Thursday, March 19, 2009

5 Rules of Blogging PR - Aka: How Not to Go Viral

1. Don't read my blog. When you get in touch, make sure it feels like you have never visited my site before. For example, I love it when you send me a link to a new ad in a campaign I've already slagged off saying "I think you'll really like this".

2. Ignore my location. The world is flat and although I mainly cover UK stuff, what I really want is 20 average campaigns from Canada and Mexico.

3. Timing doesn't matter. Sure you could encourage me to post by giving me something early, before it is released. But to be honest I'm happy to post about ads that everyone has seen, sites that everyone has been to, and content thats already been passed around. The more people have discussed it, the more likely I am to extend that conversation further.

4. Quality is irrelevant. I might be interested in the best work you have to put out there, but I am even more interested in churned out dross. Please send me at least 5 campaigns a week, all of which are shite.

5. I don't care if it works. Some people might say that sending an active, critical blogger a dead link, or a link to a site that doesn't work properly is foolish. Not me. I am happy to spend time going back and forth to your link to see if technical support has fixed it.

4 comments:

Jam said...

Sarcasm?

On the internet?

It's good to see we're still breaking ground. [/meta]

Rob Mortimer (aka Famous Rob) said...

Thanks! ;)

Age said...

You get PR from agencies? Rob you ARE famous!!

Rob Mortimer (aka Famous Rob) said...

Well its hardely famous, its their PR companies looking for blogs that discuss ads. Not like I get the CD on the phone!!