Comments on: PR Gone Bad: How to Anger Bloggers and Hose Your Client

By: More Than Words: How to Really Redefine the Term “Public Relations” | The Public Relations News Site

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:57:05 +0000

[...] companies are deeply afraid of their markets.” From press releases that sound like this and media pitches like this, PR practitioners have gotten lazy, hiding behind words and messages instead of building an actual [...]

By: More Than Words: How to Really Redefine the Term “Public Relations” | Social Media Strategery

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:26:39 +0000

By: Serving up Bull—Lessons Learned from a #PRfail – The Buzz Bin

Serving up Bull—Lessons Learned from a #PRfail – The Buzz Bin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:01:12 +0000

[...] of our ongoing education. There are sites like the BAD PITCH BLOG and horror stories like one that Jonathan Fields blogged about that call out bad PR, not to embarrass, but rather [...]

By: Brennan

Brennan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:54:07 +0000

Wow, I work in PR, and I would never do what this person just did! ={

By: Liam Ireland

Liam Ireland — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:50:52 +0000

Glad to see that Willy Loman is still gainfully employed.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:36:34 +0000

… ‘closeminded’ …. please … make the laughter stop.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:53:06 +0000

Wow. It makes me embarrassed to be pitching bloggers alongside this guy! Hopefully he and people like him will read this and heed your advise! Thanks for the post!

By: Bring it to Fruition – Tuesday Tips & Trends: A Little Bit About Blogger Relations

Tue, 11 May 2010 15:24:11 +0000

[...] Personalize! Dear_____ isn’t gonna cut it. By now they should be at least familiar and “open” to you. If you don’t engage them and are not personally interested in them then they will know it. Yes, it is time consuming. But if you want to be effective then you will need put some work into it. Unless you want to end up like this guy. [...]

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By: gene sower

gene sower — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:23:27 +0000

Ah, when two world collide — sparks will fly! The one observation I made from your exchange with the old school PR guy is that while you’re claiming his techniques don’t work, he’s claiming they do. He’s not buying your premise that the same old same old isn’t working. He’s saying people he sent that stock release to are requesting to review the book in droves. Therein lies the rub: your comments to him are falling on deaf ears. It’s also hard for people to admit that the way they’ve done things for years is now obsolete. Ouch!