How to Benefit From Public Relations
With advertising or marketing, you can point to a spike in sales and say that it was caused by the ad you put in the paper or a new marketing campaign. With public relations, it is harder to quantify the benefits of your actions. However, there are a number of advantages your public relations strategy will create.
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Take Advantage of Your Organization's Good Public Relations
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Leverage past goodwill in problem situations. If your organization has maintained good public relations in the past, the public is more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt if you have problems.
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Spread your organization's name through public relations. Consumers are statistically more likely to do business with a company they're familiar with, and if your organization is regularly in the news, your name will be recognizable.
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Associate your organization with good deeds. If your group is responsible for any sort of charitable event, a side benefit will be that you are cast in a better light. Most consumers prefer to support organizations that give back to their communities.
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Create strong ties within the community. At the very least, a public relations campaign gives you a chance to network with members of the local media. However, you'll often have opportunities to network within your local community or other organizations with similar interests.
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Connect with employees on a deeper level than just a paycheck. Your organization's employees will be able to better identify with you, their employer, creating loyalty. You may also be able to convince your employees to be active in your organization's philanthropic efforts. Happy employees also create free public relations as they tell people outside your organization why they're happy.
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Receive promotion from outside sources. Once your public relations campaigns take effect, reporters may approach you as an expert, community groups may approach you for help and your contacts will mention their associations with you as positive. All of these benefits add up to free publicity and only create further positive associations for your organization.
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Tips & Warnings
Good public relations can have a snowball effect, especially as people outside your organization talk to their contacts about the benefits of getting involved with your group.
You may not see a visible benefit from sending out a press release or two. Your organization will have to continuously work on public relations to maintain a positive reputation.
Negative public relations can eliminate these benefits entirely, costing you employee loyalty, name association and networking opportunities.
