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Cut-It-Out Communications 2007 Annual Survey:
Public Relations, Advertising and The Internet

[Response rate: 25 percent]

1. What is the main value of public relations?
(circle one)

a. Visibility -- 47 percent
b. Sales generation -- 41 percent
c. Strategic planning -- 6 percent
d. Crisis management -- 6 percent
e. Other: _______________

2. Rank the value of these media.
(from 1 to 5, 1 is the most valuable)

___ Industry trade magazines -- 2.0 (average)

___ Daily newspapers -- 2.6

___ Business journals -- 2.7

___ Consumer periodicals -- 2.9

___ Radio and television -- 3.5

3. How valuable are Internet publications (e-zines, blogs, etc.)?
(circle one)

a. More valuable than print publications -- 24 percent
b. As valuable as print publications -- 18 percent
c. Less valuable than print publications -- 35 percent
d. Not valuable -- 24 percent

4. How does advertising, or other forms of paid promotion, compare to PR?
(circle one)

a. Public relations is more important -- 47 percent
b. Advertising is more important -- 6 percent
c. Public relations and advertising are equally important -- 41 percent
d. Neither is important -- 6 percent

5. How do you measure the impact of public relations?

satisfied clients, sales leads, event attendance, industry visibility, follow-up contacts, sponsorships, donations, reputation as an expert, etc.

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