Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Public Relations

There were 48,000 advertising and public relations businesses in the United States in 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employing more than 500,000 people, the fields of advertising and public relations are projected to grow by 14 percent through 2016. Together they offer almost unlimited opportunity for talented, creative, and dedicated workers. But they are also known to have intense, high-pressure work atmospheres and are very sensitive to economic ups and downs.

Media relations are a vital tool for helping property companies build shareholder value through stronger brands, develop reputations that drive a flow of new work, and help sell and let properties faster and at a fraction of the cost of other marketing techniques, but such relationships need to be managed properly. This practical and comprehensive book peppered with real case studies and observations from numerous people within the property industry aims to demystify the black art of PR . Some of the topics covered include:

• the strategic aims and benefits of good media...

As neurological research confirms, storytelling is a powerful communicative tool. In her new book, Personal Branding Strategist, Bernadette Martin demonstrates how stories have transformed corporate images as well as professionals' careers. From Storytelling 2.0 or Digital Storytelling, to interviews with experts to...

Few titles could be timelier than the second edition of Crisis Management in the Food and Drinks Industry A Practical Approach. The world is worrying about a human pandemic arising from the avian flu epidemic that is spreading from the Far East, the implications of which could be as great for the food industry as were the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and BSE.

This practical and greatly expanded edition by media and public relations veteran Colin Doeg focuses on the communications aspects of dealing with a crisis. It is global in its coverage of the subject,...

Nach einer kompakten Darstellung der Grundlagen der Pressearbeit arbeiten die Autoren die besonderen Aspekte der IT-Pressearbeit heraus. Schwerpunkte des Buches sind der Aufbau der Pressearbeit, die Darstellung moglicher Aktivitaten und der Instrumente und Strategien, die zur Realisierung zur Verfugung stehen. Ebenso kommt der Einsatz von Presseagenturen und Aufbau und Pflege von Presseportalen zur Sprache. Zahlreiche Beispiele erfolgreicher Presseaktivitaten runden dieses Werk ab.

Der Leser erhalt mit diesem Buch einen konkreten Leitfaden zum Aufbau der Pressearbeit und ein...

Why are some voices louder in public debates than others? And why can't all voices be equally heard? This book draws significant new meaning to the inter-relationships of public relations and social change through a number of activist case studies, and rebuilds knowledge around alternative communicative practices that are ethical, sustainable, and effective. Demetrious offers a powerful critical description of the dominant model of public relations used in the twentieth century, showing that 'PR' was arrogant, unethical and politically offensive in ways that have severely weakened...

All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation.

Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one specific nation, this book tells the previously-untold story of Israeli public relations practitioners. It illustrates their often-unseen, often-unacknowledged and often-strategic shaping of the events, narratives and symbols of Israel over time and their promotion of Israel to the world. It...