Karwa
Hi Lewis, Nice roundup of the cceoernnfe and I am glad to see the call to action. I did enjoy your input during the workshop about how to balance between my jogger identity and my blog's brand, since I am trying to keep the two somewhat separate. I would welcome any more advice you'd have on the subject!As to the discussion at hand and the open floor debate at TBU11, I feel I may be in the minority of bloggers. I really welcome the chance to work with PRs, but I feel they are not as receptive to working with me unless I'm representing myself solely as a travel journalist working on a piece for a major print publication. I can't even imagine a world where I'd be offered a press trip as a blogger, so I welcome PRs jumping more on board with this, and of course I'd hope that the PRs and the clients they represent would take into account not only the blogger's pull/celeb status on Twitter, but also the quality of their writing and blog.I'm not sure why so many bloggers at the cceoernnfe were so hostile to PRs. Personally, I have found a lot of use out of getting press releases myself, and I welcome being sent releases. It helps me spark ideas on slimmer days, and I frequently log into sites like travel4press.com to find news and releases.I also see no problem with communicating your problems from a press trip with the PR company beforehand, just so long as you still write an honest and open review. It would be like going to a restaurant, having terrible food, telling the waiter it was fine and then going home and bashing the place on your blog. Why not at least give the restaurant a heads up on your bad experience so they can fix it? It's what I'd do, whether I was a blogger or not.So, PRs take heart! There are some of us bloggers out here dying to work with you guys!
Karwa Hi Lewis, Nice roundup of the cceoernnfe and I am glad to see the call to action. I did enjoy your input during the workshop about how to balance between my jogger identity and my blog's brand, since I am trying to keep the two somewhat separate. I would welcome any more advice you'd have on the subject!As to the discussion at hand and the open floor debate at TBU11, I feel I may be in the minority of bloggers. I really welcome the chance to work with PRs, but I feel they are not as receptive to working with me unless I'm representing myself solely as a travel journalist working on a piece for a major print publication. I can't even imagine a world where I'd be offered a press trip as a blogger, so I welcome PRs jumping more on board with this, and of course I'd hope that the PRs and the clients they represent would take into account not only the blogger's pull/celeb status on Twitter, but also the quality of their writing and blog.I'm not sure why so many bloggers at the cceoernnfe were so hostile to PRs. Personally, I have found a lot of use out of getting press releases myself, and I welcome being sent releases. It helps me spark ideas on slimmer days, and I frequently log into sites like travel4press.com to find news and releases.I also see no problem with communicating your problems from a press trip with the PR company beforehand, just so long as you still write an honest and open review. It would be like going to a restaurant, having terrible food, telling the waiter it was fine and then going home and bashing the place on your blog. Why not at least give the restaurant a heads up on your bad experience so they can fix it? It's what I'd do, whether I was a blogger or not.So, PRs take heart! There are some of us bloggers out here dying to work with you guys!