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The 5 minor communication skills that make a major difference
If you’re heading up a cost centre, managing a department or overseeing an entire business, then it’s safe to say you’ve got sound business acumen and likely a strong education or experiential background that’s helped you get to where you are today.
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What to budget for marketing and public relations in the new financial year forecast
Most companies and organisations already have an established marketing budget, but when this cost centre can incorporate a good 20 or 30 different marketing and public relations tactics, then it’s important to start allocating your funds accordingly so you maximise your spend and get the best ROI.
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The value of an opinion told well
In PR, we work with brands day in and day out, with our strategy underpinned by how we can raise awareness of our client’s brand, usually through profiling a company spokesperson, product or service via media or through other stakeholder channels.
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Using Facebook advertising to grow your brand
With over 15,000,000 monthly users in Australia alone, Facebook is an online channel for businesses to reach their customers in a way that didn’t exist 15 years ago. With almost everybody having access to the internet - whether through a mobile phone, tablet, watch or computer – businesses have the opportunity to connect with their audiences like never before.
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The Importance of Voice, Tone and Style
Growing up, we often hear the phrase ‘it’s not what you say, but how you say it that really matters’. Fast forward to the digital era of public relations and this phrase has never been more relevant in the age of digital technology. Brand identity is made up of voice, tone and style – often these are used interchangeably to achieve different communication goals for your brand.
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The process behind a successful EDM
Electronic Direct Mail (EDM) is one of the key marketing tools that companies and brands can use to directly connect with their stakeholders on a personal level. EDM campaigns can either be used to interact with internal members or to external corporate members and potential customers. EDMs are crafted to generate brand awareness, create traffic, increase new sales or leads, and provide the business an opportunity to grow by keeping communication lines open and transparent to stakeholders with updates, announcements, and offers they can easily access.
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The difference between an issue and a crisis
When turbulence strikes your organisation, it can be easy to misinterpret the situation as a crisis. Any matter that is out of the ordinary to every day operations can feel like a crisis, when often it is an issue that can, with the correct management, avoid escalation into a full-blown crisis.From a communications viewpoint, it’s essential to correctly identify the situation, as crises and issues are dealt with in different ways.
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The one low cost marketing tactic businesses often overlook
Your marketing strategy (Don’t have one? Chat to us!) likely has social media tactics, advertising budgets and seasonal campaigns planned for the year ahead, but it could be missing an easy, low cost activity that can reap long term benefits.
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Measuring the value of events – Is there a ROI?
Return on Investment (ROI) plays a key role in measuring the success of an event, and hiring a good event planner can help achieve this added value. Measuring the outcome of an event is a key objective that organisations will ask prior to approving. This raises the question on what clients actually benefit from by organising an event, and if there is actually a ROI.
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The PR agency of today – how the industry is evolving and what it means for clients!
It’s been more than 50 years since the era of Mad Men’s Hershey’s and Heinz campaigns, where advertising agencies and press offices were sought primarily for branding and reputation management through print, radio and television media. Part of what made this acclaimed television series so watchable, was the fascinating insight into agency life in its infancy.
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