Comments on: Blogger relations – the good, the bad and the ugly http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/02/09/blogger-relations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/02/09/blogger-relations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 Craig Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:33:47 +0000 http://www.laurenceborel.com/?p=2499#comment-2971 I agree that bloggers 'buy' into PRs and would suggest this is a symptom of the blogging mindset. Most bloggers are strongly motivated by the felt community aspects of the medium and, while there are those of us who also pay the bills through it, we remain part of - and energized by - the people we work with. Those with a purely financial motivation in contacting bloggers should take heed of your advice and build relationship as well a business deals. I agree that bloggers ‘buy’ into PRs and would suggest this is a symptom of the blogging mindset. Most bloggers are strongly motivated by the felt community aspects of the medium and, while there are those of us who also pay the bills through it, we remain part of – and energized by – the people we work with.

Those with a purely financial motivation in contacting bloggers should take heed of your advice and build relationship as well a business deals.

]]> By: If you are a PR-type of person, this is a cracking post to read. « http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/02/09/blogger-relations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-2899 If you are a PR-type of person, this is a cracking post to read. « Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:10:28 +0000 http://www.laurenceborel.com/?p=2499#comment-2899 [...] If you are a PR-type of person, this is a cracking post to read. Jump to Comments “Engaging with bloggers is by far the hardest aspect of digital PR”… Laurence Borel tells it like it is. [...] [...] If you are a PR-type of person, this is a cracking post to read. Jump to Comments “Engaging with bloggers is by far the hardest aspect of digital PR”… Laurence Borel tells it like it is. [...]

]]> By: Lolly http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/02/09/blogger-relations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 Lolly Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:40:59 +0000 http://www.laurenceborel.com/?p=2499#comment-2898 Hey Sylwia, Thanks for the comment and yes I totally agree with you that smaller bloggers should also be engaged as long as the content is relevant to them... Hey Sylwia,

Thanks for the comment and yes I totally agree with you that smaller bloggers should also be engaged as long as the content is relevant to them…

]]> By: Sylwia Presley http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/02/09/blogger-relations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-2896 Sylwia Presley Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:56 +0000 http://www.laurenceborel.com/?p=2499#comment-2896 I like your points a lot and agree with them. I think from my experience in blogger enagement there is also an interesting aspect of social media itself - which relates to what you said about bringing value - sometimes it is also fun to engage/be enaged in a project targeting less influencial bloggers and giving them tools which help them increase their on-line presence, as long as they are passionate and well established in their own, smaller communities. It makes sense to me as a blogger too, as learning more about social media is value itself. I like your points a lot and agree with them. I think from my experience in blogger enagement there is also an interesting aspect of social media itself – which relates to what you said about bringing value – sometimes it is also fun to engage/be enaged in a project targeting less influencial bloggers and giving them tools which help them increase their on-line presence, as long as they are passionate and well established in their own, smaller communities. It makes sense to me as a blogger too, as learning more about social media is value itself.

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