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Mehwolfy bookmarked on 2009-11-05 socialmedia pr

Article about social media and PR

  • A recent poll of corporate communicators conducted by Ragan Communications and PollStream found 49 percent of the poll’s 401 respondents believe press releases are “as useful as ever.” Another 33 percent said they’re a necessary evil that won’t go away soon, in part because of SEC notification rules. An overwhelming 64 percent said they target their press releases most often to print outlets, and 23 percent listed online news and financial sites as well.
  • Horwell thinks about the audience and how useful the information is before sending press releases on behalf of her clients.
  • Of the respondents, one communicator echoed Horwell and said simply, “Sometimes you only need two sentences (a tweet) to tell a story.”
  • “As news sources become more obviously biased and decrease in size and content, publics are turning to other sources of information.”
  • She also tries to connect with reporters using her personal Twitter and Facebook account so she’ll be available if they have questions.
  • We use all the tools to try to reach a limited pool of people who have to decide what’s important.”

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  • 05 Nov 09
    mehwolfy
    Mike Henderson

    Article about social media and PR

    socialmedia pr

    • A recent poll of corporate communicators conducted by Ragan Communications and PollStream found 49 percent of the poll’s 401 respondents believe press releases are “as useful as ever.” Another 33 percent said they’re a necessary evil that won’t go away soon, in part because of SEC notification rules. An overwhelming 64 percent said they target their press releases most often to print outlets, and 23 percent listed online news and financial sites as well.
    • Horwell thinks about the audience and how useful the information is before sending press releases on behalf of her clients.
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