Comments on: Want Me To Write About Your Stuff? Don’t Lie In Your Pitch http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/ Exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media Wed, 23 May 2012 09:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is there a vampire in this Silo? « Media Bullseye – A New Media and Communications Magazine http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-79119 Is there a vampire in this Silo? « Media Bullseye – A New Media and Communications Magazine Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:13:05 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-79119 [...] a bit too far in pushing the creative aspect of using social media–two examples come from Dave Fleet and Silicon Alley Insider. In the case that Dave describes, he questioned the intent of the [...] [...] a bit too far in pushing the creative aspect of using social media–two examples come from Dave Fleet and Silicon Alley Insider. In the case that Dave describes, he questioned the intent of the [...]

]]> By: sonjacr7o8w (Sonja Crawford) http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-64068 sonjacr7o8w (Sonja Crawford) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:47 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-64068 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/sonjacr7o8w" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="sonjacr7o8w (Sonja Crawford)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://davefleet.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="sonjacr7o8w (Sonja Crawford)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/sonjacr7o8w) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Want Me To Write About Your Stuff? Don't Lie In Your Pitch... [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Dave Fleet http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-40083 Dave Fleet Wed, 27 May 2009 19:54:19 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-40083 Michelle - absolutely. We've gotten to know each other over time, and you can pitch me any day. Michelle – absolutely. We’ve gotten to know each other over time, and you can pitch me any day.

]]> By: Michelle Sullivan http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-40077 Michelle Sullivan Wed, 27 May 2009 19:32:10 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-40077 I wonder what they would have done if you'd simply given your feedback by email (as opposed to post, which is what they were going for). Use your comments in a testimonial?   Definitely not cool. Why misrepresent? I've pitched you before ... directly ... for similar reasons (ie: trying to interest you in blogging about the social media aspects of my client's campaign). While I didn't get any public results (ex: blog post), I did get some Twitter DMs. And while I didn't use that content publicly, they helped me guage reaction from the group I was approaching and allowed me to give my client feedback about the strategy they had asked me to implement. All in all, very useful to me, and to my client.   Plus, I know that because we've built a relationship, over time, based on trust, I can feel comfortable approaching you again, under appropriate circumstances, cards on table.   Win-win. For me, my client .. and hopefully for you if I can feed you content you'll find interesting and/or thought provoking enough to blog about.   The approach you've outlined in this blog post? Nice try, but Fail.   In my book, honesty wins out every time.   Slimy? Not so much.   You're a gentleman for not outing the PR rep, Dave. I'm thinking you'll have sent them a link to this blog post. Hopefully they'll learn from their mistake. I wonder what they would have done if you’d simply given your feedback by email (as opposed to post, which is what they were going for). Use your comments in a testimonial?
 
Definitely not cool. Why misrepresent? I’ve pitched you before … directly … for similar reasons (ie: trying to interest you in blogging about the social media aspects of my client’s campaign). While I didn’t get any public results (ex: blog post), I did get some Twitter DMs. And while I didn’t use that content publicly, they helped me guage reaction from the group I was approaching and allowed me to give my client feedback about the strategy they had asked me to implement. All in all, very useful to me, and to my client.
 
Plus, I know that because we’ve built a relationship, over time, based on trust, I can feel comfortable approaching you again, under appropriate circumstances, cards on table.
 
Win-win. For me, my client .. and hopefully for you if I can feed you content you’ll find interesting and/or thought provoking enough to blog about.
 
The approach you’ve outlined in this blog post? Nice try, but Fail.
 
In my book, honesty wins out every time.
 
Slimy? Not so much.
 
You’re a gentleman for not outing the PR rep, Dave. I’m thinking you’ll have sent them a link to this blog post. Hopefully they’ll learn from their mistake.

]]> By: Stuart Foster http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-40033 Stuart Foster Wed, 27 May 2009 13:27:08 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-40033 Ouch. Honesty is probably the most important thing in PR asides from getting coverage. Lying or being misleading is a sure way to burn through your contacts/relationships. Even if you are looking for a quick hit...don't be that guy. Ouch. Honesty is probably the most important thing in PR asides from getting coverage. Lying or being misleading is a sure way to burn through your contacts/relationships. Even if you are looking for a quick hit…don’t be that guy.

]]> By: Kevin Richard http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-40026 Kevin Richard Wed, 27 May 2009 12:51:43 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-40026 Not only that but now that organization has basically burnt any sort of relationship they had with you prior. I'm curious of their motive surrounding this email rather than being up front and asking whether you could post/give them advice about their video. Did you send a response to the email or just ignored it? Not only that but now that organization has basically burnt any sort of relationship they had with you prior. I’m curious of their motive surrounding this email rather than being up front and asking whether you could post/give them advice about their video. Did you send a response to the email or just ignored it?

]]> By: Mark McKay http://davefleet.com/2009/05/write-stuff-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-40025 Mark McKay Wed, 27 May 2009 12:41:53 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2009/05/how-not-to-pitch-me/#comment-40025 Well they did succeed in getting you to write about it - without mentioning what it is! LOL! Well they did succeed in getting you to write about it – without mentioning what it is! LOL!

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