A spot on Friend Feed to discuss media relations and share/find media relations links designed to improve relationship between PR and the Fourth Estate.
In an attempt to help them out, I actually informed the company of the link above (I'm so selfless) in the hope that they would rewrite the press release and win the Seth Godin action figure for themselves. - Andrew
I was wondering if we HAD to take the action figure for the prize?! lol - Kevin Dugan
Hopefully they are looking for mentions as hard as they are trying to create them and see this. Yeah, doubtful, but still. Google tells me it's a pretty common name for a conference. Which one specifically? - Kevin Dugan
not actually pitches about the conference (which i'm scheduled to attend) but from companies who want to meet there... - Jeremy Toeman
“CENSORED ON FIR: “Is it PR's job to foster "a weightless nowhere of silent autism"? Here learn how Social Media is destroying the business of communications: http://tinyurl.com/35djcn””
I don't find many of the requests very useful, quite off topic, PR Newswire's filters are much more relevant, interesting to read the commentary though. - John Cass
Just started to get these. Wondering if anyone has found this useful... - Al Stevens
Al, I am sure people have, just a matter of doing some digging. A filter would be nice. - John Cass
John - It's still a case of you get what you pay for I guess. It looks like he's focusing on demand in the hopes to get more supply...or vice versa. - Kevin Dugan
As someone who is a ProfNet subscriber and a HARO recipient, I have to say that more queries are moving over to Peter's "project." I'm certain the folks at United Business Media have started noticing the threat to their high-margin service. - Cyrus Afzali
Cyrus he is certainly getting quite a few message, however, I have my ProfNet messages set up on a filter, a fairly narrow focus, and I receive far more queries on that subject from ProfNet than the email list. I would imagine the numbers are still greater on ProfNet. - John Cass
On a different level, this is a great case study/example of building a brand - very quickly - online. - john ratcliffe-lee
I've found it to be a 50/50 relevance with Help a Reporter Out, but the same holds true for me with ProfNet as well. It certainly doesn't hurt to be on both lists, although I am starting to see some of the same inquiries on ProfNet showing up on Peter's list as well. It's also a matter of timing--I get Peter's first listing much earlier than I get my ProfNet feed. I definitely think there's benefits to both. - Pierce Mattie
Does anyone know how many reporters are using HARO? - Andrew
releases as SEO tools are something PR folks, including myself, could take more advantage of. I have somewhat of an excuse having inherited a flash-based site. I do not think about SEO as much. But press release grader reminded me I should be. Post forthcoming. - Kevin Dugan
Actually I don't find Brian to be anti-PR at all, just very frustrated with how people pitch him and follow up. I've been interacting with him on twitter and have seen the countless times he's tweeted that someone's tried to force his hand or bully him about a story or client. I wouldn't have a warm fuzzy feeling about PR either after things like that. - Pierce Mattie
