This document discusses public relations, regulations, and sponsorship programs. It defines PR as focusing on managing communications with stakeholders rather than just customers. PR aims to get exposure by working with internal stakeholders like employees and external stakeholders like the media and community. PR events can be altruistic by helping employees or cause-related by tying marketing to charity. PR also involves damage control through crisis management or responding to negative publicity. Government regulates unfair marketing practices. Sponsorship marketing involves paying to sponsor groups to enhance brand image and visibility while event marketing sponsors entire events.
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2. Public Relations (PR) Definitions
PR Department: unit in the firm that manages
items related to publicity and communications
with all the groups that make contact with a
company.
PR focuses on stakeholders whereas typical
marketing functions primary focus is usually on
customers.
PR firms often focus on getting hits (exposure
count)
3. Types of PR Stakeholders
Stakeholder: person or group that has a
vested interest in the organizations well-
being, such as:
Profits paid as stock dividends
Loan repayments received by a lending
institution
Sales to the company or purchases made by
the company
Community well being
Special Interest topic
5. PR: External Stakeholders
Channel Members
Customers
Media
Local Community
Financial Community
Government
Special-interest Groups
6. PR Events
Altruistic
Things provided to employees and other internal stakeholders,
e.g.: flowers, fruit baskets, employee rehab programs, child
care, purchase discounts
Cause-Related
When marketing program is tied into some form of charity work
so as to gain:
Additional customers
Increased profits
Build consumer goodwill
Better relations with government
Reduced chances of lawsuits (risk mitigation)
Green
Development and promotion of products that are
environmentally safe
7. PR: DAMAGE CONTROL
Reactive
Crisis management (accept blame and apologize or
refute)
Apology
Response to Negative Publicity (impression
management)
Proactive
Entitlings attempts to claim responsibility for
positive outcome events.
Enhancements attempt to increase the desirable
outcome of an event in the eyes of the public.
8. REGULATIONS
Unfair and Deceptive Marketing Practices
(when):
A substantial number of people or the reasonable
person is left with a false impression or
misrepresentation related to the product
The misrepresentation induces the reasonable
person(s) to make a purchase
Puffery
Exaggerated claim without overt attempt to decieve
Gov. Agencies CRTC and Health Canada
9. Sponsorship Marketing
When a company pays money to sponsor
someone or some group that is participating in
an activity.
Used to:
Enhance a companys image
Increase visibility (exposure)
Differentiate
Showcase specific goods or services (Buzz
marketing)
Develop closer relationships with prospective or
current customers
Unload excess inventory
10. Event Marketing
Similar to sponsorship except that rather
than supporting any one person, group or
team, an entire specific event is
sponsored.