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PR writing is a refined skill that takes practice to master. Public Relations is defined as a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics; writing is key to achieving this. As you try and perfect your PR writing abilities there are several do’s and do not’s you should follow to help guide your work to the next level.

Many writers fall into bad habits or practices like plagiarism, responding negatively to criticism, focusing on one medium, and waiting on building relationships. These are not effective forms of communicating in PR because they do not focus on building healthy relationships with clients and promote dishonesty.

Some good writing techniques include research, putting yourself in your audiences shoes, making sure you have good timing, and selecting the appropriate choices of mediums. These can help offset the bad habits PR professionals sometimes fall into and they also promote quality relationships with organizations and their clientele.

As you flip through the SlideShare created by Brad, Abby, Sarah, and Brooks please consider your writing style and see which technique you can apply to your work to make it extraordinary.

Wasn’t that informative? When writing for PR there are many different factors to consider!

With the knowledge you learned you should be able to tackle any PR writing piece with ease. Try and write a piece on a local event based off of the strategies you’ve read about!

Which Do or Don’t strategy was your favorite? Which was your least favorite? Why? Feel free to contribute to our community by commenting in the comments below!