Any business wanting to reach new customers should be embracing public relations to spread their key messages. If you don't, your competitors will. This Authority Guide shows you how to grab the headlines (for all the right reasons), reach huge audiences and grow your business by accessing the media to tell your story.

Using dozens of case studies from well-known companies such as General Electric, FedEx, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Boeing, and Intel, Delahaye president and public relations scientist Mark Weiner offers a research-based model for creating and implementing public relations programs that will generate desired results and improve an organization’s ROI. Written as a highly accessible hands-on guide, Unleashing the Power of PR explains how to use market research methods to plan and evaluate public relations programs scientifically. The author explores the benefit of learning to speak to senior executives in a way that will improve communications and ultimately help strengthen PR performance and results. In addition, the book debunks common myths—such as “PR is impossible to measure!”—that undercut the effectiveness of PR and obscure its real value.

The guide for marketing a small business on Facebook The number one social networking site offers the opportunity to reach more than 350 million registered users with your advertising message. Owners of small and local businesses will benefit from these tips and best practices provided by Facebook insiders. Learn new ways to attract customers, create a business profile, and take advantage of Facebook’s many marketing features. With more than 350 million registered users, Facebook opens a worldwide forum for small businesses that were once dependent on local traffic alone This guide to small business marketing on Facebook, is packed with information from Facebook’s staff Guides you through creating a profile for your business, taking advantage of Facebook’s unique marketing features, following best practices, and getting the best return on your investment Packed with insider tips and creative marketing ideas If you have a small or local business, you can’t go wrong with the marketing advice in The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing.

Get the most from your marketing with an expert plan that really gets results. Written especially for small businesses, this Authority Guide shows you how to write and execute your marketing plans efficiently and accurately. Ambrose and Jo Blowfield will help you create plans using proven, affordable marketing tactics for both digital and traditional strategies. You’ll have a year-long marketing plan that is structured, well thought out and targeted to your ideal clients, allowing you proactively to promote your business. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.9px 0.0px; font: 10.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #d767ac} p.p2 {margin: 2.9px 0.0px 5.7px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 9.0px 'Helvetica Neue'}

Whether it’s your first presentation or you’re an experienced speaker, this Authority Guide will give you the tools, tips and confidence to deliver engaging, creative and effective presentations. As an experienced speaker and presenter himself, Steve Bustin will teach you some simple techniques to make sure your audience is engaged and you will be inspired to make the speech again.

The internet is shrinking the world; local brick and mortar businesses are finding more competition than ever before, primarily from 'out of towners' who conduct their business online. Consumers are thrilled with this change, empowered with information; no longer requiring a salesperson to start the buying process. So how does a local business compete in a world that has gone digital? The Business of Getting Business will educate and lead business owners to a different way of generating and converting business opportunities using digital marketing concepts and processes. It provides need-to-know information about digital marketing in easy-to-understand terms, so any business owner will walk away with a true understanding of what they need to do online to make their business succeed. Furthermore, it provides an implementation guide that runs through the specific technologies and the steps required to be productive with a digital marketing solution to build a better future.