PR s Only True Measure
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PR’s True Measure
Title:
PR’s True Measure
Summary:
Managers must positively influence the behaviors of their key external audiences to achieve their objectives.
Keywords:
public relations, perception, persuasion, opinion, behavior, communications, publicity
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Article Body:
While you can measure specific outcomes from PR tactics like events, brochures, or press releases, the true measure lies in evaluating strategic efforts to change perceptions among key audiences, resulting in behavior change that supports managerial goals.
Managers must proactively plan strategies to positively influence those external audiences that most impact their operations. This means persuading these groups to align with the organization’s goals, enabling success for departments, divisions, or subsidiaries.
However, intentions alone aren’t enough to change the perceptions of key audiences. A well-crafted plan is essential to ensure the entire PR team works cohesively towards influencing external behaviors, keeping the PR efforts sharply focused.
The foundation of such a plan is realizing that people act based on their perceptions of facts. By shaping these perceptions?"reaching and persuading individuals whose behaviors impact the organization?"PR objectives are met.
Visible results can include increased showroom traffic, strategic partnerships, repeat customers, membership growth, and attention from potential investors or partners.
Effective managers identify which key external audiences affect their objectives positively or negatively and prioritize them accordingly. Understanding how these audiences perceive the organization is crucial. If hiring expensive surveys isn’t feasible, managers and PR teams can gather and analyze perception data themselves.
Interacting with external audiences to ask about their familiarity and experiences with the organization can reveal misconceptions, false assumptions, or damaging rumors that need correction to prevent negative behaviors.
The next step involves setting a clear public relations goal to adjust specific perceptions, addressing misinformation or inaccuracies.
A PR goal without a strategy is ineffective. It’s essential to choose the right strategy?"creating new perceptions, changing existing ones, or reinforcing favorable opinions?"matching the strategy to the goal.
Crafting a compelling message to alter audience perceptions is crucial. The message should be clear about what needs correction, supported by truth and logical reasoning to convince and engage the target audience.
Communication tactics play a vital role. These tactics must effectively convey your persuasive message to the key audiences. Options include letters to the editor, press releases, speeches, media interviews, facility tours, or customer briefings. Selecting tactics with a proven track record of reaching your audience is key.
Enhancing communication efforts by increasing tactics or their frequency can accelerate results.
Regularly monitoring audience perceptions through feedback loops will inform whether communication strategies are shifting perceptions. Look for signs of progress, using similar questions from initial assessments to measure change.
Focusing on the core principle?"persuading important external audiences to embrace the organization’s perspective and motivating them to take supportive actions?"ensures effective PR strategies.
Ultimately, by measuring not only tactical outcomes like event attendance or press coverage, but by strategically altering perceptions to influence behaviors, you’ll uncover the true measure of public relations success.
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