Jennifer Mattern seems to have started a right old PR punchup with her latest blog about PR blogs. Brendan Cooper followed up with left hook on blog bullying and now there’s an unholy row going on.
There I was, minding my own rose-tinted business, bimbling along in the blogosphere, when La Mattern comes along and parks several tanks on my illusionary lawn. It seems that all is not well in PR blogland, and the there are accusations of cliques, insiders and bullying the new boys/girls on the block. Jenn’s point is that PR blogster are generally engaged in a love-fest, while Brendan states that relative newby blogsters (such as myself) are being criticised by more experience hands for raising the same issues that have been discussed on the old forums, or established blog lists. Well, welcome to the world of PR!!
Cliques, insiders and bullying (yes, try any top 20 agency for size – even the really good ones succumb once in a while). New for old – a show of hands from any PR who has re-worked an old story and gained coverage as something new…..carried unanimously by the old lags at the back. A PR luv-fest, well where were you when the champagne was last handed out, that’s the nature of the industry.
But…and it’s a but with a capital B – Jenn’s article did make me think about getting out a bit more (at least into the blogosphere). You will notice that my own blogroll is still very small at the moment and there’s a reason for that. I wouldn’t expect people to add my blog to their key list just because they are a mate, any more than I would add theirs. I believe you need to earn the place. So no hints, no begging, and no luvviedom – but if I’m one of your clique then hey, thanks anyway.
Tags: blogging, communication, PR, public relations
Peter – I’ve never had you down as a luvvie. Personally, I don’t mind “old” issues raised by “newbies” if they’ve something interesting to say. I suppose it is like anything, a bit of research first to find out what might have already been said is useful – especially if you can pull out a topic that is worth having a bit more spice added.
In respect of the link-love fests – you are right, the antidote is to get out more into blogosphere. That is one of the great things, I believe about all this stuff is that we can “meet” new people, share around interesting viewpoints, and generally expand our horizons.
Who wants to just hear from the people we’ve known for decades? Oh – that’s us…
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