Transcript The Public Relations Process

Chapter 15
Promoting
Products:
Public
Relations and
Sales
Promotion
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“There are many misconceptions
about public relations. One of the
most widespread is that it’s easy”
-Peter Celliers
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Chapter Objectives
• Understand the different public relations
activities
• Understand the public relations process
• Know how the different PR tools are
used
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Chapter Objectives
• Implement a crisis management
program in a hospitality business
• Discuss the growth and purpose of
sales promotion, setting objectives, and
selecting consumer promotion tools
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Public Relations
• Creating a positive image and customer
preference through third-party endorsement
• PR is experiencing explosive growth
• Offers a way to distinguish your company’s
products from another
• Marketing and PR are becoming increasingly
linked
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Major PR Activates
• Press Relations
• Product Publicity
• Corporate Communications
• Lobbying
• Counseling
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Press Relations
• The aim of press relations is to place
newsworthy information into the news
media to attract attention to a person,
product, or service
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Product Publicity
• Various efforts to publicize specific products
• Assists in new product launch
• Assists in product repositioning
• Creates interest in a product category
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Corporate Communications
• Involves communications with internal and
external customers
• Promotes understanding of the organization
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Lobbying
• Dealing with legislators and government
officials to promote or defeat legislation and
regulation
• Large companies employ their own lobbyists
• Small companies lobby through local trade
associations
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Counseling
• Advising management about public issues
and company positions and image
• Important when involving special interests
• Example: Water scarcity and the mirage in
Las Vegas
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Publicity
• Secures editorial space, as opposed to paid
space, in print and broadcast media to
promote a product or a service
• Influences specific target groups
• Defends products against public problems
• Builds the corporate image
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The Public Relations Process
1. Research
2. Establishing marketing objectives
• Builds awareness
• Builds credibility
• Stimulates the sales force and channel
intermediaries
• Lowers promotional costs
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The Public Relations Process
3. Defining the Target Audience
4. Choosing the PR Message and
Vehicles
5. Implementing the Marketing PR Plan
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The Public Relations Process
6. Evaluating PR Results
•
Exposures
•
Awareness/Comprehension/Attitude
Change
•
Sales-and-Profit Contribution
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Major Tools in Marketing PR
• Publications
• Speeches
• Events
• Public Service
Activities
• News
• Identity Media
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PR Opportunities for the
Hospitality Industry
• Individual Properties
– Single hotels, tour operators, B&Bs
– They can seldom afford advertising
• Build PR around the Owner/Operator
– Owner sometimes is the face of the
product
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PR Opportunities for the
Hospitality Industry
• Build PR around Location
– Turn poor locations into advantages
– Isolation and obscurity can be a PR
tactic
• Build PR around a Product or Service
– Emphasize unique services
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Crisis Management
•
Take all precautions to prevent
negative events from occurring
•
When a crisis does occur
– Appoint a spokesperson
– Contact the firm’s PR agency
– Notify the press and keep them updated
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Sales-Promotion Objectives
• Increase short-term sales
• Help build long-term market share
• Entice consumers to try a new product
• Lure consumers away from competitors
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Sales-Promotion Objectives
• Hold and reward loyal customers
• Building stronger customer relations
• Obtaining new accounts
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Sales-Promotion Tools
• Samples
• Premiums
• Coupons
• Point-of-Purchase
Displays
• Packages
• Patronage Rewards
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• Contests,
Sweepstakes, and
Games
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Developing the Sales
Promotion Program
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Decide on the size of the incentive
Set the conditions for participation
Decide how to promote and distribute
Set promotion dates
Decide on the sales promotion budget
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Before and After
• Pre-test to determine if they are
appropriate and of the right incentive
size
• Evaluate the results against the
objectives of the program
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Local Store Marketing
• Also called “area” or “neighborhood”
marketing
• A low-cost, hands-on effort to take advantage
of all opportunities in immediate training area
• School tours, product tastings, coupons
• Cause-related marketing/charities
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