Article: It's PR Time for Miller; Brewer Shifts Its Strategy After Comparing Sales Impact of Public Relations to Other Forms of Marketing.(Media Planner)

Byline: Joe Mandese Special to TelevisionWeek

In a rare public disclosure, one of the nation's largest marketers recently went public with the results of a little-known shift in its marketing strategy that it says is causing it to shift budgets out of TV advertising and into public relations.

Using a relatively new form of marketing research, the marketer, Miller Brewing Co., a division of Altria Corp., has been able to demonstrate the impact on actual product sales that PR has relative to other forms of marketing, including TV advertising and sales promotions.

Miller's marketing team learned that PR has a significant material impact on ...

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