tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post8768751437018183516..comments2023-09-29T06:09:21.089-04:00Comments on Ask a Manager: how not to pitch a blogger: for publicistsAsk a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-9942067902125206442009-11-24T16:46:36.562-05:002009-11-24T16:46:36.562-05:00Wow. That IS worse.Wow. That IS worse.Kerry Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590443839479686201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-28844285878864069262009-11-24T16:26:47.427-05:002009-11-24T16:26:47.427-05:00It could be worse, you should see the number of PR...It could be worse, you should see the number of PR fools who think that a eating disorder recovery blog is the best place to shill their diet scams.Mary Suehttp://eatdrinkandbemarysue.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-84905056509300583232009-11-20T16:32:19.716-05:002009-11-20T16:32:19.716-05:00I would guess there are bloggers out there that ar...I would guess there are bloggers out there that are reviewing their crap or they wouldn't be sending it.<br /><br />It's the same as regular spam. If no one clicked on it, they wouldn't still be sending it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-47558877690094123482009-11-20T14:32:00.797-05:002009-11-20T14:32:00.797-05:00I would enjoy reading a good shredding of some car...I would enjoy reading a good shredding of some career or job-hunting advice books. I realize it means you "HR bloggers" would have to read the books, but come on. Those publicists would quickly learn an important lesson, wouldn't they? One at a time, to be sure, but they'd learn. Just pick the worst one you get in a month, and while live-blogging, proceed to rip it apart. Solely for our enjoyment, of course.Interviewernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-41824469958856453522009-11-20T12:02:30.527-05:002009-11-20T12:02:30.527-05:00Actually, if you're not interested in promotin...Actually, if you're not interested in promoting a book - best not to review it at all. <br /><br />I have a minor obsession with the publishing industry, and apparently when it comes to book reviews, good reviews help sales and bad reviews....also often help sales, or at the very least, rarely hurt them. <br /><br />Something about getting it on people's minds.jmkenricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-49684870576960666442009-11-20T09:54:57.122-05:002009-11-20T09:54:57.122-05:00Kerry maybe you (or anyone else) should do a book ...Kerry maybe you (or anyone else) should do a book review and rip it to shreds. If for nothing else than my own entertainment. *evil grin*Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229208408363365996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-51051744064525474842009-11-20T08:59:57.611-05:002009-11-20T08:59:57.611-05:00I'm not that annoyed by them (yet), but I am a...I'm not that annoyed by them (yet), but I am amused. I mean, most of these books are by the people I've spent my entire (short) blogging career railing against: people who have never actually hired anyone, but want to tell other people how to get hired. If I actually took them up on their offer to review the book, I'd rip them to shreds. I'm the last person on earth they should be sending it to.<br /><br />The other ones that amuse me are the ones that are hardcore HR stuff (like stuff on leadership, performance management, etc.). I'm not in HR. I haven't been in HR for nearly a year-and-a-half. I don't talk about HR--I talk about job hunting, and even a casual reader can see that even that is likely to end soon. Why would I hawk a book about incentive compensation plans?<br /><br />Sometimes, if I'm feeling froggy, I write back and say, "I'm a housewife. Do you think an HR blog might be a better fit for this?" Usually I see someone clicking on my "About" page not long after...which is what they should have done to begin with.Kerry Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590443839479686201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-20422635152949230402009-11-20T08:40:17.141-05:002009-11-20T08:40:17.141-05:00I'd be really ticked if I'd paid a publici...I'd be really ticked if I'd paid a publicist to promote me and they spammed instead. <br /><br />Heck, I can do that myself for free!<br /><br />Lois GoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-89867841025346880772009-11-20T08:32:02.786-05:002009-11-20T08:32:02.786-05:00How about the so-called recruiters who send me an ...How about the so-called recruiters who send me an "opportunity" to work on an SAP project and ask me to review their requirements to see if I fit? <br /><br />Isn't it their job to look at my resume and notice that no, I never did two full SAP implementations and an Oracle conversion and turned water into wine in the process? <br /><br />Isn't their job to do more than pick up the keyword "SAP" on my resume? As in, isn't the publicist's job more than to pick up the keyword "HR" on your blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-71663076108888750732009-11-20T03:33:13.379-05:002009-11-20T03:33:13.379-05:00I really dislike journalists and bloggers, but hey...I really dislike journalists and bloggers, but hey, we all have our own opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-45340543204420445482009-11-20T01:44:09.350-05:002009-11-20T01:44:09.350-05:00Ummm, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!
I especially hate it...Ummm, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!<br /><br />I especially hate it when I get an e-mail on which I am blind copied. I know I'm part of 458 people on the e-mail, who they found by googling "hr" or "business" blogs. Bah.<br /><br />And I especially hate it when they follow up, asking if I've considered the "opportunity" they gave me. Opportunity? for me? Because I don't have 400 questions in my inbox that I'm avoiding and I want to read your lame book? Or interview your author.<br /><br />Now I'm all riled up after writing this.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-38836358930254023382009-11-20T00:49:28.720-05:002009-11-20T00:49:28.720-05:00As a former journalist, it's worth noting that...As a former journalist, it's worth noting that I hated those e-mails too. Promoting someone's book didn't quite square with my city government beat, and just as with your blog, the one-step-above-spammers would have known that if they'd ever checked to see where my byline appeared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com