The Ultimate Public Relations Masterclass
What you'll learn
- How to build a PR strategy that generates leads, makes your brand famous, builds a community and attracts customers.
- How to use PR to increase traffic to your website.
- How to manage, implement and measure the success of your PR strategy.
- How to present your PR strategy to stakeholders, get buy-in and secure budgets.
- How to persuade journalists and influencers to endorse your company.
- How to use social media, video, content and traditional media to gain publicity.
- How to enter awards and increase your chances of winning.
- How to launch your PR career, including finding a job and choosing a specialism.
- How to write for PR.
- How to generate your own media stories.
- How to manage a crisis / handle negative publicity.
- How to build authority and thought leadership through the media.
- How to find out which journalists are worth targeting.
- Get help from the instructor and a community of seasoned PR pros by joining our exclusive Facebook group
Requirements
- An interest in the exciting world of public relations.
Description
This course will equip you with everything you need to become an expert public relations professional. It’s packed full of case studies, statistics, checklists, templates and practical activities that bring the theory to life.
The first section of the course introduces PR and shows you why it is valuable to any business and how it has changed over the last 10 years – there have been some exciting developments that have made PR more interesting and relevant than ever before.
Then, we look at all the research you need to do before you plan a winning PR strategy.
You’ll then learn how to work with ChatGPT (or other genAI platforms) to create stories that reinforce your brand messaging and capture your audience’s attention.
Next, we look at all the tactics required to ensure that your stories genuinely reach the right people: from media relations to social media, awards, events and video. And we’ll cover how to write for different audiences. You'll get the opportunity to create a media list and to write your first media pitch.
Then you will learn how to bring this all together into a comprehensive public relations and communications strategy that shows what you’re going to do, why you’re going to do it and how you’re going to do it.
We then cover important concepts that you will absolutely need to understand if you’re going to work in PR: the ethical and legal considerations of PR activity.
Finally, we look at how to have a successful PR career, including how to find a great job, choose your specialist area and how to maximise your chances of success.
Bonuses included
Get help from the instructor and a community of seasoned PR pros by joining our exclusive Facebook group, or interacting on Instagram.
Get my list of my 50 top tools for PR pros after you have completed the course.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for complete beginners starting out in their public relations career. It will equip you with everything you need to be successful at PR in a digital world.
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Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 3,060 Reviews
- 9,861 Students
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Heather Baker is an award-winning digital PR leader with over 20 years of experience. She has partnered with more than 200 organizations, including banks, universities, and tech start-ups, to build, manage, and protect their reputations.
Named one of the top influencers in PR by PR Week in 2024, Heather built her own agency, which ranked among PR Week’s top 150. After selling her agency, she became CEO of one of PR Week's top 50 agencies.
Heather has created viral campaigns, steered clients through high-stakes crises, and won over 20 awards for her work.
She has also served as President of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s UK Chapter and as Communications Director of its European operations.
In addition to her professional achievements, Heather actively shares insights and tips on social media. Follow her on Instagram, X (@RealOneSomebody), and LinkedIn to stay updated with the latest trends in PR and gain valuable knowledge from her experiences.