NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Developing credibility is the first step in building an online community for your brand, and community building starts with an audience that returns regularly to a site. Creating the content that will gain (and keep) your audiences' attention, and build credibility for your organization must not be an afterthought -- you have to plan ahead to create credible and compelling content. The best way to do this is to take advice from a group of people who have been doing this for decades -- journalists. Today on the Beyond PR blog, we discuss incorporating newsroom best practices into content and community development.

Read the full post: http://blog.prnewswire.com/2012/03/01/building-credibility-with-online-communities-tips-from-professional-news-rooms/

The Poynter Institute, in partnership with PR Newswire, is hosting a new conference and workshop series entitled "Creating Credible Content" (April 11-13, 2012) that will focus on teaching corporate communicators and digital content providers how journalism skills and values can help build trusting relationships with their audiences. 

The Beyond PR blog highlights communications tactics and trends in public relations, investor relations, social media, SEO and content marketing.  

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