PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences

Praise for PR 2.0 An easy read filled with practical examples of how marketing professionals can leverage these new tools to enhance PR activities. The Interviews with the Experts sections were especially useful in helping to highlight how companies have benefited from PR2.0. Maura Mahoney, Senior Director, RCN Metro Optical Networks P.R. 2.0 is a must-read for any marketing or PR professional. It is filled with expert advice, real-world examples, and practical guidance to help us better understand the new media tools and social networking concepts available and how we can use them for our specific branding needs. This book is excellent for someone who is trying to understand the new web-based media and social networking concepts, as well those who are experienced in applying the new media tools and are curious about what everyone else is doing and what tools are producing the best ROI. This isnt a book filled with simple tips and tricks--its an essential guidebook for the marketing/PR professional to better understand the new media options and how to apply them effectively to achieve results. Jenny Fisher, Director Sales and Marketing Operations, Catalent Pharma Solutions Wading through the thicket of expanding Internet tools--from MySpace to Facebook, from Twitter to Flickr--is no easy challenge. And once you finally understand these strange new art forms, how the heck do you harness them? Answer: You buy this book. Deirdre Breakenridge knows the Net--how to measure it, monitor it, and use it to maximize public relations performance. Best of all, she explains it in a style that even a Luddite can comprehend. Fraser P. Seitel, author of The Practice of Public Relations and coauthor of IdeaWise The New Future of Public Relations! In todays Web 2.0 world, traditional methods of communication wont reach your audiences, much less convince them. Heres the good news: Powerful new tools offer you an unprecedented opportunity to start a meaningful two-way conversation with everyone who matters to you. In PR 2.0, Deirdre Breakenridge helps you master these tools and use them to the fullest possible advantage in all your public relations work. Youll learn the best ways to utilize blogs, social networking, online newswires, RSS technology, podcasts, and the rest of todays Web 2.0 tools. Breakenridge shows how to choose the right strategies for each PR scenario and environment, keep the best Web 1.0 tools, and stop using outmoded tactics that have rapidly become counterproductive. Breakenridge introduces an extraordinary array of new PR best practices, including setting up online newsrooms, using visual and social media in releases, and leveraging new online research and analytics tools. She offers powerful new ways to think about PR, plan for it, and react to the new PR challenges the Web presents. Breakenridge also includes interviews with todays leading PR 2.0 practitioners. PR 1.0 vs. PR 2.0 Identify the needs of companies and clients, and how to integrate them for greatest effectiveness Reaching todays crucial wired media Powerful new strategies for pitching and media distribution Best uses of traditional PR tactics Better ways to use viral marketing, online newsletters, e-blasts, VNRs, and webcasts PR 2.0: Making the most of the newest tools Interactive online newsrooms, visual media, blogs, RSS, podcasts, and beyond Social media: Your new 24/7 focus panel Powerful new ways to capture emerging customer desires and needsDeirdre K. Breakenridge is the author of 'PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences', published 2008 under ISBN 9780321510075 and ISBN 0321510070.