Comments on: Drop the Excuses and Start Participating http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/ The PerkettPR Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: PR is A-Changing? « Social Commentary http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 PR is A-Changing? « Social Commentary Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:44:16 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-3886 [...] voice their concerns and feelings.  Ultimately, that’s what PR and brands are looking for. This article sums up the view pretty [...] [...] voice their concerns and feelings.  Ultimately, that’s what PR and brands are looking for. This article sums up the view pretty [...]

]]> By: Cody Heitschmidt http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-3694 Cody Heitschmidt Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:48:43 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-3694 didn't every technology ever get resisted by the masses originally?<br><br>Bell was an idiot, Edison made the candle makers mad, Ford met opposition from the horse buggy people. <br><br>Thank God for people like you who put their heads down and persist. It take smart people to do that, but really it always does seem to work out. <br><br>Even when we are freaking out that someone is ignoring the next round of tech, they come around in the long run, don't they? or they die. didn't every technology ever get resisted by the masses originally?

Bell was an idiot, Edison made the candle makers mad, Ford met opposition from the horse buggy people.

Thank God for people like you who put their heads down and persist. It take smart people to do that, but really it always does seem to work out.

Even when we are freaking out that someone is ignoring the next round of tech, they come around in the long run, don't they? or they die.

]]> By: Embracing Social Media « PRoper Learning http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-2980 Embracing Social Media « PRoper Learning Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:33 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-2980 [...] PR is an organization that is using social media very effectively, even posting an article entitled Drop the Excuses and Start Participating. Fundamental skills are always going to be the foundation for studying PR, but it seems the old way [...] [...] PR is an organization that is using social media very effectively, even posting an article entitled Drop the Excuses and Start Participating. Fundamental skills are always going to be the foundation for studying PR, but it seems the old way [...]

]]> By: Timeliness is next to godliness « It’s a blogger’s life, in modern public relations. http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Timeliness is next to godliness « It’s a blogger’s life, in modern public relations. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:36:35 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-234 [...] Christine Perkitt has some good tips and reasons to at the very least, give Online PR practices a shot here. [...] [...] Christine Perkitt has some good tips and reasons to at the very least, give Online PR practices a shot here. [...]

]]> By: Sandi Atlas-Gordon http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Sandi Atlas-Gordon Fri, 23 May 2008 17:31:16 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-160 I am one of those people who wants to participate but is finding it difficult. I am following some great people on Twitter but don't know how to become part of the conversation. I saw your request so I thought - here is a great opportunity. Yesterday, on Twitter, I mentioned that I am going to the Marketing Profs conference in June and want to meetup with anyone who's going. I got no reply. Also, I know this sounds silly, but I'm not sure how to respond to someone on Twitter. Where do I click? I'm your classic wanna be but can't quite figure it out. I am one of those people who wants to participate but is finding it difficult. I am following some great people on Twitter but don’t know how to become part of the conversation. I saw your request so I thought – here is a great opportunity. Yesterday, on Twitter, I mentioned that I am going to the Marketing Profs conference in June and want to meetup with anyone who’s going. I got no reply. Also, I know this sounds silly, but I’m not sure how to respond to someone on Twitter. Where do I click? I’m your classic wanna be but can’t quite figure it out.

]]> By: Christine Perkett http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Christine Perkett Tue, 13 May 2008 22:19:29 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-132 Kate - thank you for your comments. I'd love to talk to you about your work... any possibilities of partnering would be interesting. Tish, I totally agree - it's not either/or if you want to evolve. It's the only way! It's been fun following you on Twitter, btw, and thanks for connecting here as well. Kindly, Chris Kate – thank you for your comments. I’d love to talk to you about your work… any possibilities of partnering would be interesting.

Tish, I totally agree – it’s not either/or if you want to evolve. It’s the only way! It’s been fun following you on Twitter, btw, and thanks for connecting here as well.

Kindly,
Chris

]]> By: Tish Grier http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Tish Grier Tue, 13 May 2008 19:38:42 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-129 Great post, Christine! And you're right--it's participate or die a slow death from disinterest. I always love the "where do you find the time" stuff, because, if done right, as part of daily tasks, social media gets integrated. It's not really an either/or proposition (if you want to move forward, that is.) Great post, Christine! And you’re right–it’s participate or die a slow death from disinterest. I always love the “where do you find the time” stuff, because, if done right, as part of daily tasks, social media gets integrated. It’s not really an either/or proposition (if you want to move forward, that is.)

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive How RSS Feeds Affect My Life & Work « http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Web Worker Daily » Archive How RSS Feeds Affect My Life & Work « Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:02 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-128 [...] communicate social media to non-tech types - helpful in my pitches to potential clients); and Drop the Excuses and Start Participating (interested in the impact of social media on traditional PR as I’ve moved from the traditional [...] [...] communicate social media to non-tech types – helpful in my pitches to potential clients); and Drop the Excuses and Start Participating (interested in the impact of social media on traditional PR as I’ve moved from the traditional [...]

]]> By: Kate Towey http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kate Towey Tue, 13 May 2008 09:02:51 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-125 This is a great post and it sounds like you did a fantastic job. I head up a new online PR division at a digital agency in Manchester, UK and think its amazing that PR's are still not all totally switched on to how social media can refresh and redefine brands. People need to get with it! This is a great post and it sounds like you did a fantastic job. I head up a new online PR division at a digital agency in Manchester, UK and think its amazing that PR’s are still not all totally switched on to how social media can refresh and redefine brands. People need to get with it!

]]> By: Christine Perkett http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Christine Perkett Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:07 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-123 @Siobhan thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found the tips clear - especially for someone from Gen Y. As you can tell, we are passionate about this topic! At the conference, we even provided ideas to the Manager of PR at The US Potato Board - I sincerely believe social media can help extend the reach she's already executing to consumers to help elevate their brand. I look forward to watching her get more involved and see some unexpected returns. It absolutely is part of our jobs in tech, anyway, to follow such trends. For other communications professionals (in non-tech) it simply makes sense to take advantage of the best tools out there to help you do your job well... and to dread that awful "flack" moniker. There are plenty of great examples of non-tech companies doing so (think BLENDTEC) in Groundswell. And in case you didn't see it, CIO continued the discussion today, here: http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;744113275 @Siobhan thank you for commenting. I’m glad you found the tips clear – especially for someone from Gen Y. As you can tell, we are passionate about this topic! At the conference, we even provided ideas to the Manager of PR at The US Potato Board – I sincerely believe social media can help extend the reach she’s already executing to consumers to help elevate their brand. I look forward to watching her get more involved and see some unexpected returns.

It absolutely is part of our jobs in tech, anyway, to follow such trends. For other communications professionals (in non-tech) it simply makes sense to take advantage of the best tools out there to help you do your job well…
and to dread that awful “flack” moniker. There are plenty of great examples of non-tech companies doing so (think BLENDTEC) in Groundswell.

And in case you didn’t see it, CIO continued the discussion today, here: http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;744113275

]]> By: Siobhan http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Siobhan Mon, 12 May 2008 19:56:56 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-122 Great post with simple, clear suggestions for getting into social media! I am a PR professional in my mid-20's and I am shocked when I talk about social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter and my peers a) don't really see their value or b) don't even know what I'm talking about (mostly the case with Twitter). I've heard the no time excuse and I just don't get it--isn't it part of our job to be observing trends and participating in the conversation? I'm lucky that my company sees the value in social media; it is at work that I am really learning the most about it. I've just grabbed my own copy of Groundswell and can't wait to read it (disclosure: while my parent company is the book's publisher, I am not commenting here on their behalf; this is my personal opinion). @shiv245 (twitter) Great post with simple, clear suggestions for getting into social media! I am a PR professional in my mid-20’s and I am shocked when I talk about social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter and my peers a) don’t really see their value or b) don’t even know what I’m talking about (mostly the case with Twitter). I’ve heard the no time excuse and I just don’t get it–isn’t it part of our job to be observing trends and participating in the conversation?
I’m lucky that my company sees the value in social media; it is at work that I am really learning the most about it. I’ve just grabbed my own copy of Groundswell and can’t wait to read it (disclosure: while my parent company is the book’s publisher, I am not commenting here on their behalf; this is my personal opinion).

@shiv245 (twitter)

]]> By: Christine Perkett http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Christine Perkett Fri, 09 May 2008 23:50:38 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-110 Thank you to all of you for contributing your valuable insights and comments. We really appreciate your thoughts. You are right - the majority of folks will embrace new technologies eventually. Perhaps we should have kept quiet and just enjoyed our competitive advantage a little longer ;-) Connie - it's funny to think back on those days before email was so ubiquitous.I remember faxing and calling. I also remember emailing before it became so noisy. I am sad to think that's what will happen with social media but like with anything, if you use it enough and use it wisely, you'll be able to efficiently sift through the noise and still find - and benefit from - the valuable content. Thank you to all of you for contributing your valuable insights and comments. We really appreciate your thoughts. You are right – the majority of folks will embrace new technologies eventually. Perhaps we should have kept quiet and just enjoyed our competitive advantage a little longer ;-)

Connie – it’s funny to think back on those days before email was so ubiquitous.I remember faxing and calling. I also remember emailing before it became so noisy. I am sad to think that’s what will happen with social media but like with anything, if you use it enough and use it wisely, you’ll be able to efficiently sift through the noise and still find – and benefit from – the valuable content.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Karen Swim Fri, 09 May 2008 23:28:46 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-109 I wish I could have been at the presentation! I can remember when everyone declared postal mail would be replaced by email. New methods of communicating will not supplant communications professionals it simply challenges them to engage in new ways. I wish I could have been at the presentation! I can remember when everyone declared postal mail would be replaced by email. New methods of communicating will not supplant communications professionals it simply challenges them to engage in new ways.

]]> By: The Goose http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-108 The Goose Fri, 09 May 2008 20:37:27 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-108 I attended yesterday's session at the Ragan Conference. The information was great and very well structured. You were successful at injecting your enthusiasm into the audience -- something that's tough for speakers to accomplish. I attended yesterday’s session at the Ragan Conference. The information was great and very well structured. You were successful at injecting your enthusiasm into the audience — something that’s tough for speakers to accomplish.

]]> By: Cody Heitschmidt http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Cody Heitschmidt Fri, 09 May 2008 20:33:25 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-107 didn't every technology ever get resisted by the masses originally? Bell was an idiot, Edison made the candle makers mad, Ford met opposition from the horse buggy people. Thank God for people like you who put their heads down and persist. It take smart people to do that, but really it always does seem to work out. Even when we are freaking out that someone is ignoring the next round of tech, they come around in the long run, don't they? or they die. didn’t every technology ever get resisted by the masses originally?

Bell was an idiot, Edison made the candle makers mad, Ford met opposition from the horse buggy people.

Thank God for people like you who put their heads down and persist. It take smart people to do that, but really it always does seem to work out.

Even when we are freaking out that someone is ignoring the next round of tech, they come around in the long run, don’t they? or they die.

]]> By: Connie Reece http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Connie Reece Fri, 09 May 2008 18:48:41 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-105 Sounds like you did a great job. I agree that social media does not replace PR, but it is a game-changer. I hear the same excuses -- and they are the same excuses that were given when the Internet first arrived on the scene, and even before that. How do you find time to email? (in the days before it came preloaded on every PC) What if someone says something negative about you on email? Or what if one of our employees says something improper on email? How do we get corporate management to let us have email accounts? :-) Sounds like you did a great job. I agree that social media does not replace PR, but it is a game-changer. I hear the same excuses — and they are the same excuses that were given when the Internet first arrived on the scene, and even before that. How do you find time to email? (in the days before it came preloaded on every PC) What if someone says something negative about you on email? Or what if one of our employees says something improper on email? How do we get corporate management to let us have email accounts? :-)

]]> By: Shama Hyder http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Shama Hyder Fri, 09 May 2008 18:37:13 +0000 http://perkettprsuasion.com/2008/05/09/drop-the-excuses-and-start-participating/#comment-104 Great post! Social media marketing is a fabulous add on to tradition PR, but you have to play by the rules. No spamming allowed! Great post! Social media marketing is a fabulous add on to tradition PR, but you have to play by the rules.

No spamming allowed!

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