13 month ago
Simon Willison : Sorry PR people: you're blocked - Sorry PR people: you’re blocked. I was added to some PR mailing lists a few months ago and they appear to be spreading my address around like a nasty disease. I’m tempted to contribute some addresses to Chris Anderson’s block list.
plasticbag : Chris Anderson's brilliant piece on PR people getting blocked from his blog - I imagine he has to deal with at a whole other level of stuff to me. PR people are sending unsolicited commercial e-mails. It is spam! And they're trying to commandeer the conversation. It may be inevitable, but it's also repulsive!
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15 month ago
plasticbag : Motion Blur interrogates my belief that PR is an intrinsically more cynical and fake process than human self-representation and expression on blogs (or elsewhere) - This is another articulation of the idea that since all human beings attempt to make themselves look okay, that they're engaging in public relations, which in turn acts as a de facto license for any kind of marketing, advertising or pr strategy...
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15 month ago
plasticbag : Merlin Mann is in a similar state with regards to PR people... - Lovely graphic he's posting. That other people are feeling the same way maybe indicates that the PR people are upscaling their assault on webloggia?
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15 month ago
plasticbag : Stephen at PRBlogger has put up a big post warning PR people not to spam bloggers... - I have to be honest, Stephen has done his utmost to make this (limited) situation right and I can't thank him enough. If his post gets the attention of people in the PR industry that'll be a really good start.
deusx : prblogger.com » Blog Archive » Brothels update - "Please understand that blogs are not the same as traditional media and some bloggers couldn’t care less about your clients’ news. They just want to be left in peace. Please respect that."
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15 month ago
plasticbag : A nice supportive message from Stowe Boyd... - "Tom expresses the feeling that most well-known bloggers share: a learned avoidance -- if not physical disgust -- of PR folks who bombard us with PR."
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15 month ago
plasticbag : I'm fascinated to hear that there are PR databases full of my contact details! Oh happy day! - Do you work in PR and want to differentiate yourself from the unscrupulous people who lie and spam for cash!? Then get access to these databases and find out what they say about me! Screencaps preferred!
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16 month ago
plasticbag : Drew B writes on 'How not to court a Blogger' citing my recent explosion on Flickr - And I quote: "And maybe bloggers need to realise that if they publish and they have an audience, they are vehicles conveying messages, and companies will always look to sign them up." They're no better than spammers.
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16 month ago
plasticbag : Noisy Decent Graphics has a highly entertaining post on the book "Churnmore", a satire on PR, advertising and brand people - Thanks to Matt Jones for pointing it out to me. I will be heading to Amazon and buying it immediately.
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16 month ago
plasticbag : Ged Carroll writes a rather over-flattering post about something I said on Flickr - I'm going to write up my thoughts on the whole PR / blog thing as soon as I get a moment. Maybe later today if I've got plasticbag.org's comments working properly again.
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26 month ago
plasticbag : Wikipedia's article on Astroturfing - I'm increasingly aware that the future of lying and propoganda lies in social media and astroturfing. It's a problem we should really be looking towards more seriously.
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plasticbag : A spoof of Al Gore that was put on YouTube, allegedly made by a teenager, may have been made by a PR firm with Exxon as a client - Wow, this is super low and horrible. Makes the whole Cillit Bang thing seem like a real PR victory in comparison. This is like Ethicopocalypse. I don't understand how these people sleep at night.
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32 month ago
wearehugh : Press release mashup [Scribbling.net]
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33 month ago
WillPate : Blogging Becoming Asset in PR Agencies - "[Agencies] want someone able to speak the truth. On the whole, clients want or need that honesty."
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33 month ago
WillPate : Public Relating - "Smart corporations, meanwhile, will become more relevant as well because they will through the assistance of their PR agencies create a more open dialogue with consumers."
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34 month ago
plasticbag : How to give Oral Sex to Bloggers in Return for PR Favors (by Jeremy Zawodny) - PR aimed at webloggers increases every day. I normally tell people that if they want to send me free stuff, they're more than welcome, but that I will on principle not write about it. That gets rid of most of 'em...
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35 month ago
WillPate : Amazon.com: "Boiling Point" by Ross Gelbspan - Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ross Gelbspan's book about climate change, oil industry lobbying, PR spinsters, politicians and lazy journalists.
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36 month ago
WillPate : deSmogBlog Radio #1 | deSmogBlog - My first time leading a client of Raincity Studios, or anyone for that matter, through a podcast. Jim Hoggan talks about his motivations for creating the deSmogBlog
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WillPate : DesmogBlog | Clearing the air on climate change - PR pro James Hoggan takes on the flacks that manufacture controversy about climate change. Site designed by Raincity Studios.
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38 month ago
plasticbag : The Guy Ritchie film "Revolver" got terrible terrible reviews, but on the poster there was a quote saying it was "Ritchie back to his best". The quote came from a PR microsite the Sun was paid to carry... These marketing types are so ethical... - "We try to connect with niche audiences in their home environment," says Hamm. "We use bloggers as much as online journalists."
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39 month ago
WillPate : Global PR Blog Week 2.0 - PR people promoting and figuring out best practices for using social software
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40 month ago
WillPate : PR Tip: How to engage with bloggers - Thank god someone finally wrote a realistic explanation
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