Comments on: On PR blacklisting http://www.larakretler.com/index.php/2008/05/on-pr-blacklisting/ PRogress not PRfection Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:19:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa http://www.larakretler.com/index.php/2008/05/on-pr-blacklisting/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Melissa Mon, 26 May 2008 18:06:10 +0000 http://larak.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-11 As a PR student about to graduate, it's not comforting to read about professionals being blacklisted. As students we are taught how to pitch stories and how to target key audiences. There is not a lot of emphsis on what to do when journalists are unsatisfied with your approach. I think there is the assumption that if the journalist didn't like your approach or news story that they would simply ignore it. Maybe as students we need to be taught how to handle the aftermath of a bad pitch, or maybe there needs to be more tolerance between PR professionals and journalists. What do you think? As a PR student about to graduate, it’s not comforting to read about professionals being blacklisted. As students we are taught how to pitch stories and how to target key audiences. There is not a lot of emphsis on what to do when journalists are unsatisfied with your approach. I think there is the assumption that if the journalist didn’t like your approach or news story that they would simply ignore it. Maybe as students we need to be taught how to handle the aftermath of a bad pitch, or maybe there needs to be more tolerance between PR professionals and journalists. What do you think?

]]> By: Flacks = Quacks? Avoiding PR Malpractice « PR for Pirates http://www.larakretler.com/index.php/2008/05/on-pr-blacklisting/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Flacks = Quacks? Avoiding PR Malpractice « PR for Pirates Thu, 15 May 2008 16:31:57 +0000 http://larak.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-10 [...] on one side saying, “hey, there’s bacon and tofo besides spam,” or “blacklists = bigotry against PR’s,” and “oh, by the way, quit crying, PR spam is an occupational hazard,” and [...] [...] on one side saying, “hey, there’s bacon and tofo besides spam,” or “blacklists = bigotry against PR’s,” and “oh, by the way, quit crying, PR spam is an occupational hazard,” and [...]

]]> By: Rick Calvert http://www.larakretler.com/index.php/2008/05/on-pr-blacklisting/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Rick Calvert Sun, 11 May 2008 17:16:14 +0000 http://larak.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-9 and isn't this all counterintuitive to the whole "transparency and naked conversation" thing? I understand why someone would be pissed at receiving spam in a personal email address. Gina from LifeHacker does explain pretty plainly on her personal site that her personal email address is for personal correspondence only and not for PR pitches and she even offers up an email address where she welcomes those pitches. So for her to get pitches to her personal inbox is a little ham-handed but as Todd Defren has now explained all PR people get their list of bloggers from the same source. The idiot who created and maintains that list (would be nice to know who that was) is the one who gave out her personal email address incorrectly. Have they since failed to correct it? I hope we find out. and isn’t this all counterintuitive to the whole “transparency and naked conversation” thing?

I understand why someone would be pissed at receiving spam in a personal email address. Gina from LifeHacker does explain pretty plainly on her personal site that her personal email address is for personal correspondence only and not for PR pitches and she even offers up an email address where she welcomes those pitches.

So for her to get pitches to her personal inbox is a little ham-handed but as Todd Defren has now explained all PR people get their list of bloggers from the same source. The idiot who created and maintains that list (would be nice to know who that was) is the one who gave out her personal email address incorrectly.

Have they since failed to correct it?
I hope we find out.

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