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Comms strategy

Enter company name

Enter your logo here

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Contents

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Background

Background info - Insert the project’s overall objectives and vision. Establish what this strategy is for

Strategy period: <Month, year> to <month year>

Overall company priorities

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Budget: £00,000

Enter a rough outline of how much you aim to spend� for each quarter

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Comms objectives

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Enter details to keep it SMART

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Audience mapping

Brainstorm who your audience his here and then add audience personas in the next slide

Influence

Interest

Keep satisfied

Manage closely

Minimal effort

Keep informed

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Audience personas

For information on how to create audience personas, visit the blog below:

  • www.martyn-hayes.co.uk/post/free-template-audience-personas

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Info about background and lifestyle

Challenges:

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Solutions from dvkjxnjlxb

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Solutions from dvkjxnjlxb

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Solutions from dvkjxnjlxb

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PEST analysis

Crisis management

Political

Technological

Economic

Social

In the unlikely event that a crisis emerges (in relation to our output), central communications should be contacted in the first instant via the email address below.

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They will be provided with all relevant details of stakeholders and incidents to help them prepare for potential press scrutiny. Contact with the media will not be handled internally within the <insert name> team.

For transparency, the following press officers and senior staff will be informed

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Regular messages

The following content will be paraphrased via frequent communications to the audience segments highlighted below.

“fkldbndfklbnfdklbn”

Target audiences:

“fvndflbnfdklbn”

Target audiences:

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Target audiences:

“dsb jsd bvsldnvlk”

Target audiences:

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Style / tone

Where possible, images will be utilised in digital content to resonate with audiences. This approach will help to make messages visually appealing, capture attention, evoke emotion and create a lasting impact. Info graphics and stock photos will be used to assist readers with visualising data.

Ideally, the human element will be featured to help stakeholders identify with content. However, it is acknowledged that this may not always be possible due to budgetary constraints and dependency on free stock sites.

Brand guidelines

<company name> brand guidelines will be adhered to in all messaging. For more information, research how to build a Brand Personality.

Images

Accessibility

Best practice will be applied to written communications ensure that content is accessible for individuals with visual impairments

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Style / tone (continued)

To resonate with each audience segment, content will adopt the following style highlighted below. If our team / messaging was a person, it would be described as follows:

Who we are

  • People focussed
  • Straightforward / Vague
  • Approachable / distant
  • Human / Robotic
  • Professional / Playful
  • Personable / Inpersonal
  • Warm / cold
  • Informal / formal
  • Caring / understanding /

Who we are not

  • Clinical / stale / homely
  • Distant / approachable
  • Corporate / homely
  • Playful / professional
  • Impersonal / personal
  • Authoritative / same level
  • Stuffy / fresh
  • Dismissive / collaborative

We are <word>, <word>, <word> and <word>

For advice on how to establish your tone, visit the blog below:

  • www.martyn-hayes.co.uk/post/free-template-brand-tone

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Available channels

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Plan of action

This slide will detail exactly what we are doing and the frequency

July

August

September

October

November

December

Example campaign

Big event

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Blog for end of summer

Example campaign

Early autumn blog

Example campaign

Press release

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Video project

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Christmas event

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Measurements for success

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Need any further help?

This strategy was created by Martyn Hayes, an experienced Comms professional. If you’d like some further assistance, get in touch via the website below:

www.martyn.hayes.co.uk