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What Does a PR Agency Do?

By Jim Oliver, Consulting Partner · 14 November 2026

What a public relations agency actually does day to day, how PR differs from marketing and advertising, how agencies charge, how to tell whether the work is paying off, and the mistakes worth avoiding.

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Template

Media release template

A one-page structure for a media release: headline, dateline, lead paragraph, supporting detail, quote, boilerplate and media contact, with short notes on each part. Free to download and use.

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