http://bub.blicio.us/pr-for-startups-unedited/ Covering the social economy driving the new Web Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:34:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://bub.blicio.us/pr-for-startups-unedited/comment-page-1/#comment-71963 Is PR Innately Immoral? Fri, 30 May 2008 03:58:43 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=957#comment-71963 [...] At the same time I was sitting with Shel and Joe, Brian Solis of FutureWorks had a lengthy guest post on TechCrunch on PR Secrets for Startups. This led Seesmic founder Loic LeMeur to take a stance that PR is overpriced, irrelevant and ineffectual for start-ups; instead, he feels getting involved in the community is all that’s really needed. This sparked a lively debate on whether there is even a need for PR with all the social media tools widely available. Everyone from Robert Scoble to Stowe Boyd were chiming in with their thoughts, generating hundreds of comments in the blogosphere, and detailed clarification by Solis. [...] [...] At the same time I was sitting with Shel and Joe, Brian Solis of FutureWorks had a lengthy guest post on TechCrunch on PR Secrets for Startups. This led Seesmic founder Loic LeMeur to take a stance that PR is overpriced, irrelevant and ineffectual for start-ups; instead, he feels getting involved in the community is all that’s really needed. This sparked a lively debate on whether there is even a need for PR with all the social media tools widely available. Everyone from Robert Scoble to Stowe Boyd were chiming in with their thoughts, generating hundreds of comments in the blogosphere, and detailed clarification by Solis. [...]

]]> http://bub.blicio.us/pr-for-startups-unedited/comment-page-1/#comment-71582 Bernard Moon Tue, 27 May 2008 23:10:50 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=957#comment-71582 Great post at TechCrunch. I don't think you really needed to clear up anything. Loic's view is biased from his experiences. It's true from his perspective, but not everyone has his network or ability in the public eye. Especially with all the noise in the web space, good PR professionals are needed for some companies. Great post at TechCrunch. I don’t think you really needed to clear up anything. Loic’s view is biased from his experiences. It’s true from his perspective, but not everyone has his network or ability in the public eye. Especially with all the noise in the web space, good PR professionals are needed for some companies.

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