Comments on: A Blog Lesson Learned? A Failing Grade Given To These PR and Advertising Agencies

By: Linda Hutchins

Linda Hutchins — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:32:41 +0000

…..And more enlightening Cox-isms, deserving of their own page:

http://coxstuff.blogspot.com

By: Linda Hutchins

Linda Hutchins — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:25:00 +0000

Please see the first chapter of a work in progress: (as yet very unorganized)

http://truthaboutlewis.blogspot.com/

There are 2 emails from Robert Cox which prove the claims that Cox had only “Skimmed” Dutson’s blog since May of 2006 - before having appointed Lance Dutson as a Libby blogger.

Thanks

By: Sherry Lewis

Sherry Lewis — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:12:01 +0000

Jim, I agree with your comments.

My husband, Dann Lewis former director of the Maine Office of Tourism, paid a terrible price for the collective misunderstanding of the power of blogging. However last summer, he insisted that all his contracters read Naked Conversations and then act on its common sense rules of engagement.

But the reality was that they had been told as state policy, not to repond to Lance Dutson in any form, and Dann had to back off of his mandate. Everyone involved was rendered nearly breathless by Lance Dutson’s allegations of wrongdoing coupled with vicious personal attacks, and the prevailing wisdom was to simply honker down and hope that the insanity blows over.

It obviously did not.

So, wounded wife and private tax-paying citizen, I started my own blog. But I obviously did not react at blink speed and it was too little and too late. But boy oh boy did it feel good.

So the bottom line is that we have learned a great deal…and in your words, learned from our mistakes. But what a price.

My blog with no teeth, but with relentless emphasis on truthfulness, can be viewed at sherrylewisresponds.com.

By: Chris Cree

Chris Cree — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:16:29 +0000

Jim, I suspect that nothing will convert the skeptical as thoroughly as success. I’ll just keep plugging away and build up some case studies. I expect they’ll figure it out eventually.

No Fear.

By: Jim Turner

Jim Turner — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:33:15 +0000

Thanks Chris, in fact I was very curious how it went for you in Savannah. It sounds like you were a definite hit from what I have read so far. It appears that the difficulty in teaching PR that blogs are powerful and a dynamic living and breathing medium is going to take a while. Those PR people that throw out all of the old ways and learn the new social media will benefit the most. The problem is, MSM is still fostering that relationship.

By: Chris Cree

Chris Cree — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:55:39 +0000

Jim, We had a blogging conference here in Savannah Friday and one of the local successful and talented PR folks lead a session on PR & the Blogger.

My understanding of the PR expert’s take on the blog world is that she wants to learn who the local influencers are (i.e. bloggers with big readerships) so that she can feed them press releases in the hopes that they pick up the story. Sort of like traditional media does now.

She did say that she’s tried to encourage some of her clients to start blogs. But when I asked, she was talking in terms of personal blogs, not business blogs. She didn’t really see blogs as part of a businesses marketing strategy.

It was a very interesting discussion. But I walked away thinking that she doesn’t really understand blogging yet.