Public Relations, Marketing & Branding

Lessons Learned Guiding Principles

  • Public relations require a planned, proactive, strategic approach.  It is important to take the time to develop Marketing/Communication strategies – long and short term, program specific and agency wide. This “roadmap” will focus your efforts on communicating who you are, what you can do, and how you can do it by establishing activities, responsibilities, timelines and a budget…

  • Public relations require a planned, proactive, strategic approach.  It is important to take the time to develop Marketing/Communication strategies – long and short term, program specific and agency wide. This “roadmap” will focus your efforts on communicating who you are, what you can do, and how you can do it by establishing activities, responsibilities, timelines and a budget.

  • Marketing is NOT a one-shot activity. “Out of sight, out of mind” is a marketing reality.

  • Contrary to popular opinion, there is a difference between advertising, marketing, promotion and public relations and what approach you need and when. These terms are often used interchangeably but to maximize your outreach, understand what you want to accomplish and develop tactics accordingly.


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Food For Thought

Like in every path, planning is critical. As the old saying goes: “If you fail to plan, you should plan to fail.”

You must never undertake communication activities, whether they be media relations, advertising new service offerings, promotions, or e-bulletins, without having a well thought through strategic communications plan.

You need to do your market research, understand your brand identity, have thoroughly tested messaging, and well-designed communications messages.

Communications Planning (pdf)

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