For MENA PR managers of multinational services and manufacturing companies. Spend more time crafting the message with this easy template to generate "always on" PR
2. WHAT IS THIS AND WHY?
For MENA PR managers handling blue chip global clients in the professional
services and manufacturing industries (eg IBM, Cisco, Siemens, Kaspersky etc)
Outside of product wins and trade events, it can be difficult to maintain “always
on” PR content. Good PR allows the audience to somewhat peek behind the
curtain, whilst maintaining a carefully crafted but highly relevant message to
each subsegment.
The following is a demonstration of how to very quickly build a content
generation template for your B2B clients, that leaves your team more time to
spend on crafting the message.
3. FOR THE
BRAND
LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY
FOR THE
CUSTOMER
TANGIBLE
WE CAN PROVE IT
BELIEVABLE
WE CAN TRUST IT
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF PR?
Consistent PR must take all sides into account. PR has to serve
both the brand and the customer
(what does it help each of these audiences to achieve?)
4. FOR THE
BRAND
LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY
FOR THE
CUSTOMER
TANGIBLE
WE CAN PROVE IT
BELIEVABLE
WE CAN TRUST IT
HOW? VISIBLE TO ALL VISIBLE TO OUR BUYING AUDIENCE
BRAND EQUITY -
EXPERTISE
BRAND EQUITY -
ETHICS
CONTENT
PILLARS
EVENTS
PUBLIC
INVESTMENT
CLIENT WINS PRODUCT SALES CATEGORY TRENDS IN THE NEWS
If we claim something we need to be able to back it up. Further
details on how we can do that lead us neatly to our content pillars.
These pillars simply tell us what part of the company operation
PR managers should draw content from.
5. FOR THE
BRAND
LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY
FOR THE
CUSTOMER
TANGIBLE
WE CAN PROVE IT
BELIEVABLE
WE CAN TRUST IT
HOW? VISIBLE TO ALL
VISIBLE TO OUR BUYING
AUDIENCE
BRAND EQUITY -
EXPERTISE
BRAND EQUITY -
ETHICS
CONTENT
PILLARS
EVENTS PUBLIC INVESTMENT CLIENT WINS PRODUCT SALES CATEGORY TRENDS IN THE NEWS
ARTICLE
THEMES
Roundup of past
events
Any investment in people
(through training and
development schemes,
including students and
professionals)
New regional client
wins - explained
(Focus on 1 geo -
multiple products)
New product sales
(Focus on 1 product -
multiple sectors / geo)
Talk about regional trends in
[categories]
Reinforcing positive
coverage / mitigating
against negative
coverage - even
addressing events in
different territories.
Calls for future
events
Any investment in
infrastructure (through
building new campus, new
offices, new innovation / R&D
centers)
Talk about digital
transformation of [industry or
Gov], what you're seeing from
an global perspective, and the
role your brand plays in
getting there faster
Further commentary by
brand VP that explains
impact of news story in
commercial terms (to
enterprise)