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What belongs in a corporate communication plan

Corporate communication plans should connect business goals, stakeholders, messages, channels, timelines and measurement.

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Corporate communication plans should connect business goals, stakeholders, messages, channels, timelines and measurement.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Define who needs to understand what
  • Use verifiable facts and useful quotes
  • Separate PR content from direct sales copy
  • Make owned and earned/online media support each other

Why this matters to the business

Corporate communication plans should connect business goals, stakeholders, messages, channels, timelines and measurement.

A practical way to think about it

Online PR should start with the objective, stakeholders, verifiable facts and message before choosing press releases, media relations, website or social channels.

Use the principles above as a decision framework, then adapt them to the audience, current process, available data and resources.

How MEPOR applies the principle

We connect this topic only to services we actually provide—Digital Marketing, Online PR, Website & Online System, or Technology & AI—rather than adding technology for its own sake.

Common mistakes
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Writing releases like brochures

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Sending the same pitch everywhere

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Expecting earned media to behave like paid placement

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