A PR campaign is a strategic series of messages sent over a discrete period of time to target audiences in response to an organizational situation. The goals and techniques of public relations are applied systematically through appropriate media mixes to accomplish corporate objectives like informing, persuading, and mobilizing public opinion. Key differences between advertising and PR campaigns are that advertising directly promotes sales while PR campaigns aim to create a favorable environment for services, products, or ideas.

1. PR Campaign

2. Meaning of Campaign
 Derived from the French word “Campagne” meaning ‘open
country’.
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3. What is Campaign?
 A campaign is the strategic design of a series of
messages sent to one or more targeted populations
for a discrete period of time in response to a positive
or negative situation affecting the organization.
 PR has to adopt a campaign approach to achieve
organization in a scientific manner.

4. Definition of PR Campaign?
> When the principals, techniques and media of public
relations are applied in a campaign approach to
accomplish a particular goal or goals of an organization, it
is termed as PR Campaign.
> Multimedia PR Campaign: as a planned and action-
oriented public relations programme based on a judicious
media-mix aimed at persuading the target audience in
accomplishing set corporate objectives.
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5. Types of Campaign
1. Commercial Campaign
2. Advertising Campaign
3. Marketing Campaign
4. Poverty Eradication Campaign
5. Political Campaign
6. Social Issue Campaign
7. Health Education Campaign
8. Family Planning Campaign
9. Small Saving Campaign
10. Public Relations Campaign
10.1: Media Relations
10.2: Employee Relations
10.3: Shareholders or Investors Relations
10.4: Customer Relations
10.5: Dealers and Suppliers Relations
10.6: Stakeholders Relations
10.7: Public Awareness Campaign
10.8: Public Education Campaign
10.9: Public Information Campaign
10.*: Advocacy Campaign
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6. Aim of PR Campaign
 To inform and create awareness
 To persuade, educate and motivate
 To mobilize public opinion towards ideas and actions
 To utilize appropriate media and methods in reaching the
target audiences.
 To give results by implementing the programmes.

7. Ad Campaign v. PR Campaign
 Ad Campaign promotes sales
 PR Campaign aims at the services, products or ideas by
creating a favorable environment.