Yesterday the fabulous Mrs Woog (left) turned her popular blog WOOGSWORLD over to me.
This is the result – a guest post entitled: PR Pitches: Bin the crap but keep an eye out for the gold! (although the post was semi-hijacked by one @Problogger Darren Rowse, unbeknown to him!).
Anyway, gist of the post is around bloggers dealing with PR people, written from a PR practitioner’s perspective (i.e. mine).
There’s been a lot of discussion lately within blogging circles regarding the issue that the PR profession doesn’t get bloggers.
“They don’t understand what my blog is about.” ~ “I keep getting pitched irrelevant stuff.” This is what I keep hearing.
Firstly, it’s important to re-frame your situation: Getting crap pitches is a good sign! It means you are getting noticed and recognised as an influential blogger. Mark that down as a huge positive!
For more discussion on the subject plus some hints and tips in dealing with PR people, click here to read the full post.
Also, Mrs Woog asked readers what was the most bizarre PR pitch they’d ever received. There are some good responses from readers in the comments section worth checking out too.
