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Presentation to PRSA Midwest District Conference, June 19, 2014, in Springfield, Missouri. What role do public relations and media relations play in a world that is becoming increasing disintermediated? This presentation discusses opportunities to rethink our approaches to PR.
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Media Relations in a
Disintermediated World
Andrew Careaga (@andrewcareaga)Missouri University of Science and TechnologyPRSA Midwest District Conference | #prsamdc
June 19, 2014 | Springfield, Missouri
Director of Communications, Missouri University of Science and Technology (@MissouriSandT)
Journalism background Blogger (Higher Ed Marketing –
andrewcareaga.wordpress.com) Twitter fanatic Tweeting about:
#highered#music#stlcards#branding
Supply-chain disintermediation
Supply-chain disintermediation
Remember these days?
Some recent examples…
What does this mean…
… for the news media?
The media, disintermediated?
‘In 2012, a continued erosion of news reporting resources converged with growing opportunities for those in politics, government agencies, companies and others to take their messages directly to the public.’
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism“State of the News Media 2013”
To paraphrase the famous words of Pogo …
THEY
MEDIA
Six emerging media trends
1. Online-only news organizations
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”
Six emerging media trends
2. Emerging (but small) revenue streams
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”
Six emerging media trends
3. Social and mobile influence
39% of online news consumers use 2 or more devices to access news
20% say their smartphone is their primary news access point
Mobile is the “second digital revolution”
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, “Digital News Report 2014”
Six emerging media trends
4. Digital storytelling
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”
Six emerging media trends
5. Television joint operating agreements
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”
Six emerging media trends
6. Demographics
Pew Research Center, Project for Excellence in Journalism, “State of the News Media 2014”
It was never about the media
The “mass” media were the quickest way to reach massive numbers of people
supposed to be
The goal got lost somehow and it became about the media and the clips
We are finally coming back to the core purpose of outreach
Marketing > advertising PR > just mainstream
audiences You are what you publish Authenticity, not spin Participation, not
propaganda ‘The Internet has made
public relations public again’
From The New Rules of Marketing & PR,David Meerman Scott
The rules have changed
Source: HubSpot, 101 Awesome Marketing Quotes (www.hubspot.com/101-marketing-quotes/)
‘Although many traditional journalists and media outlets see these new kinds of platforms as competition, they should be seeing them as an opportunity, a potential new model that could not only support existing forms of journalism but broaden the pool of potential talent.’
Consumers are: Side-stepping institutions (like the news media) Making – not just consuming Taking back their time (on-demand viewing)
gamechangers.wolffolins.com/
Think like a media organization
‘From a brand point of view, what this means is rather than piggybacking on this really powerful brand with a huge built-in audience [i.e., television], we need to look for opportunities to engage by creating our own content. Thinking like a media company, not like an advertiser.’
David L. Rogers, author of The Network Is Your Customer
Thinking like a media organization
Clearly identify audiences and goals Create, publish and repurpose stories Create our own distribution channels
(including the news media) Leverage social media Welcome Encourage participation
and user-generated content Curate and aggregate content
Identify audiences and goals
Who is (are) the audience(s)? Segment and prioritize It’s OK if the news media is one
What do you want to tell them? Clear messages Add value Repeat, repeat, repeat
How do you want them to respond?How will you measure success?
Create, publish and repurpose
Create, publish and repurpose
Create distribution channels
Create Use existing channels
‘A NEW scripted
comedy served
fresh by
Subway!’
Leverage social media
Involve your own networks … 50% share or repost news 46% discuss news issues or events via
social media … but reach beyond your corporate
channels Leverage influencers Retweet or repost coverage
Social media sharing tips
Numbers matter Bigger and louder works – to a point Beware “link fatigue” Sharing videos more effective on Facebook
than Twitter Click-through rates are higher on weekends It isn’t all about us Use combined relevance Help your audience look coolSource: Dan Zarrella, “The Science of Social Media” (smsci.danzarrella.com)
Encourage participationMake content: Easy to share Relevant to your customers An answer to WIIFM
Encourage participationAlso: Consider incentives or contests Measure effectiveness
Curate and aggregate
Content curation vs. creation?
Become an information resource
Establish credibility, expertise and trust
Encourage sharing
Content curation tips
Identify your topic(s) Follow the thought leaders Draw from a variety of sources Add your own commentary Retitle your content Quote short excerpts Credit and link to your sources Encourage sharing
Via Hootsuite (blog.hootsuite.com/successful-content-curation)
But what does this all mean…
for media relations?
What if PR gets disintermediated?
Adding value to the media
Share your organization’s expertise Don’t waste reporters’ time Rethink meaning of “media” in a
new, interconnected media ecosystem
Rethinking ‘media’
‘The conventional – journalistic – interpretation holds that a medium is a carrier of something. … To a biologist … a medium is a mixture of nutrients needed for cell growth.
‘It seems to me that this is a useful metaphor for thinking about human society; it portrays our social system as a living organism that depends on a media environment for the nutrients it needs to survive and develop.’
John Naughton, From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet
The new media ecosystem
Think like a media organization
Amplify via social Think more broadly
about “news” Republish media
coverage Gather and curate
Thanks!
Andrew CareagaTwitter: @andrewcareaga
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