The Future of PRJanuary 2013
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DATA: FUTURe OF PR
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WAS: MeDiA MYOPIABusiness and Trade Press Consumer-Facing Media
Focus: Customer Success/Consumer Experience
Target: Marketing and Sales
How companies are utilizing “Engagement Marketing” to reach their customers & differentiate their Brand
The Role Company is playing in defining the web 2.0
Focus: Consumer Experience/Customer Success
Target: Viral Consumer, female online consumer
How “Engagement Marketing” is helping consumers accomplish their online goals. Fueling a transition to
the 2nd Generation of the Web
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NOW: MULTICHANNEL
LinkedIn Group
of CMOs
Blog/Site
Events and
Webinars
Analysts
Earned
Media
Live stream events
Surround CMO’s with content on how to use live streaming
Group hosted by CMO as a peer to peer group discussing effective use of video in marketing
Replicate for advertising, PR and marketing agencies at center
Apply marketing automation
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“PR” IN “eNTRePReNeUR”
20+ years of consumer/corporate/crisis/privacy/financial and M&A PR experience in-house and agency
Top tier media relations experience at eBay Inc., LinkedIn, Ketchum
Local print and broadcast experience at eBay Classifieds Group, Ketchum
Digital, social media, marketing automation at GSI Commerce, LinkedIn, eBay Inc., Ketchum w/Kodak
Global and international agency management
Founder and CEO of TweetaliciousBuilt Mosaic MVP – product market fit w/PR
Board of advisors from Nordstrom, Skype, Fashion Institute of Technology, TheFind.com and Pet360.com
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VALUE to YOUUnderstand how tech companies are organized around the new PR
Experience building and leading small & large teams – US and global
Product and program level knowledge of social – through LinkedIn and Mosaic
Sell an integrated communications solution through a relationships
Lots of failures and successes you can learn from
Entrepreneurs approach to drive growth: Fail fast. Test, fix, expand targets.
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Future is now
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TAKING ON HP & AD FirM
Kodak InkJet printer: Center of the corporate turnaroundSkunk works program from CMO/CEO and 1 Ketchum person to start
Team to 50+ world wide
Massive integrated program: online, advertising, tech PR, consumer PR, POS, employee communications, IR and corporate
How I won the business for the SF office?• Proved with data that YouTube/online influenced reporters and coverage
• Took ~$1 million from Ogilvy for Phase I: Online
• PR/Ketchum led messaging and strategy from there
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PR: BRAND FOR TALeNT
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DRIVE ENGAGEMENT
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Product MArket fit
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Why is this IMPORTANT?
Is this really PR?
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PR in LiNKeDiN BOD
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LeSLie
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DAViD
MiCHAeLSTANLeY
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DAY 1: 15,000 UPDATES
Day 2: 30,000 updated profiles – just India
Press coverage: 5 million+ impressions
Repeated it globally in every country