5 posts tagged PRSpam

So you’re an entrepreneur reading the latest “pr sucks” meme to hit the Internets and thinking, “shit, we were counting on PR to drive 1,000 beta sign-ups in the first 6 months… now what?”  Or you heard that your agency is listed on the ignominious prspammer blacklist.  It’s not good, Jim, not

By: Bob Geller, SVP, Fusion PR The subject of PR pitch spam is once again generating controversy in the blogosphere. A number of top PR bloggers have covered the subject over the past few days.

It was refreshing to see Susan Getgood acknowledge a "good" story pitch from a PR person (courtesy of Mir Kamin). I mean how many more blogposts can we bear maligning PR "pros" who blindly send their misguided and unsolicited story ideas into the overflowing e-mailboxes of beleaguered journalists?

By Matt Clark A few days ago Gina Trapani of LifeHacker published a wiki blacklisting PR firms who pitch spam bloggers. This has kicked up some great social media conversation. How do you pitch bloggers? What’s the best way to work with a blogger?

Taking Flack from the Spamalot Caste - broadstuff Alan Patrick debunks the argument that since we have public blogs then it is our job to wade through all the PR spam that PR staffers can generate. Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tags: alan patrick, pr spam, microprALLIED by Jeneane Sessum: It's a good thing I've been 'out of pocket' the last two days...