Blogger relations 101: common courtesy

It has recently come to my attention that some PRs have no manners whatsoever… Let me explain.

Scenario 1:

The buying off bloggers agency recently emailed me offering €30 to pen a few kind words about a (boring) website. Due to work commitments, I forgot to send them a polite no thank you. Two weeks later, they sent me another email now offering €80 (woo hoo) to write about the same boring website. I sent them a courteous email explaining that I was against PR agencies paying bloggers.

And then nothing.

As an international PR agency they should have a) enquired about this blog post (because quite frankly, as an international PR person, it is YOUR job to know how things work around Europe) and b) taken a minute of their precious time to respond to my email.

Scenario 2:

Now this seems to be a frequent problem in the Digital PR world… You’ve sent me an email, and I’ve written a blog post about X, Y or Z. When I write about something I always email the PR with my link.

And then nothing… a little thank you would have been nice, don’t you think?

There are two words in blogger relations, the latter being the most important one of the two.

Rant over