The difference between PR and advertising. Helping students decide.

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A simplistic overview of the difference between PR and advertising and the ways in which the two are actually bleeding into each other's territory. Presentation for freshman and sophomores at BU's College of Communication.

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Advertising or PR?

Once it was easy to tell the difference.

TV commercialsPrint ads

Outdoor ads

Press conferencesAnnual reports

Speeches

Advertising Public Relations

Purpose

Media

Content

Control

People

Advertising Public Relations

Purpose

Media

Content

Control

People

Brand awareness/sales

Paid

Ads, commercials

Agency, marketer

Writers, art directors

Advertising Public Relations

Purpose

Media

Content

Control

People

Brand awareness/sales

Paid

Ads, commercials

Agency, marketer

Writers, art directors

Reputation/Trust

Earned

Releases, pitches, WoM

Media opinion leaders

Writers, media hounds

One example

Wieden and Kennedy for P&G

Wieden and Kennedy for P&G

Ad agency, Wieden & Kennedy, creates an emotional commercial to convey P&G’s appreciation and celebration Moms. They buy time on the Olympics when millions are tuned in.

Wieden & Kennedy’s birds nest conference room.

The PR agency, Fleishman Hillard takes a different approach.

They create an “event” that earns attention.

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The celebration of the world’s greatest athletes often ends with the closing ceremony of each Olympics. But P&G was determined that the global spotlight at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London wouldn’t dim until after the Paralympics closed a month later in September. How to keep the momentum going? Bring in a mom—or in this case, a mum.

The “Proud Sponsor of Mum” campaign set out to do a world’s first: Have a mother award her victorious child a gold medal. On September 3, the world watched as P&G mum Catherine McKillop walked out from the tunnel toward her stunned son Michael who was standing on the podium waiting to receive his gold medal for winning the 1,500-meter race. Son, mother and the world teared up as Catherine and Michael fell into each other’s arms as she presented him the gold.

Another example

That’s the advertising

This is when you need PR. However, in this case BP screwed up.

Creative. Big productions. Controlled message. Evoking feelings.

Advertising PR

Creative. Big productions. Controlled message. Evoking feelings.

Serious. Informative. Earned media. Managing perceptions.

Advertising PR

Today it’s getting harder to tell the difference

Media bought/earned Ads/Press Releases

Stories Creating the message

Traditional media

> > > > >

Today it’s getting harder to tell the difference

Media bought/earned Ads/Press Releases

Stories Creating the message

Traditional media

Media owned Experiences/interactions Utility/apps Inspire participation Social and word of mouth

> > > > >

Red Bull

Forsman Bodenfors for EOn

Undercurrent and partners for Ford

McCann AU for Australian Metro

91,776,279

What is it? Advertising or PR?

Sometimes it’s hard to tell.

This is how Thea has

introduced her upcoming

journey and major life

event of soon being a child

bride in Norway. Using this

blog she will tell her story

and express how she

believes her experience of

marriage will be.

12-year old Thea is getting married

This was done by an ad agency.

Mullen for Century 21

Mullen for Century 21

This was done by a PR agency.

Ketchum for Bayer

Ketchum for Bayer

So how do you decide?

To over simplify

Advertising

Awareness Placing ads

TV ads Print ads

Online ads Apps

Content

Public Relations

Reputation Pitching stories Trends, PSAs, VNRs Press releases/blog posts/invites Social media engagement Community management Content

What

Advertising

Ad agencies In house

Media co’s

Public Relations

PR Agencies In house Integrated agencies Press secretaries

Where

Advertising

Account exec Copywriter Art director

Planner UX specialist

Web developer Producer

Media planner Research/data analysis

Presentation designer Project manager

Public Relations

Account executive Media relations Crisis expert Speechwriter Public information officer Press secretary Video producer Investor relations Community manager Research/data analyst Project management

Jobs

Advertising

Writing Design

Creativity Presentation

Digital/technical

Public Relations

Writing Media relations Social media/community management Crisis management Business/industry

Skills

Working at a PR Agency

PR Council

PR Council

Working at a PR Agency

Fleishman Hillard

Fleishman Hillard

Working at an ad agency

Mullen

Mullen

make TV commercials and conceptual ads, work in advertising.

work with nutty creative people, work in advertising.

manage or plan creative advertising — from Superbowl spots to viral videos — work in advertising.

If you want to….

write — anything from social media to longer features — work in public relations.

help share the news that shapes our world, work in public relations.

engage with people about products, services, money, and giving back, work in public relations.

If you want to….

To help you decide

• Check out agency websites: PR and Advertising

• Look at the work and the client list

• Search “working at ________” on YouTube

• Read industry case studies

• Talk to people in the business

Questions/Discussion