Comments on: Chris “Long Tail” Anderson is mad as hell and will not take it anymore http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/chris-long-tail-anderson-is-mad-as-hell-and-will-not-take-it-anymore/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:34:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Laurie Shulman http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/chris-long-tail-anderson-is-mad-as-hell-and-will-not-take-it-anymore/#comment-504499 Laurie Shulman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:04:51 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/chris-long-tail-anderson-is-mad-as-hell-and-will-not-take-it-anymore/#comment-504499 I work in tech PR and I try to get pitches to the most appropriate contacts at all times. That being said, sometimes editors/bloggers will end up on a mailing list as a result of a one-time product request, which starts the whole cycle. If a new PR folk joins an existing team and pitches that media list they may never know that they pitched the inappropriate contact. I'm not defending these PR people, but it would be more helpful for Chris to quickly respond and say, "please take me off of your list," or "so-and-so would be the more appropriate contact." In the meantime, I do advise PR people to read the publications/blogs they pitch to save everyone time in the long run... I work in tech PR and I try to get pitches to the most appropriate contacts at all times. That being said, sometimes editors/bloggers will end up on a mailing list as a result of a one-time product request, which starts the whole cycle. If a new PR folk joins an existing team and pitches that media list they may never know that they pitched the inappropriate contact.

I’m not defending these PR people, but it would be more helpful for Chris to quickly respond and say, “please take me off of your list,” or “so-and-so would be the more appropriate contact.”

In the meantime, I do advise PR people to read the publications/blogs they pitch to save everyone time in the long run…

]]> By: Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/chris-long-tail-anderson-is-mad-as-hell-and-will-not-take-it-anymore/#comment-503925 Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:52:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/chris-long-tail-anderson-is-mad-as-hell-and-will-not-take-it-anymore/#comment-503925 Excellent point! I'm not convinced Chris should have published the addresses; Wired doesn't publish theirs and he doesn't include a general "if you want to contact Wired editors instead of me" note on his about page. But, the deed is done so perhaps some bloggers can benefit. Excellent point!

I’m not convinced Chris should have published the addresses; Wired doesn’t publish theirs and he doesn’t include a general “if you want to contact Wired editors instead of me” note on his about page.

But, the deed is done so perhaps some bloggers can benefit.

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