What Is Public Relations, Exactly?
Public relations is all about shaping and influencing how people perceive a brand, organization, public figure or celebrity. It’s proactively getting out in front and controlling the narrative through media outreach, messaging strategy and skilled public positioning.
Unlike advertising where you simply pay for eyeballs, PR is earned media — scoring valuable editorial coverage that the public will view as more credible and trustworthy than paid ads. That elite third-party credibility is marketing gold.
Modern PR
The Many Facets of Modern PR
Public relations spans a wide range of activities and strategies aimed at shaping and influencing how key audiences perceive an organization. At its core, PR involves:
Media Relations: Getting positive stories, news, and narratives about your brand placed across both traditional media outlets like newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as well as newer digital media channels like blogs, influencers, and social platforms. This is the earned media exposure that builds credibility.
Reputation Management: Monitoring what conversations are happening online and responding quickly to any emerging issues or crises before they can spiral out of control. It’s about protecting your brand’s reputation from damaging misinformation.
Brand Storytelling: Crafting compelling narratives and creative content that helps breathe life into your brand’s mission, values and unique market positioning. Great stories capture attention and strengthen brand affinity.
Relationship Building: Identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships and connections with key influencers, and maintaining a strong presence in the communities that matter most to your business. These relationships become powerful amplifiers.
Thought Leadership: Positioning your executives and subject matter experts as trusted authorities through speaking opportunities, bylined articles, interviews, and participation in industry events and consortiums.
At its highest level, PR shapes and elevates how the public conversation about your brand unfolds across all stakeholders — customers, partners, investors, employees, media, and more. It’s an indispensable part of any modern marketing strategy.
Public Relations Is More Than Just Firefighting
Of course, truly masterful PR isn’t reactive crisis control when things go wrong. It’s about proactively driving positive media conversations to elevate brands over the long term.
What sets Triple7Marketing apart is our ability to masterfully land narratives that get elite publications penning glowing profiles, reviews, and features about our clients. That third-party stamp of credibility is priceless.
The Triple7Marketing Difference: A Veteran Media Team
What sets Triple7Marketing apart is our foundation of longtime media professionals with an ingrained understanding of what truly resonates. Our team comprises: