Comments on: You Know What Bloggers? I’m Tired of Being the Bad Guy. http://www.fantabzulous.com/2009/03/you-know-what-bloggers-im-tired-of-being-the-bad-guy/ all about Tabz.... and a podcast too! Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melissa A. Bartell http://www.fantabzulous.com/2009/03/you-know-what-bloggers-im-tired-of-being-the-bad-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Melissa A. Bartell Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:13:43 +0000 http://www.fantabzulous.com/?p=751#comment-1174 Calling PR dead is like saying professional journalism is dead. It isn't; they aren't. Are both professions evolving? Sure, as all things must in order to survive. On the personal side, I'm more of a memoir-ist than a real blogger. I don't blog in the traditional sense. But I have seen people say things like, "If you put ads on your blog, you lose all credibility." (As if any of us had credibility before? It's all just opinion. On the professional side though, I'm also not a blogger. We're a magazine, and just like any other magazine in print or online, we survive by the grace of publicists who give us products to try, or help fill our pages with interesting people. Are they pushing THEIR people or products? Of course, but who isn't? Social media's great if you want a cacaphony of indecipherable noise. If you want a real story, with a real person to interview, or someone to sort through the noise for you, and make sure you present yourself in the best way possible, you need a publicist. Sorry this is disjointed...Long day. Calling PR dead is like saying professional journalism is dead. It isn’t; they aren’t. Are both professions evolving? Sure, as all things must in order to survive.

On the personal side, I’m more of a memoir-ist than a real blogger. I don’t blog in the traditional sense. But I have seen people say things like, “If you put ads on your blog, you lose all credibility.” (As if any of us had credibility before? It’s all just opinion.

On the professional side though, I’m also not a blogger. We’re a magazine, and just like any other magazine in print or online, we survive by the grace of publicists who give us products to try, or help fill our pages with interesting people. Are they pushing THEIR people or products? Of course, but who isn’t?

Social media’s great if you want a cacaphony of indecipherable noise. If you want a real story, with a real person to interview, or someone to sort through the noise for you, and make sure you present yourself in the best way possible, you need a publicist.

Sorry this is disjointed…Long day.

]]> By: Kim Brater http://www.fantabzulous.com/2009/03/you-know-what-bloggers-im-tired-of-being-the-bad-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Kim Brater Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:10:00 +0000 http://www.fantabzulous.com/?p=751#comment-1173 Kudos for countering the "PR is dead" mantra. PR certainly isn't dead but it is transforming. People confuse PR with publicity and they are not the same. True PR is and should be transparent which is why the transition to more engagement and networking methods makes so much sense. Kudos for countering the “PR is dead” mantra. PR certainly isn’t dead but it is transforming. People confuse PR with publicity and they are not the same. True PR is and should be transparent which is why the transition to more engagement and networking methods makes so much sense.

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