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www.tomorrow-people.com Creating a unified PR Strategy Brand awareness, a cohesive brand identity, increased web traffic and revenue can all be accomplished when your PR strategy is aligned with your content marketing – here’s how!

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Brand awareness, a cohesive brand identity, increased web traffic and revenue can all be accomplished when your PR strategy is aligned with your content marketing – here’s how!

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Creating a unified PR StrategyBrand awareness, a cohesive brand identity, increased web traffic and

revenue can all be accomplished when your PR strategy is aligned with your content marketing – here’s how!

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Ensuring your content marketing and PR is aligned is important because:

1. It creates a unified voice for your company.

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Ensuring your content marketing and PR is aligned is important because:

1. It creates a unified voice for your company.

2. Both disciplines need each other to create an impact.

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Ensuring your content marketing and PR is aligned is important because:

1. It creates a unified voice for your company.

2. Both disciplines need each other to create an impact.

3. It works - the average website conversion for companies with defined

processes is more than twice that of companies without.

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Ensuring your content marketing and PR is aligned is important because:

1. It creates a unified voice for your company.

2. Both disciplines need each other to create an impact.

3. It works - the average website conversion for companies with defined

processes is more than twice that of companies without.

Making the unified voice a reality is easy if you follow these four steps…

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Step 1: Create a vision statementA vision statement should outline what your company wants to be. Having a shared vision will:

Help employees set goals to advance your company.

Motivate and empower employees.

Inspire your customers.

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Step 1: Create a vision statementA vision statement should outline what your company wants to be. Having a shared vision will:

Start the process by asking yourself these questions:

Help employees set goals to advance your company.

Motivate and empower employees.

Inspire your customers.

“What do we do – and for whom?”

“How do we excel?”

“What do our customers and

other stakeholders value most about our company?”

“How do we measure our

success?”

“What is our ideal future?”

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Step 2: Create a content plan

56% of marketers are

doing content marketing without a plan - don’t be

one of them!

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Step 2: Create a content plan

To create a content plan you need to:

Identify your personas.

Understand what content gaps are missing.

Create content ideas and an editorial calendar.

Have a publishing process, which ensures content is of a consistent quality and on-tone.

Understand how to distribute your content.

56% of marketers are

doing content marketing without a plan - don’t be

one of them!

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Step 3: Plan your PR strategyYou’ve got your vision statement, some unique content to promote, but now what? Well you need a

PR strategy, which should include:

A summary of the challenges you’re facing and what you want to achieve from the campaign.

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Step 3: Plan your PR strategyYou’ve got your vision statement, some unique content to promote, but now what? Well you need a

PR strategy, which should include:

A summary of the challenges you’re facing and what you want to achieve from the campaign.

How you will achieve the goals including the tactics you will use.

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Step 3: Plan your PR strategyYou’ve got your vision statement, some unique content to promote, but now what? Well you need a

PR strategy, which should include:

A summary of the challenges you’re facing and what you want to achieve from the campaign.

How you will achieve the goals including the tactics you will use.

What types of people you want to target.

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Step 3: Plan your PR strategyYou’ve got your vision statement, some unique content to promote, but now what? Well you need a

PR strategy, which should include:

A summary of the challenges you’re facing and what you want to achieve from the campaign.

How you will achieve the goals including the tactics you will use.

What types of people you want to target.

The publications, websites and social media platforms that you will target during the campaign.

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Step 3: Plan your PR strategyYou’ve got your vision statement, some unique content to promote, but now what? Well you need a

PR strategy, which should include:

A summary of the challenges you’re facing and what you want to achieve from the campaign.

How you will achieve the goals including the tactics you will use.

What types of people you want to target.

The publications, websites and social media platforms that you will target during the campaign.

An action plan for who does what and when.

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Step 4: Two becomes one!To work successfully together, departments must share plans -

communication is key to making it a success.

Repurpose content

Share resources

Share successes

Release conflicting messages

Use different tones and styles

Duplicate work

Do: Don’t:

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Combine content marketing and PR to tell your brand story to increase lead generation.

Increase lead generation with PR and content marketing

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