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Happy Mother’s Day to a Techie Mom like you!

Since I do write online for various outlets (newspaper, magazine and review website) that make me “worthy”, not to mention my personal blog, I am very cognizant of who treats me as legit media and who is clueless. I frankly don’t have time to promote companies and sites that are so antiquated that I need to school them. As a freelancer, my time is money.

However, those that *are* with the times and care about creating a biz relationship, can quickly gain my loyalty and will see my sweet side instead of that “cantankerous” side (as pr squared so aptly put it).

`Arianne (ToThink on Twitter)

P.S. Rockin post.

Your post is right on the money, many PR folks don’t “get” the web. I am ann independent PR consultant, and recent blogger & Twitterer who is diving into Social Media, after nibbling around the edges for a year. I may stumble, but I’m learning every day – using new media for myself, and learning to use it 4 my clients.

Many PR folks and organizations resist reaching out to bloggers. One- they don’t quite understand how it all works; Two- as Geoff Livingston at Podcamp Philly 2008 said, many companies fear giving up control. Three-they don’t know the stats – one way to prove your credentials is to show them webhits, RSS subsrcibers#’s, and twitter followers – oh right, all except the 1st one may be a foreign language to them.

To me, a blogger is very similar to a freelance writer, or reporter, and a blog community creator is like an editor. One difference from a FL writer is that I can easily check a blogger’s clips on-line by just reading their blog. When I worked for a CVB, there were some FL writers who got a bad rep for attending FAM (familiarization) trips, then never writing about it. But that’s par for the course. But the number of bloggers has exploded, and free tickets can add to costs. I did like knowing when someone used our images, but we had a simple “give us your e-mail and website,” to help track those uses.

Granted, some blogger’s audiences may be smaller than some print publications, but often their readers are more interested – a blogger may reach people who are more likely to take action. That is who I want to hear about my organization – I say make it easy for bloggers to get the word out bout your business/organization.

Thanks for writing this thought provoking post. I’m starting a new podcast – asking bloggers about good and bad PR interactions. When I get the 1st few posted, Ill let you know, and maybe we can do one over the phone. Sorry for the long comment, but you got me thinking!

@CathyWebSavvyPR (twitter ID)

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As a blogger myself, I consider myself a form of media. I write to entertain, inform, vent and sometimes confess, but I’m not sure I belong in the Twins press box day in and day out. Any moron can go to blogspot and sign up for a blog.

So, how do these old school companies determine which bloggers are worthy and which ones are not? I don’t even suppose to have an answer to this question, I just ask it for the purpose of clarity.

You are a successful blogger and a very good writer, you probably do qualify for ‘media’ status, but for some schmuck working in a PR firm, she may never have heard of you. Not because she’s stupid, but because she’s never heard of you.

I certainly have no idea how to answer these questions, but it seems to me that just because we are bloggers, doesn’t mean that companies need to treat us like print media. It’s much easier to tell who they are.

Guess that’s my two cents.

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My close friend writes for print and she reads what I write and gets ideas! Rude but true. So get a clue PR people and companies.

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