{"id":2854,"date":"2013-10-11T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2013-10-11T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:32:11","slug":"inside-pr-3-49-jay-baer-wants-companies-to-be-more-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/2013\/10\/11\/inside-pr-3-49-jay-baer-wants-companies-to-be-more-useful\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside PR 3.49: Jay Baer wants companies to be more useful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6123\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2854-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_349_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_349_FINAL.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_349_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/inside-pr\/id137886027?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidepr.ca%2F%3Fp%3D2854\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve talked to author, digital strategist and speaker extraordinaire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaybaer\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Baer<\/a>\u00a0on Inside PR a few times before. In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/2009\/06\/03\/inside-pr-166-wednesday-june-3-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">first time <\/a>was after the 2009 PRSA Counselors Academy Conference in Palm Springs that Jay references in the beginning of his new book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtilitybook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help, Not Hype<\/a> (highly recommended by Martin).<\/p>\n<p>Jay is the closing keynote at <a href=\"http:\/\/meshconference.com\/meshmarketing13\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meshmarketing<\/a> conference in Toronto on November 7, so we thought this is a good time to catch up with him and discuss what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n<p>Jay defines youtility, the theme of his book, as creating marketing that has so much intrinsic value people would pay for it. He says many companies are embracing this principle because it helps them break through the clutter we face today.<\/p>\n<p>He encourages businesses to &#8216;market their marketing&#8217; by developing a launch strategy for their content that leads people to it.<\/p>\n<p>The competitive landscape has altered the information we consume into a mashup of personal and professional sources and Jay he believes businesses need to develop relationships with customers that are similar to the relationship people have with their friends. He calls that friend of mine awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Jay says the PR industry, which became active in social media early on because it understood the importance of stories and relationships, now has to change the way it executes and move from being talkers to skilled makers of content like infographics, videos and white papers. Most PR agencies don\u2019t have makers on staff and have to outsource too much of that work.<\/p>\n<p>Joe experienced the concept of Youtility last week and references a number of blog posts from trusted sources on what we need to know about the new Google algorithm; he received useful information in real-time that helped him.<\/p>\n<p>Gini is surprised businesses are still not creating launch plans for marketing the content they produce in order to help amplify it.<\/p>\n<p>Joe talks about how he\u2019s moved Thornley Fallis into an agency of makers with video, web design and creative people in-house. However, he\u2019s noticed some clients aren\u2019t including PR agencies when they&#8217;re looking to develop an integrated campaign and we need to change that.<\/p>\n<p>Gini, who also transformed her firm into a maker agency, agrees and says there\u2019s some confusion on the client side on what we, as new PR agencies, can do.<\/p>\n<p>********************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Send us an email or an audio comment to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:insideprcomments@gmail.com\">insideprcomments@gmail.com<\/a>, join the\u00a0<a title=\"Inside PR Community on Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/communities\/107220947721041165633\" target=\"_blank\">Inside PR Google+ Community<\/a>, join the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=101489863251163\" target=\"_blank\">Inside PR Facebook<\/a>\u00a0group, leave us a comment here, message us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/inside_pr\">@inside_pr<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, or connect with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ginidietrich\" target=\"_blank\">Gini Dietrich<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thornley\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Thornley<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/martinwaxman\">Martin Waxman<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Our theme music was created by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortheloveofrecords.com\/\">Damon de Szegheo<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdey.com\/\">Roger Dey<\/a>\u00a0is our announcer.<\/p>\n<p>Inside PR is produced by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristineDarbell\" target=\"_blank\">Kristine D&#8217;Arbelles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Ashlea LeCompte on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ashlealecompte\">Ashlea LeCompte<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[display_podcast] We&#8217;ve talked to author, digital strategist and speaker extraordinaire Jay Baer\u00a0on Inside PR a few times before. 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