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linkedin.com/in/pierozilio PLANNING COMMUNICATION Piero ZILIO zero cruft, seven methodology steps

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Communication planning is like sex: everybody talks about it, but only a few can do it good. This is my methodology, without cruft, straight to the point: 7 steps to follow to set up properly your communication.

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GOALS

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• Do you know them? Are they clear? • Can you translate them into

communication goals? • Are they reachable

and measurable?

A communication plan supports your organizational goals and objectives:

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AUDIENCE

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• Did you locate them? Grouped? • What distinguishes them? • Are they linked to

a goal?

Each goal refers to a specific audience:

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STRATEGIES

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• Segment (eg. differentiated, focused, ...)

• Purpose (eg. persuasion, facilitation, ...)

• Contact (eg. direct, mediated, ...)

• Range (eg. wide, narrow, ...)

• Style (eg. educational, mixed, ...)

Different goals and audiences require custom strategies according to:

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CONTENTS

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• Have you defined your semantic field?

• Did you schedule the publishing plan?

Contents are (1) values and (2) information to be used in your message:

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MEDIA

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Different goals, audiences, strategies and contents = different media: • Link media to content

(eg. don’t talk about innovation with a phonogram)

• Think within a media-mix

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ACTIONS

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For each chosen media: • Make a census of available

actions and tools • Select consistent actions

and tools (according to .01, .02, .03, .04, .05) • Schedule

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EVALUATION

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• Define evaluation goals related to communication ones

• Use qualitative marks and quantitative ones

• Never stop monitoring and adapting

Set up a flexible and modifiable communication plan:

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DO NOT START communication plan PICKING UP MEDIA

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ALWAYS START ANALYZING DATA

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