Showing posts with label Blogging Initiative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging Initiative. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2016

In the mix of things: Introducing the PR concept as a marketing strategy


LOGO of FCB CREAD and Co Ltd at the entrance of the company

Client Press Release Report
As the placement and internship have recently reached the 10th day mark, nothing really outstanding was presenting itself and even started to doubt about the learning factor outcome at the end of the journey.  From advertising booking, media booking, press release, media monitoring and small basic copywriter workloads to be actually doing something useful and productive in terms of Public relations content was a total blunt in term of working experience for PR but great for communication experience knowledge.

Newspaper Storage of  FCBCread& Co Ltd

Later on that day they was a Request of approval form from an Airline company and I was ask to summarise and rewrite it for designers, commercials and the Communication department. 

The next day, there was a meeting about that project and discussion around the project, the depth of this campaign and set of opportunities that it would be for the Cread & Co Ltd. 


This is where the opportunity for me to step in as an intern and provide knowledge not only about Public relations as someone who studied this methodology of marketing communications, explain its purpose and also the opportunities but also introducing of what as a PR student, I have learn during those three years of studies with the Virgin airlines case study. I explain the concept of Virgin airlines from what it was and how it has succeeded despite the marketing challenges it had, showcase case studies about Virgin Airlines and provide new insights for the Branding, design and Innovation team to enlarge their scoop of strategies that they might apply. 

List of Expertise that the FCB Cread and Co Ltd has a Advertising and Communication Agency
Furthermore that allow to grow my communication  and Public relations experiences in terms of research not only in a short and concise manner but also in way that it will help the concept team from the BDI section would understand and give him new angle to approach his strategies. The other important outcome was to be able to do something PR related and introduce to the company the very concept of public relation during my explanation stating the important things when regarding airlines companies that it deals with people, how public relation works in the Service and hospitality industry context and thus stating how Virgin Airlines proceeded to best up its completion via Public relations and services.

An explanation towards corporate communication in terms of Image and reputation while stating the ways to improve it and methods that was use by other successful Airlines companies. Therefore the concept that employees being the very image, first hand contact to the clients and first impression of the company image was an important task ahead. Another methodology proposed Stating Transmedia Storytelling strategies to bring forward something valuable that already have a strong culture influence and showing it in storytelling manner with blogging, employees’ culture development (Virgin airlines fake stewardess as example), adverts that people can be remember  either with sponsors or have something specific that trigger people thought to associate with the company with it,  and creating new customer bonding practices with the use of Anecdote experience in sponsored or media content.

Other suggestion I was able to introduce what was content marketing experiences for Airlines and how to write for an audience, personalising  the customer experience by introducing such as mobile application usage which can allow passengers to order drink, snack & duty free item from their mobile devices and also access airline-sponsored content,including videos, newspapers and games. Which was only possible because of the understanding of the public relations, analysis through research and exploring the new technologies its facilities in this fast pace technological era we presently are.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

My first blogging initiative project.



Hello everyone, 

This is my second post regarding my internship in Watermelon Communications. In this post, I shall first talk about my experience and thoughts from the involvement of my first blogging initiative project.



After a few successful projects done for Royal Brunei Airlines, Watermelon Communication had established a healthy and positive business relationship with the client. Once again, we managed to clinch another blogging initiative project with Royal Brunei Airlines AND I AM ABLE TO MANAGE THIS ACCOUNT WITH MY SUPERVISOR!! SO HAPPY!! Royal Brunei Airlines took part in the Travel Carnival Fair, which was held at Singapore Expo a month ago to promote 4 new travel package. The blogging initiative requires us target 10 relevant and influential bloggers to blog about this travel carnival fair.

As we all know, social media is integrating in our life right now. Technology had made Internet so accessible. I reflected that, although in Curtin, we will include the use of social media (FaceBook, Blog, Twitter and Instagram) in our report. But I had never the opportunity to get involved in a blogging initiative.

6 out of 10 bloggers we first targeted agreed to work with us to do a blog post about the travel. Some bloggers agreed to work with us, but pulled out from the initiative 2 days before the projects. * Finding backup blogger within such a short period of time is so challenging! *

In this blogging initiative project, I was involved from selecting the bloggers, to contacting the bloggers, to liaising with the bloggers (Sending press release and other relevant materials & calling bloggers), monitoring their blog daily and doing corporate premiums personally to them.

Although there are some hiccups through the project, but the experience gained was priceless. Bloggers are like journalists working for newspaper publications, they are not to be treated lightly. A story angle has to be pitch to interest them. The communication channel use should not only be email, calls have to be made.

For this blogging initiative, bloggers are entitled corporate premiums as a token of appreciation. Watermelon Communications always deliver corporate premiums personally to the bloggers and media. Delivering personally reflects on the sincerity and appreciation of their quality work. It paths the way to establish a healthy relationship with bloggers. Networking and relationship management is beneficial to the consultancy

Blogging can be a very effective tool to create awareness and exposure. Bloggers with high traffic attracts many readers to their blog daily. These readers are interested in the products the bloggers review, the event they advertise for and even the blogger’s daily lifestyle. In this initiative, Royal Brunei Airlines have an extensive coverage online for their travel packages. Not only on the blogging platform, but also in Facebook and Twitter.  Through media monitoring, I monitored that a few overseas twitter accounts tweeted about Royal Brunei Airlines travel Carnival even though we did not contact them. This is the power blogging has.

I believe I have a lot more to learn in Watermelon Communications and I look forward to it.

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