23 Nov 2009

Public Relations skills for the FUTURE

Marketing and public relations are coming together. PR is growing as an industry while "traditional" advertising - what ever that is - remains flat. Still, we have taken no new ground in 'measurement' and articulating the tremendous ROI of PR.



13 Skills of the PR Pro of the Future
  1. Create integrated marketing and communications strategy
  2. Deploy live 'listening posts' online and offline
  3. Design and deploy an advanced search engine optimisation program
  4. Plan and run a new media relations program inclusive of head-of-the-tail and long tail "media"
  5. Identify & engage with influencers online and offline
  6. Manage communities
  7. Integrate new technologies into their own lives
  8. Model measurement and performance metrics including new "engagement" metrics
  9. Run quick pilot programs  and evaluate on-the-fly
  10. Train staff and clients continuously
  11. Participate in conversations, not just 'messaging'
  12. Create and execute content strategy including video programming (hifi and lowfi)
  13. Use digital crisis management 
 Source: johnbell.typepad.com

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