My response to A Good PR Consultant Needs to Understand Business bySara Benwell, originally posted on the Huffington Post. In recent years, there has been a large amount of discussion about the future of public relations. Ask anyone outside of the communications function what “PR is” and they will likely give you a vague definition of media relations: … Continue reading
Myth #1: PR equals press releases Myth #2: Effective PR can replace the efforts of a sales team Myth #3: Using PR, my company will become famous overnight Myth #4: PR is cheap Myth #5: PR is easy so I’ll just do it myself* The bottom line? Public relations professionals will face far more challenging … Continue reading