Innovation and/or disruption can come at any time to change your position, requiring a change in strategy, and subsequently, your messaging. Are you launching breakthrough products in new spaces? Are you expanding your business or offerings through new, strategic partnerships? Has a new development in the market caused you to change your product strategy? How are you reacting?
Dynamic shifts in the marketing environment such as the introduction of a new competitor, a new product, or a new executive drive the need for essential changes in strategy and messaging. However, these changes usually require expertise in how to revise the messaging in a way that 1) doesn’t conflict with your past, 2) shifts towards new strategies, products, and ideas, and 3) still provides you with flexibility for the next change agent. Nuances are critical. Essentially, you need a master of language to help guide your company through these times, and these writers are generally found in the PR profession.
So, if you are looking from today forward and find that there are disruptive technologies on the horizon and new areas of strategic growth for your company, then you want to find a one-stop agency that comes from a strong PR discipline to craft your messaging.
Once the agency has helped you frame your new strategic position and messaging, your one-stop shop can centrally project manage its dissemination through integrated planning, campaigning, budgeting, and billing. Their PR team can manage traditional and social media campaigns and analyst relations. Their creative/advertising team can update your brand, web presence, sales materials, and advertising to map to the messaging. And most importantly, it can all be brought together consistently to strengthen the resonance of your message and brand, and maximize the results for your budget spend.
