The Roles Played By An Automotive Spokesperson

By Brenda Warner


A spokesperson is an individual who basically is hired by a company that deals in cars to generally welcome customers to the company showroom and give a brief description on various car models available. They outline specific details that a customer does not know and clearly explains to them why they should purchase a certain model. Others will define them as people selected to speak or represent companies or people. Automotive spokesperson usually represents their companies in all matters regarding public relations.

The person is strictly advised to only give the company opinion irrespective of what they may probably be thinking. Sometimes people have their own opinion which is not the management opinion or represent management opinion in any way and so such opinion should be set aside and only give management opinion on a subject matter.

The public is also a shareholder of an organization and so they have a right to be constantly updated on the progress on a particular organization. Make no mistake of employing a person with no prior experience. A competent person for the job is one who has undergone formal training probably in journalism sector, public affairs of companies, communication sector and has successfully done public relations.

They require this public related programs or courses so that one can have basic knowledge on how to handle this challenging task of public affairs. The public is the biggest critic and so spokesperson should be well aware of that. They should control the information they give out to public to prevent wrong information falling into the wrong hands.

There are many factors of consider when selecting a communication channel. Some of such factors include, availability of the channel, the following the channel has, the cost of using that channel, number of time that channel will air your announcements and lastly a channel that suits your company.

In research firms, many big collaborations of scientist select one or even two people or leaders of that collaboration to represent their views. For automotive representatives, the person selected promises to protect the firm confidential information and only give information that the company or management wants given to public.

If a company deals with cars, then it needs a spokesperson to tell the public on the incoming new vehicle models, address an issue raised by the public concerning their cars and tell the people how they have contained the situation. For one to qualify for such a career they must have basic formal education. These people are responsible for all the creation and maintenance of public image which is positive for organizations, schools and businesses.

Many companies today are opting to employee the most qualified spokespeople to do their work for them. The most preferred or the ideal people for such a job are celebrities. The celebrity can be a local celebrity or national celebrity especially those sport stars. Some of the famous sports stars who do this kind of work include Bob Uecker and not forgetting Michael Jordan. These are among the many sport stars chosen by various companies to market the company brand.




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