It all depends on who you’re trying to reach, but coming to the table with concrete goals you want to achieve, core narratives or messages you want to elevate, and also visual materials to help tell the story when the time comes.
With goals in place, it’s easier to build an effective PR strategy that provides what you need the most in your organization. An aimless strategy won’t be helpful going in any direction, but having a target for our team to look towards makes sure that we hit the mark.
We are here to help flesh out and develop key messages, it’s what we specialize in, but having some initial tenets that are foundational to the messages are imperative as well. Similar to having overall objectives already in mind, having a north star to point towards is a helpful starting place, and makes sure that different teams within your company aren’t spinning their wheels trying to get some messages started.
Videos and images of a company, its leadership team, a firm mission and vision, can all help to build out key messages, strategies, and facilitate media relations. In particular, nothing ever beats the power of an impactful patient story or customer testimonial. It’s important not to exploit the people that you are supposed to serve. It is just as important to put the voices of the workers that provide impactful care, or people living with diseases that have inspirational stories of resilience, on a higher platform, so they can inspire others, as well as tell your story.