PR PUPPETRY

Sock Puppets aid the definition of public relations

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I’d like some PR please

Certainly Sir! In what way doyou think I can help?

J@8pr

I’d like a turn on Jools Holland, David Letterman and be

interviewed by Jonathon Ross

Right. Do you sing or are you an actor?Trying to get a feeling for what you’re about

J@8pr

Don’t sing. Can play the spoons though?Can you…like…place an ad

in the paper and tell people how great I am?

That would be Advertising sir…

ADVERTISING

The act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, or on billboards.

J@8pr

Ah - that would be Marketing Sir.

What if I put out a record - can you help me sell loads?

MARKETING

The total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling.

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That would be PLUGGING Sir.BUT we do know a man willing

to dress as a large carrot and standoutside Radio 1

You’re a bit rubbish! Would you dressup as a banana and go to a radio station

to get my track played?

PLUGGER

someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: promoter] 

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That would depend Sir…have youBeen abducted by aliens?;

punched Prince Harry in Mahiki? Or recently been on Big Brother?

Listen, I’m not really veryImpressed so far.

Can I get on the frontPage of The Sun?

MAHIKI

A nightclub in London that attracts the Royals, celebrities and Paris

Hilton

J@8pr

No. They were a band circa 1993Released a single ‘Little miss can’t be

Wrong’.

I thought you were a spin doctor?

SPIN DOCTOR

A press agent skilled at spin control.

J@8pr

Public relations is all about your reputationand how you are perceived by your

publics. There’s a whole variety of skills and methods we can use

to ensure we raise and sustain yourProfile.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

Public relations is the discipline which looks after reputation, with the aim of earning understanding and support and influencing opinion and behaviour. It is the planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain goodwill and mutual understanding between an organisation/individual and its/his/her publics. J@8pr

Well, we might hook you up with a cutlerymanufacturer looking for a catchy

Theme tune; cut your hair; give you a clean shirt and do a background

Check for starters.

Right. So can you get meon GMTV?

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Public relations is the discipline which looks after reputation, with the aim of earning understanding and support and influencing opinion and behaviour. It is the planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain goodwill and mutual understanding between an organisation/individual and its/his/her publics. J@8pr

Well, here’s the thing with little secrets andTHE MEDIA - imagine a tennisball heading for your privatesat speed. We’re here to:a) Take the hit for youb) Tap that ball sideways so it misses orc) Move you slightly so it hits a less painful bodypart

Background check?

TENNIS

A game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.

J@8pr

We take AMEX.

You’re hired!

At its best public relations, unlike other forms of marketing communications, is interactive: by facilitating communication between organisations, in whatever sector, and their customers and clients, the practice of public relations creates bonds between peoples. - Elisabeth Lewis-Jones, President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations

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