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The Importance of Public Relations in Marketing

SmartBug Media

In large organizations, public relations (PR) and marketing often operate as separate functions. Media relations can be used to boost marketing efforts through sharing and promoting earned coverage or posting press releases on their channels to announce new products, services, or initiatives.

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Why Most B2B Companies Don’t Use Earned Media (Public Relations)

Marketing Craftmanship

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars.

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5 Ways to Boost and Improve Public Relations

Navigate the Channel

The way you and your company relate to the public is crucial to its success. Understanding the need for public relations – and that engaging in public relations is not an option – is a primary factor in the success of many businesses. Understanding there is no uniform general “public” is also not an option.

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Marketing vs. Public Relations

BenchmarkONE

Marketing and Public Relations are often lumped into one. Whereas, public relations is defined as “the professional maintenance of a favorable public image by a company or other organization or a famous person.”. Marketing-Related Tasks. PR-Related Tasks. Building Campaigns. Buying Advertising.

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How Public Relations Can Help With Blog Content Creation

SmartBug Media

You’ve heard this before and will continue to hear it: When it comes to blogging, quality content is key. In order for a company’s blog to be successful, marketers must consistently generate new, compelling, and informative posts. One source for blog content creation that you might not have thought of is public relations.

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How to Approach Public Relations and Marketing During a Recession

SmartBug Media

When it comes to marketing and public relations during a recession, the same holds true. Once you have a better idea of the big-picture goals, then you can determine how marketing and public relations can help you achieve them. With that information in mind, what goals do you want to reach over the next year?

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Three Creative Ways to Amplify and Elevate Your B2B Public Relations Tactics 

Launch Marketing

Public relations (PR) can be a challenge to some B2B marketers who get caught up in the mainstream of typical media relations and interactions with the public. While this is still important, B2B public relations tactics have slightly shifted focus to include things beyond sales-focused intentions.