What is the Role of a PR Consultancy Firm?

The concept of Public Relation is still misunderstood by many people and many of them think that the major role of a publicist is to save the reputation of a client from bad reviews even if it is not providing the right services to the customers. This is the reason when anyone says that they are working with a PR agency, people think that the reviews they are providing might be fake.

A top PR consultancy firm works very hard to meet the goals of their clients and if you still have any such confusion, this article will help you clear all your doubts by breaking all the stereotypes.

Let us understand in detail the role of a PR consultancy and how it works to meet the requirements of its clients.

1. For a start-up or a new company, target customers are always a priority. PR professionals work very hard to research the buyer’s persona and the target market which plays a very vital role in developing further strategies. If the research about the target market is not done thoroughly, the client’s brand and services will get lost in the huge ocean of the market.
2. Once the target market is identified, the PR experts prepare a list of all the required details of the customers including their age, gender, interests, income, etc., and prepare a database of it. This database helps them in identifying which publicist to contact and which media publications will help them in reaching these audiences.
3. The next step after this is to create a press list that will them in reaching the target audiences. This press list is prepared based on products, services, and the goal to be achieved by the client. Not all media publication houses deal with every product. If you provide the information related to their niche, the chances of getting it excepted increase automatically. Therefore, as the press list is completed, the next step is to hunt for writers and editors who have already written content related to your topic. This is a very important step as if you will not provide the right information to the related press list, you will end up wasting time while achieving nothing out of it.
4. After that another important task to be done by the PR agency is to craft pitches and make them creative so that the journalists show their interest in covering your story.  The easiest and the most difficult part of preparing these pitches is it should not look like you are advertising or marketing your product yet you have to share all the necessary information related to following the latest trends, political trends, industry trends, and announcements related to the products and services. It has to be written with the aim that the story convinces the journalists and should be accepted easily.
5. These pitches are sent via email to the targeted press lists based on the media relations PR professionals have created.
6. Looking at the current scenario, PR agencies also deal with the social media accounts of the clients followed by contacting the influencers and using them to gain publicity for the brands and services of the clients.