Promotion and Public Relations: The Dynamic Managers Handbook Of Alternative Ways To Build Your Business

by Dave Donelson

Overview

You don’t need big advertising budgets to create awareness for your company. Solid public relations techniques, promotions that attract media attention, even self-managed speaking tours and sports team sponsorships can generate attention, convey your message, and put you at the top of the customer’s mind.

Communication with customers and prospects keeps your business on the growth track. There are numerous ways to convey your company’s message beyond traditional advertising.

“Tune Up Your Publicity Machine” covers the basics of public relations like how to prepare an effective press release and make it appeal to editors as well as where to look in your business for newsworthy topics.

“Case Study: Automotive Aftermarket” tells how custom car shops use shows and events to publicize their operations.

“Case Study: Sports Team Sponsorships” explores the ins and outs of backing athletic teams, sponsoring events, and other ways to draw attention to your company.

“Speaking Up For Your Business” shows you how to reach customers the old-fashioned way, by talking to them. Learn how to overcome your stage fright and reach out to audiences with your company’s message.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012648037
Publisher:	Donelson SDA, Inc.
Publication date:	04/07/2011
Series:	The Dynamic Manager Handbooks , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	256 KB

About the Author

The most important skill Dave Donelson learned as a journalist was how to ask questions and truly listen to the answers. That skill helped him in his sales career, too, and was even more important when he became an entrepreneur. Listening to other business owners talk about their successes, failures, experiments and tried-and-true tactics helped him not only avoid repeating their mistakes but encouraged him to persevere and try new strategies. The stories and advice of hundreds of small business owners and managers inspired the Dynamic Manager Guides.

Dave Donelson's careers as a broadcaster, entrepreneur, and writer have taken him to many interesting places, not the least of which is inside hundreds of American businesses. Since 1999, he has been a full time freelance writer, publishing numerous books and regularly contributing to national business magazines and dozens of trade publications serving industries from the automotive aftermarket to sporting goods retailing. He also speaks regularly before groups of all sizes. In previous years, he was an entrepreneur, sales trainer, and management consultant. His clients have included one of every seven commercial TV stations in the US. He's also worked with companies engaged in heavy manufacturing, construction, engineering, industrial sales, general retailing, and consumer services. As an entrepreneur, he founded three companies, owned two TV stations, a steel fabricator, and a construction company, and assisted numerous other businesses in various fields.