{"id":134,"date":"2010-10-27T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batchat.net\/?p=134"},"modified":"2010-10-27T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:36:00","slug":"you-want-me-to-do-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/27\/you-want-me-to-do-what\/","title":{"rendered":"You Want Me to Do WHAT????"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Honig of Palate Press<\/a> and my fellow bloggers, I feel your pain. As authors of six blogs, some for the company, some for clients and some just for fun, we see our fair share of outrageous PR pitches.\u00a0\u00a0 So I thought I\u2019d post a few excerpts of some of the more egregious examples and share some yuks.\u00a0 I welcome my fellow bloggers to add their contributions to the PR Pitch Hall of Shame.<\/span><\/div>\n

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1. Sounds like a plot line for a porno film (but at least they said ”\u00a0 Please”)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Subject:<\/strong> Please Cover:New Tech Product- Jumpstart Emergency Phone Charger Can Be Hung, Like a Charm, From Cell Phones<\/div>\n

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\nHi Steven,<\/p>\n

Please let me know if you are able to cover or feature the following. Digipower is officially announcing today two of their coolest products to hit the tech accessories market called the “Jumpstart” and the “Jumpstart Sport”.<\/p>\n

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2. <\/span>We\u2019ve already decided what you are, now we\u2019re just quibbling over the price<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSubject:<\/strong> Advertising and PR<\/span><\/div>\n
Hi, I\u2019m contacting you regarding your site at \u00a0http:\/\/thebrandactionteam.blogspot.com\/<\/span><\/div>\n
Datadial are a digital PR and marketing agency currently representing several clients that would be very interested in gaining some exposure on your site.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing to ask,<\/p>\n

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a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you accept press releases\u00a0and what you policy is regarding these<\/span><\/div>\n
b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you accept paid editorial and the costs and terms associated with this<\/span><\/div>\n
c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your advertising rates<\/span><\/div>\n

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3. Anything Else I Can do For a Perfect Stranger?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Subject:<\/span><\/strong> Blog Question<\/span><\/div>\n
Hi there, I am looking to get some information about your blog. I work for a PR agency in Chicago and am building a media list for one of our liquor clients. I am wondering if you might be able to tell me the number of hits your blog receives each month?<\/span><\/div>\n
NB:\u00a0 As many of you know, I\u2019m sort of anal about analytics.\u00a0 Some wag once told me \u201cHits\u201d stands for How Idiots Track Success.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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4. Should I be Flattered or Insulted, You Want Me to Re-publish Your Content!?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

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Subject:<\/span><\/strong> An article on Label Profile: Canadian Club by AskMen.com <\/span><\/div>\n
Hi, My name is (name withheld to protect the clueless) from AskMen.com \u2013 a unit of FOX Interactive Media. As the world’s largest \u00a0men’s web portal, AskMen.com attracts more than 7 million readers each month.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that AskMen.com recently published an article entitled \u201cLabel Profile: Canadian Club<\/strong>\u201d that I think would be of particular interest to your readers. <\/span><\/div>\n
The article takes a look at everyone\u2019s favorite whiskey label; well at least it\u2019s my favorite label. Canadian Club whiskey has been around since the 1800\u2019s, believe it or not, and they are not showing any signs of slowing down. I\u2019m sure you know everything there is to know about liquor, but check it out anyways. <\/span><\/div>\n

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5. Aren’t You Going to Buy Me Dinner First? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This one\u2019s my favorite, again, hiding the name to protect the clueless, but what was particularly aggravating is this came from a competitive bev. alc. industry PR agency with which some of our clients currently work.\u00a0 Makes me wonder who\u2019s minding the store<\/em>. <\/span><\/div>\n
Hello.\u00a0 Would you mind telling me how many unique pageviews you get per month.<\/span><\/div>\n

Unique pageviews?! never heard of that metric. That’s sort of like a question I got some years about about this “Mapster” thing….they got the concept, but are a little sketchy on the specifics.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 From the \u201cTotally Out of the Blue Department”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Hello.\u00a0 I\u2019m the webmaster of http:\/\/www.uti.biz<\/a>.\u00a0 I wanted to know if by any chance you would be interested in doing an unbiased review of our site http:\/\/www.uti.biz<\/a> on your blog?<\/span><\/div>\n
Turns out the site sells a cure for urinary incontinence.<\/span><\/div>\n

Now that\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> relevant content!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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