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In implementing public relations plan which of the following public relations practitioners do first ?

  • A.Send as many press releases as possible to as many people
  • B.Determine which media outlets best serve their purpose
  • C.Art editors to promise to use their press releases
  • D.Find out which media have been most friendly to their client in the past

Answer: B

The first step is to determine which media outlets best serve their purpose.

A public relations plan is implemented strategically: practitioners first identify the target publics and then choose the media that reach those publics, matching each message to the outlet whose audience, format and timing suit it. Only after that are releases, pitches and events prepared for those outlets.

Sending as many releases as possible to as many people is the scattergun approach that wastes effort and annoys editors. Asking editors to promise to use releases ignores editorial independence. Picking the media that have been friendliest to the client in the past puts favourable treatment ahead of reaching the right audience.

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