Chapter 18 Flashcards

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Influencer marketing (Northlich definition)

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A series of personalized marketing techniques directed at individuals or groups who have the credibility and capability to drive positive word-of-mouth in a broader and salient segment of the population.

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Role/goal of PR

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♠ Foster goodwill between a firm and its many constituent groups (customers, stockholders, suppliers, employees, government entities…)
♠ Used strategically for damage control
♠ Launch & establish brands
♠ Persuade consumers to make purchases
♠ Do anything to appease disgruntled users of a brand

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Stephen Brown quote

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We have evolved to an intensely commercial world where TV shows feature stories about marketing and consumer psychology.

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Digital media vs. mass media

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Digital media offer the opportunity for firms to be part of the dialogue

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Six primary objectives of PR

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  1. Promoting goodwill - image-building function
  2. Promoting a product or service
  3. Preparing internal communications - disseminating information and correcting misinformation
  4. Counteracting negative publicity - damage-control function
  5. Lobbying
  6. Giving advice and counsel - preparing employees for public appearances…
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Tools for public relations

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♠ Press releases 
♠  Feature stories
♠ Company Newsletters/e-Newsletters
♠ Interviews and Press Conferences
♠ Sponsored events
♠ Publicity
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Typical categories of information that make for a good story

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♠ New products launches
♠ New scientific discovery 
♠ New personnel
♠ Annual shareholder meetings 
♠ Charitable and community service activities
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Publicity definiton

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Essentially free media exposure about a firm’s activities or brands. It tends to carry heightened credibility

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Proactive PR strategy definiton

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‣ Takes an offensive approach
‣ Focuses on opportunities
‣ Guided by a brand’s marketing objectives
‣ Seeks to publicize a brand and build goodwill and buzz

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Reactive PR strategy

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‣ Takes a defensive approach
‣ Focuses on problems
‣ Guided by external pressures
‣ Seeks to quell negative publicity and recoup positive brand identity and public goodwill

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Key components of PR program (proactive)

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  1. PR audit

2. PR plan

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PR audit definition

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Identifies the characteristics of a firm’s activities that are positive and newsworthy

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Components of a PR plan

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♠ Situation analysis
♠ Program objectives
♠ Program rationale
♠ Communications vehicles
♠ Message content
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Two steps that help implement a reactive PR strategy

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  1. The PR audit

2. Identification of vulnerabilities

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Influencer marketing categories

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♠ Professional Influencer Programs
♠ Peer-to-Peer Programs
♠ Buzz and Viral Marketing
♠ Cultivating Connectors

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Buzz marketing definition

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Creating an event or experience that yields conversations that include the brand.

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Viral marketing definiton

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Process of consumers marketing to consumers via the Web or through personal contact stimulated by a firm marketing a brand.

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Five T’s to generate buzz

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♠ Talkers
♠ Topics
♠ Tools
♠ Taking part
♠ Tracking
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BuzzMetrics what?

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Provides services to clients for tracking word-of-moth activity across the Internet.

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Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA)

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Resource for learning about the art and science of buzz building

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Corporate advertising definition

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Intended to est. a favourable attitude toward a company as a whole.

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Types of corporate advertising

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♠ Corporate Image Advertising - create favorable predisposition towards the firm. Not designed to influence sales
♠ Advocacy Advertising
♠ Cause-Related Advertising
♠ Green Marketing

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Advocacy Advertising

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Establish an organization’s position on important social or political issues.

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A huge component of PR…

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Is about monitoring and managing what consumers are saying to each other about the brand

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From the PR practitioners perspective…

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The goal of influencer marketing is to help trusted sources take an advocacy position for their brand

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Influencer MKT & Theory (two-step flow of communication) (Katz & Lazarsfeld, 1955)

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  1. Organization - where the message is creates
  2. Opinion leaders - attended by influencers (messages)
  3. Public opinion - opinion leaders then communicate these messages to their social networks. Word-of-mouth matters!
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Professional influencer marketing - brands target experts with hopes of making them advocates.

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‣ Experts have the ability to influence product choices in their area
‣ The process:
• Don’t waste their time
• Encourage expert trial use
• Messaging with experts should focus on benefits
• Must commit long-term; aiming to build trus

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Peer-to-peer influencer MKT - brands target influencers with hopes of making them brand advocates

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♠ WoM - 2 or more consumers share an opinion directly
♠ Buzz - an event or activity that yields excitement associated with brand—leads to publicity
♠ Viral - brand message that spreads quickly and exponentially among consumers (digitally)

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Common objectives of corporate MKT

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  1. Build the image of the firm
  2. Boost employee morale or attract new employees
  3. Communicate an organization’s views
  4. Position the firm’s products against competition
  5. Play a role in integrated brand promotion
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Corporate advertising example

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Deepwater Horizon oil spilli

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Lululemon textbook crisis communications

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♠ Admit your mistake and offer recourse
♠ Laugh at yourself
♠ Keep the media informed
♠ Issue FAQs
♠ Maintain CEO integrity
♠ Keep brand ambassadors happy
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PR definition

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♠ communication efforts that attempt to “foster goodwill between a firm and its many constituent groups.” (O’Guinn et al.)
♠ communication efforts “that help an organization and its publics mutually adapt to each other.” (PRSA, 1982)

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Take home messages about PR

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♠ PR is about relationship maintenance

♠ Public goodwill is the greatest asset any organization can have

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PR practitioners deal with 2 main questions

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  • Which publics are most important now and in the future?

* What do these publics think?

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Types of PR - primary types of public relations

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♠ Media relations
♠ Employee relations 
♠ Financial relations
♠ Corporate relations
♠ Public affairs
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PR (PR vs. Advertising basic differences)

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‣ Focused on the organization
‣ Maintain public goodwill
‣ Addresses more audiences
‣ Focused on long-term image

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ADV (PR vs. Advertising basic differences)

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‣ Focused on the product / service
‣ Create consumer awareness
‣ Addresses fewer audiences
‣ Focused on short(er)-term image

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PR (PR vs. Advertising differences in how they use media)

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‣ Persuade media to give free coverage (“earned media”)
‣ Little control over media message
‣ Can garner more credibility

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ADV (PR vs. Advertising differences in how they use media)

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‣ Buy media coverage
‣ Complete control over media message (for traditional adv)
‣ Not as credible

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Traits of a (good) PR practitioner

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‣ Interpersonally gifted 
‣ Patient and benevolent 
‣ Energetic and dedicated 
‣ Good listener 
‣ Enjoys uncertainty 
‣ Can think on demand 
‣ Prescient 
‣ Life-long learner 
‣ Conflict mediator 
‣ Don’t need constant praise
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A huge component of PR …

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is about managing the many varied perspectives and opinions that surround a brand or organization; it’s about understanding these perspectives, finding common ground, and designing strategic communication that’s derived from that common ground

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Crisis Management - when most people think of PR, they think of CM

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‣ All firms encounter problems; their responses are
critical
• These responses are increasingly critical because the
problems are more visible and more long-lasting in our new media ecosystem
‣ PR practitioners must be ready for crises a priori

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PR practitioners must be ready for crises a priori (Crisis Management) - Good practices

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  • Crisis management teams are formed
  • Crisis plans are in place
  • Spokesperson is identified and prepared
  • Messages are clear, consistent, and factual
  • Response is swift
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In today’s web-enabled world …

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Consumer can talk about brands like never before; public relations practitioners must monitor and co-
manage these discussions

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PR & the Internet - new challenges faced by PR practitioners

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  1. Brands have less control over their messages
  2. Every employee is a spokesperson
  3. Gossip and rumors spread instantly
  4. Dissatisfied customers have power
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Disaster is always nearby …

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Effective PR requires being ready for these crises, even if they never happen

47
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Consumer purchasing behavior is largely driven by…

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interpersonal communication

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2 huge components of PR …

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♠ managing the many varied perspectives and opinions that surround a brand
♠ monitoring and managing what consumers are saying to each other about our brand

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Cause (Types of Corporate Advertising)

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Features a firm’s affiliation with an important social cause

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Green (Types of Corporate Advertising)

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Corporate efforts that embrace a cause or a program in support of the natural environment

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In today’s world …

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PR mistakes can have ripple effects that extend beyond one brand; PR practitioners must preserve their brand’s public image and be mindful of how its public image is connected to those of other
brands

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Key PR problems in Deen’s announcement

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  1. Wrong tone – disingenuous, self-serving, greedy
  2. Forced her talking points
  3. Delivered inappropriate talking points
  4. Woeful lack of knowledge or helpful information
  5. Accusatory and defensive interpersonal communication