Comments on: PR? Or Just Social Media?

By: SEO Audio Voices: Doug Haslam on Social Media and PR

SEO Audio Voices: Doug Haslam on Social Media and PR — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:39:48 +0000

[...] how his gung-ho use of social media has caused him to seen as a social media guy, though in reality social media is just one part of his job in PR (though it happens to be the most public side). In this interview he comments on the changing [...]

By: Social Media Snake Oil « digital CONSORTIUM

Social Media Snake Oil « digital CONSORTIUM — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:09:49 +0000

[...] short, I’m going one step on from Daryl and imploring companies to keep PR or social media experts honest – unfortunately as an industry, I don’t think we’re going to be able to help, or [...]

By: Social media expert? No. Whatever expert? Yes. | crayon, a new marketing company

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:47:00 +0000

[...] Doug Haslam is a PR guy who knows how to use social media to get the word out. (I could have named 100 names, but this post was kinda, sorta inspired by something I read on his blog today.) [...]

By: Todd Defren

Todd Defren — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:52:30 +0000

This conundrum haunts my waking hours.

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hrouda (Vlad Hrouda) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:04:26 +0000

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hrouda (Vlad Hrouda) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:01:34 +0000

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By: David Weiner, PR Newswire

David Weiner, PR Newswire — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:04:34 +0000

You touch on a lot of great points. We should all work to make sure all of our clients are fluent so they don’t rely on the in-house/agency ‘guru’ or ‘expert.’ Every agency needs to have a very robust education program. The walls are coming down as each new group of interns grew up on Facebook …

By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:36:48 +0000

Not trying to write what everyone else is writing is always a challenge. Social Media has the particular issue of being a highly connected community…so you have an echo post or 500 for every great thought.

My only hope? Keep trying and thinking. I try and randomly come up with something everyday, it’s usually spur of the moment. I think that helps keep my blog fresh. I wish I was doing more actual pitching of brands at the moment…so I could incorporate that into the Lost Jacket.

By: Bobby Pens

Bobby Pens — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:30:04 +0000

I feel like there’s a battle to brand “social media guys” right now. On one side, you have people who champion social and new media, labeling themselves as PR professionals or perhaps PR 2.0 professionals. On the other side, you have people clinging to traditionalism and labeling “social media guys” as vagrants and scam artists, bent on undermining PR and traditional media outlets.

A well-rounded PR agency should be known for what it does best, so it would probably benefit the brand more to show knowledge of the “basics” more. But to communications students like me, Shift social media guys are just more awesome than some of the PR guys we study. From where I sit, the lines between PR and social media are getting thin. I’d be interested to see you explore how closely related social media and PR are, so people know that by being “social media guys,” you are also talented PR guys.