With so many food and drink businesses around, it can be hard to stand out within such a saturated market. Food and drink businesses are competing with other brands at every stage, meaning they’re having to work harder to become more visible to their target audience. That’s where public relations (PR) and marketing come in.
PR gets brands talked about for the right reasons and can help to add value to a business by helping it to pinpoint and target its ideal customer. For brand recognition, a business needs to be seen by the right people. Once you connect with the people you want to do business with, they’ll help you to spread the word by telling their friends.
There are several segments of PR that will help a brand squeeze the most out of opportunities to help its business grow. The first is media relations which can help a brand be seen in newspapers, magazines, or industry publications, connecting them with food or drink journalists, to showcase the brand story in the best way possible.
The most effective way of building an outstanding reputation for food and drink businesses is through word-of-mouth. Social media is the perfect place to do that. How often do you see somebody post a picture of their food on their Instagram story and it instantly makes you want to try it? If that person has 100,000 followers, that’s a lot of potential customers.
Influencer marketing can connect your business with creators that fit your niche and use this to build brand awareness. People follow creators to be inspired. They respect what the influencer stands for and therefore trust that they’ll only recommend products and services that work well for them. Their loyal followers are likely to be encouraged to try out new and exciting products that are recommended by the influencer.
A great example of this is Stacey Solomon-Swash. She regularly mentions small businesses she’s bought products and services from on her Instagram Stories.
PR can help to build brand presence and showcase a business’s key passions and background story making them more relatable to the public. This then helps to boost engagement.
Another great way of harnessing the power of PR for food and drink brands is to run free events and competitions that pique people’s interest in the products by giving them the opportunity to try before they buy. These events can be completely planned and run by a PR agency such as ourselves, with the business’ needs and expectations prioritised.
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Roundbush Road
Layer Marney
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Orange PR and Marketing
The Nursery
Layer Marney Tower
Roundbush Road
Layer Marney
CO5 9US
Orange PR and Marketing
The Nursery
Layer Marney Tower
Roundbush Road
Layer Marney
CO5 9US