Comments on: Why Social Media Press Releases “Matter”

By: Thank You for Bringing Attention to the Need for Change | Brian Solis - PR 2.0

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:49:49 +0000

[...] and not filled with malarky … then you know what? I’m willing to stomach it. – Dr Tony HungMy opinion on the matter is this. I think that anyone who takes the time to invent something, lobby [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:20:48 +0000

I like your blog, it’s always fun to come back and check what you have to tell us today.

By: Deep Jive Interests » Adobe’s Flex: The Case for a Social Media News Room

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:29:46 +0000

[...] blogging just as much as the next man / woman / person, but as you can see in Flex’s case, sometimes it just makes no sense. Starting a blog for the purposes of promoting “awareness” about a product seems fairly [...]

By: pramit

pramit — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:49:39 +0000

What’s next from the PR spin doctors?
Virtual World Press Releases?

http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2007/01/pr-20-why-cant-press-releases-be-proper.html

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:01:43 +0000

Brian,

Thanks — already read your opinion … its why I linked to you in the first place! :D

Here’s a question for you. Who is doing “social media PR” in a real and earnest way *already*? Who is walking the walk?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:00:36 +0000

Mark,

Funny that you mention these folks.
In November (or December?) I had the fortune of breaking bread with a few PR folks at a Geek Dinner hosted by Joel Mitch. In fact, I blogged about it over here:
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/29/geek-meets-are-stu-tastic-or-is-it-stu-tacular-or-mitch-erful/

Got to meet quite a few folks, and some were even from the agencies you mentioned from the above. Its how, actually, I got to know Chris Clarke, and brought him and Ed Lee in to the Blog Herald.

I’ve also read (most) of Naked Conversations, thanks — its great for people who “aren’t into blogging”, but I’m afraid it’ll take more than a book to get (big) business interested in integrating it into their marcom.

Not that I know exactly what *will*, but I suspect it will be an overwhelming fear that they’re missing something. Which is all the more reason to applaud some folks who are trying to get it right … right now.

Cheers
t

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:56:11 +0000

Ian,

Indeed we will — and I think that’s the problem when PR intersects with tagging; every release is “important” and is labeled as such.

Cheers
t