I having been hoping and searching to find a good PR blog to read and really find out from professionals, beyond simple Millyvegas, and see what in the world is out there. Carter is always gabing about how there are so many PR blogs out there and what great information there is but why couldn't I find it? Well, I think I am begining to discover that I favor tremendously the grassroots Public Relations. I like the thought of forming long lasting relaonships with people. As a "Public Relations" person one should actually form relationships!
I ran across Jeremy Peper's blog, who is a San Francisco PR Rep. I really enjoyed his thoughts on actually picking up the phone and meeting with clients and the media in order to set up his organization's media tour when his computer was on the fritz.
I am not a huge fan of technology and sitting in front of a computer screen all day. I had so much rather sit down with a real person or speak with them personally and hear to voice I am actually speaking to. I have a passionate love for coffee so a quick coffee date with a client is a 'perk' on so many levels (pun intended).
To me personal interaction is much more respected and appreciated than the inpersonal e-mail.
I have a close friend that is the Vice President of domestic sales of Hawker Beechcraft, this is a large provider of corporate jets in the U.S. and internationally. I was talking to him one afternoon over a salad while he was explaining to me how he likes to interact with the people within his company. Many executives and salesmen e-mail from office to office within the same building. He found this humerous and said that they have to wait sometimes hours for a response when all they had to do was walk to their door to ask the same questions. He laughed and said "this way they have to answer your question when you ask it."
I really like relationship aspect of doing public relations.