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Rachel Sklar, To Tweet or Not to Tweet

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Rachel Sklar, Manager of Media Experts at Abrams Research, former media reporter for the Huffington Post and current contributor to The Daily Beast, discusses some of the lessons she had learned in social media and how she is applying those lessons to her new charitable initiative, Charitini. Recorded at the Bulldog Media Relations summit.

Some of Rachel’s VlogViews:

“Social media comes up so much because it’s such a huge part of multimedia strategy these days and so many companies are desperate to learn about it and understand how you use social media to build your brand, build awareness of your product and participate in the conversation online.”

“Tweet, and do anything communicative right…In terms of reaching out to people on a professional level, you want to be respectful, add value to what you’re tweeting about….Really the same core rules of human interaction carry forth online, whether it be blogging, or on facebook or on twitter.”

“I decided to donate my birthday to four of my favorite charities…I asked my friends to instead of buying me a birthday drink, I asked them to donate that money to more charities, hence the name Charitini. I’ve expanded that to other friends and their birthdays…Like everything else, I’m using social media to build awareness of it and it’s working.”

The Growing Role of PR: Stuart Elliott, The New York Times

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Stuart Elliott, Advertising Columnist for The New York Times, discusses the role of PR and advertising in the marketing mix and how to market in a recession.

Some of Stuart’s VlogViews:

“Several times I’ve written about campaigns…and it turns out there’s no advertising agency on record involved. The PR agency is the lead agency; and they’re the ones who are doing the quote-unquote advertising.”

“It’s sort of hard to tell where advertising starts and PR ends, or where the new media come in and where the old media step back. It’s being thought of in a much different way now. A lot of those lines are blurring or being erased completely; and as a result, a lot of agencies, a lot of marketers are scrambling to try to adjust to these realities.”

The shift to an opt-in culture “is a challenge for everybody, because you have people saying, ‘I’m not going to have this commercial wash over me; I’m going to choose when and where I want to be interrupted’…It’s the consumer who decides if he/she wants to engage.”

On the current economic crisis: “The question is whether these particular tough [economic] times are so unique and unusual that some of the traditional rules are not going to be effective in this climate.”

Stuart’s New York Times Page 

Stuart’s Blog
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PR Thought Leader Richard Laermer

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Richard Laermer, Owner of RLM PR and author of “Bad Pitch Blog” and 2011:Trendspotting For The Next Decade, gives his three predictions for future trends in public relations.

Richard’s three predictions about the future of PR:

1. “I think in the next few years our ‘email-centric-ness,’ the idea of always being emailed and always getting information, that’s going to die out when people realize that it’s not helping us, we’re not getting anywhere.”

2. “Flexibility. The way that we deal with ourselves and each other will be less about waiting for things to happen, because other people are finishing the product and more about getting it done ourselves…The idea that all flexibility lies with us.”

3. “Less of a reliance on technology and more face-to-face because studies have proven, and it might be more so in the next decade, that connecting is what is going to keep us going, as opposed to all this ‘hey, how ya doing?’ Twitter and email and all that SMS stuff is great; but it’s also really time consuming, and at the end of the day, maybe around 7:45, makes us feel kind of useless.”

RLM PR
Bad Pitch Blog

2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade

Search Terms: Richard Laermer, RLM PR, Bad PR Pitches, PR News, PR News’ Digital PR Next Practices Summit, Public Relations

PR Thought Leader Peter Shankman

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Peter Shankman, CEO of the Geek Factory and the founder of HARO (Help a Reporter Out), discusses how PR practitioners can grow and stay relevant. Recorded at PR News’ Platinum PR awards.

Some of Peter’s VlogViews:

“Press releases are going to die. I think the only reason they are going to stay alive is that they are required by the SEC. I don’t believe that a press release within three to five years will be a viable option for disseminating your news.”

“If you’re not transparent and you’re not truthful with what you are doing in the beginning, you’re going to get caught.”

“In the end, the concept of me me me me me me is starting to go away. What used to be about what can you give me, has really turned into how can I help you?”

The Geek Factory
HARO (Help a Reporter Out)

Search Terms: The Geek Factory, HARO, Help a Reporter Out, Public Relations, Peter Shankman, PR News, PR News’ Platinum PR Awards

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