Thank you for stopping by! I completely agree with you in that PR is very much about relationship building and maintaining. I admit that I am guilty of trying to be too technical in my definition of public relations. This may be due to still learning from books and not having enough real-life experience to supplement it. I am just lucky enough to have folks like you help me see another angle to it.
Also, I’m taking your advice and will most likely be attending BlogOrlando!

Thanks Again!

What is PR is a question that will always be difficult. When people ask me what I do in PR, I’ve started saying this: I’m in the communications consulting business. I also try to stress the relationship building and maintaining function of PR. People often get caught up in the tactical side of the profession – “oh, so you write press releases a lot, right?” – but there’s really a lot more to it. Unfortunately, there’s so many different types of PR that it’s hard to tie down one set definition, but at least that always makes for interesting conversations.

Take care and good luck with the start of the new semester!
Meg