlook.

Steve Boehler discusses what the CMO job consists of and what characteristics make a great CMO.

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Guest:

Our episode guest is Steve Boehler, Founder of Mercer Island Group. He’s worked with well-known brands such as Tide, Pringles and Jif.

Scott Miller discusses how to learn from your communication mistakes to develop brand success.

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Guest:

Our episode guest is Scott Miller, Special Advisor on Thought Leadership for the Franklin Covey Company and host of their weekly podcast series, On Leadership with Scott Miller. Scott is also the author of several books.

Active listening can boost PR efforts and help you on a daily basis

Listening and broadcasting are two of the most fundamental elements of communication. However, in the world of public relations, it’s easy for PR beginners to simply broadcast over and over, never listening to what’s going on around them. PR pros know that listening is not only important, but there’s a specific kind of listening you should be doing for PR success: active listening.

When it comes to media relations and corporate communications, PR pros should follow AP Style

Anytime you communicate with a client or customer, you make an impression on behalf of your company. You want to represent professionalism and quality of content, and your written communications are simple ways to do that.

Spelling and grammar mistakes make your company look unprofessional, sloppy, and uninterested. If you don’t ensure all your written communications are error-free, it looks like your company didn’t put forth the time and effort to produce its very best work. Clear, consistent copy editing improves your company’s corporate communications.

Understand how goals can help your company grow

Whether you’re planning for the next several weeks or several years, business goals are the key to growing your company. In order to reach your goals, you can’t just rely on blind hope; it takes both strategy and teamwork.

When you say the word “but” in a conversation, people tend to dread the remainder of your sentence. This one simple word has an extremely negative connotation.

Three personas that describe the client/agency relationship

In the last 17 years, Axia Public Relations has worked with many of America’s fastest-growing and most admired brands. We’ve identified three types of clients based on their needs and which of those types we work best with. When qualifying new companies as potential clients, we often ask which persona they relate to most, so we can understand how they prefer to communicate and what their priorities are.

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A SWOT analysis is a business tool that identifies an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. You can also use this tool for communication, marketing, and public relations strategies as it helps identify which areas to focus on and helps improve communication methods.

Download a complimentary template to help plan your public relations campaign

Identifying all your organization’s target audiences is a key step during communication planning. Target audiences are part of your PR plan’s inputs. You can use this tool for communication, marketing, and PR strategies because it identifies what specific audiences need and improves your company’s communication methods.