We are Christina and Peter Pilarski, founders and leaders of CIPR Communications and hosts of Two Babies and a Business Podcast. For our 12th podcast episode in this series, we tie digital marketing and public relations together. Digital marketing is a way to enhance your public relations efforts and public relations can draw attention to your digital marketing. Continue reading to learn how these two strategies go hand in hand and complement each other.
The Intersection of Digital Marketing and Public Relations
The goals that you have for your public relations should be the same goals you have for your digital marketing. Having the same objectives will allow you to use the different marketing and public relation tactics in conjunction to achieve your goal. Public relations and digital marketing cannot live separately and intersect in many ways. Your press release isn’t going to make a sale, but if your press release can get someone to your website, you need to make sure your website is optimized to make sales.
Digital Marketing and PR for Search Engine Optimization
Good SEO involves making sure your website is technically optimized to tell a search engine what is on your website. A second part of SEO is your digital marketing, where you must build good content that people want to read, consume, and share. Having good content will encourage other websites to link to your site. Having only a PR strategy can generate no-follow links and very slowly lead to your organization to be found more easily online. But combining PR with a dedicated SEO strategy will accelerate your organization becoming an online authority in your company’s industry.
Press Releases to Complement Digital Marketing
When writing a large content piece as part of your digital marketing strategy, you may need a number of complementary content to support it. A press release can be an interesting piece of content to help further your SEO and generate website traffic. But not all press releases need to have a goal of generating media interviews. With digital marketing, you can have the same content in multiple formats aimed at different audiences. It is important to create content that is tailored to the way your customers or stakeholders want to consume the content.
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Christina Pilarski
Christina Pilarski is CEO and co-founder of CIPR Communications, a digital PR, marketing, and AI consulting agency serving hospitality, tourism, and luxury lifestyle brands across North America. Before starting CIPR in 2010 with her life partner and business partner, Peter Pilarski, Christina led campaigns in a series of corporate roles and served as Special Advisor to the Minister at Alberta's Department of Tourism, Parks and Recreation. She now leads a team of 20+ staff and contractors across CIPR and its AI-focused division, the Tourism AI Network. Christina holds a BA with Honours and an MA in Communications Studies from the University of Calgary. Outside the office, she's a mom of twins and two dogs, based in Calgary.
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Peter Pilarski
Peter Pilarski is the Founder of Tourism AI Network and President of CIPR Communications. He helps tourism and hospitality organizations adopt AI strategically — from AI search visibility and custom tool development to team training and executive advisory. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and AI advisor whose sessions blend practical frameworks with real-world results.
