What Is Public Relations?
Before you ask, the title of this post is grammatically correct. “Public Relations” is now a recognized field of study, employment and specialization, which is used to help companies expand their customer bases through methods other than traditional advertising.
Public relations, commonly referred to as PR, is the entire process of creating and maintaining a brand’s reputation with the public. The primary task of a PR professional is to ensure that a company’s central message gets across to its target audience.
PR can be used by anyone – individual, small business or corporate. The student lobbying for a classmate’s attention is engaging in PR, just as a presidential candidate campaigning for success is. It’s just that the methods used by the two will widely differ, as is appropriate given their differing target audience, scale and circumstances.
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