The TRUTH in Business Communitaion

The TRUTH In Business Communication

ŠKIS Slovenia 2013

Kelly Pereira

Public Relations Consultant

Agenda

•Business Communication –Public Relations overview –Forget the Boarders –Complete Communication Strategy and Importance

•Prepare for success –Operate On-line –Know your goal –Where will you be in 2 years?

–How To Stand Out – Developing Your UNIQUE Capacities –The Grow Model –Know your benefits & audience –The importance of selling & continously LEARN

The TRUTH in Business Communication

Kelly Pereira | Public Relations Consultant Slovenia - 2013 - ŠKIS

Business Communication What Is It?

What does it mean?



Business Communication - The Areas of Focus

•Corporate Communication

•Internal Communication

•External Communication

•Marketing

•Public Relations •Digital Communication

•Communication for the Public Interest



Public Relations •Started as Publicity & Press Agents - With the development of mass media. Early PR firms combated the bad press by placing positive stories about their clients in newspapers. (more definitions)

•What is said

“Public relations is the management function that establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships between an organization and the public on whom its success or failure depends.” (Broom, 2009) •What is seen (market perspective) PR means "Using the news or business press to carry positive stories about your company or your products; cultivating a good relationship with local press representatives“ equals Publicity (Entrepreneur.com, 01)



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Public Relations Public Relations Sub-Disciplines (read more)

• Corporate Communication

• Internal Communication

• Publicity

• Investors Relations

• Financial Communication

• Lobbying

• Public Issues

• Media Relations

• Community Relations

• Issues Management

• Crises Management

• Digital Communication

• Communication for the Public

Interest

(White & Mazur, 1995 ; Wilcox, Cameron & Xifra , 2006)



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Business Communication




•Marketing









•Marketing





Business Communication •It is Communication Strategy (should always be aligned with the Business Strategy of the Company) •The main questions are:

–Where am I?

–Where do I want to go?

–What do I need to do to get there?

•How?

–Set SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time based.

–What do you want to achieve (intention)?

–Who do you want to achieve (proportion)?

–When (short term & long term deadline)?




•Act –Specific audiences demand specific tactics –In specific channels –At a specific time

•Evaluate –At all times –Evaluate in the beginning, adjust and make corrections –Evaluate the outcome of the adjustments and re-adjust again

–Analyze the evolution and the outcome of the strategy



Case Study Exercise



Prepare for Success

LEARN THIS OR DIE A SLOW DEATH (PROFESSIONALLY, THAT IS…)



Prepare for success

•Competitive market •Specialization •Fast speed reality

•New ways of communicating



Prepare for success

•Competitive market •Specialization •Fast speed reality

•New ways of communicating

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD?



Operate On-line

•Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Linked-In

are the main mediums

Linked-In is the social

Media of choice for Financial Business Professionals.



Operate On-line



Operate On-line

•Linked-In –Perfect your profile

–It’s about them, not about you –Ask for recommendations –Request Introductions –Send In-Messages –Be active in various related groups –Follow companies / job offers –Upgrade your account and get profile organizers, industry information



KNOW Your Goals

•Where will you be in 2 years? –Is this goal realistic?

–What is the level of intent (How bad you want this?) –Are you ready to commit to everything required?

–Are you willing to give up on everything that it takes to make it happen?

–Know exactly what you want –Make a commitment –Move towards it –Change accordingly



KNOW Your Goals

•How can you stand out from the crowd?

–What makes you different?

–What is UNIQUE about you?

–Where do you excel in?

–What characteristics do you have that makes you stand out / grabs attention?



KNOW Your Goals

•The GROW model

•What is your goal/ What is it that you want to achieve?

–When do you want to achieve it by?

–What if you had all the time in the world?

–What is stopping you from doing it? –When will you take action?



KNOW Your Goals

•Know your benefits

–Think about 20 benefits that you offer –Narrow it to 3 benefits, to pitch yourself / your product or service

–What is your client’s pain NOW?

–What pain will you eliminate?



KNOW Your Goals •Know your audience

–Age Range

–Sex

–Profession

–Level of Education

–Interests/Hobbies –Race

–Reading Habits –Buying Habits ...



KNOW Your Goals

•The Importance of Selling

–Interview, product, service – We are always selling something

–Journalists need to sell their story

–Lawyers needs to sell their services –Restaurants/Stores need customers –Promoters need media presence for events



KNOW Your Goals

•Continuously LEARN

–Constantly expand your knowledge, DAILY! –Build your own library

–Discover your areas of expertise. Be THE BEST at it! –Correct/resolve weaknesses –Go the extra mile



Thank you!

@KellygPereira

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www.kellypereira.eu



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•Where is Kelly Pereira?



http://about.me/gpereira.kelly

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https://twitter.com/KellygPereira

http://www.lomography.com/homes/kellypereira

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75909593@N02/

http://www.slideshare.net/KellyPereira1

Recommended Reading Gladwell, M. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big

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Holmes , C. (2007). The ultimate sales machine: Turbocharge your business

with relentless focus on 12 key strategies . New York: Portfolio Trade.

Hopkins , T. (1998). Sales prospecting for dummies. Hoboken: John Wiley

& Sons, Inc.

Hopkins , T. (2005). How to master the art of selling . New York: Hachette

Book Group.

Hopkins , T., & Kench , B. (2007). Selling for dummies . Hoboken: John Wiley

& Sons, Inc.

Tracy, B. (2013). Eat that frog!: Get more of the important things done - today!.

London: Hodder & Stuoghton.



References Broom, G. M. (2009) Cutlip & Center’s effective public relations. 10ª Edição.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Entrepreneur.com. (01, 01 13). Public relations. Retrieved

from http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/public-relations

White, J., Mazur, L. (1995) Strategic Communications Management –

Making Public Relations Work. Singapore: Addison-Wesley

Publishing Company.

Wilcox, D. L., Cameron, G. T., Xifra, J. (2006) Relaciones Públicas –

Estrategias y Tácticas. 8ª Edição. Madrid: Pearson Educación. pp. 1-89.



http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/public-relations

