The world is fundamentally
different to how it was ten years ago. It is becoming a smaller,
faster place where ideas spread instantly, behaviours change,
and media everywhere is increasingly fragmented. For example,
a woman wrongly accuses fast food chain Wendy’s of serving
her chili containing a severed finger, and before you’ve
shuddered, the story has whizzed around the globe appearing
on almost every type of news outlet, gossip website, blog,
and being told in the gags of the late night comedians and
down at the local bar.
People are choosing brands, adopting behaviours and relating to companies based on PR driven word of mouth gained from what they or people who influence them have heard, seen, read or experienced, not what advertisers are telling them to choose.
PR is no longer the second choice. For Google, Amazon, Boeing, Virgin, Expedia, Krispy Kreme, Microsoft, Singapore Airlines and many others, it’s at the core of what they do, how they are seen around the world, and how people respond to them.
It has never been more critical to choose the right PR firm.