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The art of making people care about things they'd otherwise ignore.
means Public relations: the strategic practice of shaping how organizations, people, or ideas are perceived by the public through media, messaging, and relationship-building.
from Emerged formally in early 1900s America when corporations realized they couldn't control narratives anymore—better to shape them. Ivy Lee, a former journalist, basically invented modern PR by advising Standard Oil on damage control after their PR disasters. The term itself crystallized as businesses grew too big to communicate directly with millions.
Invented the press releaseIvy Lee created it to control the narrative when journalists couldn't be bribed
Not advertising's siblingYou pay for ads; you earn PR coverage—the difference is earned trust
Crisis management goldmineMost PR budgets exist for the moment everything goes catastrophically wrong
Influencer ancestorModern PR is just paying people to think your idea was theirs