MAKING INBOUND PR HAPPEN
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1 MAKING INBOUND PR HAPPEN Iliyana Stareva Global Partner Program Author of Inbound PR
2 1 2 3 Why Is PR Broken? How Can Inbound Help? How To Do Inbound PR?
3 ILIYANA STAREVA 1 Global Partner Program Manager at HubSpot Consulted and Helped over 200 HubSpot Partner Agencies Grow their Businesses Author of Inbound PR: The PR Agency s Manual to Transforming Your Business with Inbound WHAT IS PR?
4 1 WHY WHAT IS IS PR PR? BROKEN?
5 PUBLIC RELATIONS IS A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PROCESS THAT BUILDS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR PUBLICS. PRSA, PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
6 ADVERTISING IS SAYING YOU RE GOOD. PR IS GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO SAY YOU RE GOOD. Jean-Louis Gassee
7 PR = MEDIA RELATIONS
8 PR SHOULDN T BE JUST MEDIA RELATIONS! THE MEDIA HAS EVOLVED, PR SHOULD TOO
9 BRANDS HAVE TOO MANY STAKEHOLDERS
10 WE ARE ALL INFLUENCERS NOW
11 IS PR STARTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE RELEVANT, VALUE-ADDING CONVERSATIONS?
12 TRADITIONAL PR IS OUTBOUND Because it interrupts. It doesn t attract.
13 "PR SHOULD REINVENT ITSELF; WE ARE STILL ROOTED IN CONVENTIONAL WAYS OF THINKING. IF WE DON T DO IT, WE WILL DIE OUT LIKE DINOSAURS." IWONA SARACHMAN, PR DIRECTOR AT AMREST SP. ZO.O.
14 21 HOW WHAT CAN IS PR? INBOUND HELP?
15 PR PEOPLE EXCEL AT CONTENT
16 PR PEOPLE SUCK AT MEASUREMENT
17 The Inbound Methodology
18 SHHH! CONNECTING THE DOTS IN PROGRESS
19 INBOUND + PR =
20 INBOUND PR Combining PR s biggest strength and biggest challenge CONTENT & MEASUREMENT
21 INBOUND MARKETING INBOUND PR Blogs SEO Social Publishing Press Releases Forms Calls-to-Action Landing Pages Newsroom Media Leads Social Events Exclusives Publisher s Social Sharing Inbound Links Contextual Marketing Social Monitoring Repeat Publisher s
22 31 HOW WHAT TO IS DO PR? INBOUND PR?
23 8 Steps to Starting with Inbound PR Set Your Goals Nail Your Stakeholder Personas Define their Journey Create a Content Plan Promote Your Content Do Inbound Media Relations Nurture Your Media Leads Measure Results
24 Set Your Goals
25 WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? HOW MUCH OF THIS IS PR GOING TO HELP US WITH?
26 Nail Your Stakeholder Personas
27 ALWAYS DO YOUR RESEARCH
28 Buyer Persona Who are our ideal customers that are going to be interested in our content? What does a day in their life look like? How do they prefer to be reached? Media Persona Who are the journalists, bloggers, YouTubers etc. that have an interested in us? What does a day in their life look like? How do they prefer to be contacted?
29 Buyer Persona How do they do research when making a buying decision? What are they looking for when making buying decisions and what do they worry about? What challenges do they face when making buying decisions? Media Persona How do they do research when writing a story? What are they looking for when working on a story and what do they write about? What challenges do they face when working on a story?
30 Define Your Stakeholder Journey
31 The Buyer s vs Media s Journey Awareness Consideration Decision Buyer Persona I have a problem I m researching solutions I m picking a brand or top solution to solve my problem Media Persona I need to write a story I m researching ideas I m picking my story and brands or influencers for it
32 Create a Content Plan
33 Always start with your persona Define questions and keywords at Answer those questions with Put things out there with Blog Posts Awareness Content offer Press Releases Newsroom Blog Posts Persona Consideration Content offer Press Releases Newsroom Blog Posts Decision Content offer Press Releases Newsroom
34 Promote Your Content
35 THERE S WAY TOO MUCH NOISE It doesn t matter how awesome your content is, no one is going to consume it if you don t put it in front of their faces.
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37 Do Inbound Media Relations
38 Do Your Research First Get Creative with Your Outreach Don t Be Spammy or Overdo it Create Remarkable Content Use Emotion Over Structure Don t Forget Your Owned Media Make it Easy to Reach You Share their Content 8 Steps for Inbound Media Relations
39 AN INBOUND PR NEWSROOM IS THE MEDIA S GO-TO RESOURCE
40 Press Releases Recent coverage Research, studies & whitepapers High-quality visuals, images & logos Interviews & videos with important company people Podcasts & webinars Executive bios & company awards PR contact details Search & sort function and subscribe options Inbound PR Newsroom By-line or guest/contributed pieces Product/service info, factsheets & guides Case studies & testimonials Events & speaking engagements (past & future) Online media kit, incl. company info & FAQ Investor & financial information Blog/RSS feed & social profiles/streams
41 Nurture Your Media Leads
42 LEAD NURTURING CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS Source: ConvergeHub
43 Measure Results
44 JUST USE THE DATA. IT S THERE!
45 Prowly.com
46 PLAN WITH OUTCOMES IN MIND, NOT OUTPUTS AMEC Interactive Integrated Evaluation Framework
47 INBOUND PR IS A MINDSET CHANGE
48 3 Takeaways 1. PR requires a new approach 2. Inbound PR allows you to do remarkable and measurable PR 3. There are 8 key steps to doing Inbound PR but it all goes back to your goals and how you measure them
49 THANK YOU. QUESTIONS?
50 Iliyana Stareva Global Partner Program