Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Bloggers and PRs - the On-Going Mentored Relationship


In the 21st century, with the ever changing technology, beliefs and trends, we need to get on with everyone if you are in the PR industry. Getting on with bloggers can be a challenge, but it pays off. There are different types of bloggers who have different interests. We can also ask bloggers to write about a company, but they have to be chosen carefully. 

What Bloggers Do

There are different types of bloggers: 'personal bloggers, photo bloggers, and corporate bloggers' . All these bloggers can make a certain type of effect on a company.
A personal blogger, who posts personal interests, might be interested in posting about certain product which our company has released and he posts his dislikes in a critical way. This may result in his audience losing an interest in our product. 
(Frank, 2010)
 
Photo bloggers are just the same, but they can also work for a corporation or be an independent photo blogger. These bloggers usually use hashtags to link their photos with other webpages. In my opinion, it is probably the safest way to promote your product because a visual image is more appealing to the eye and receives less criticism. 
(N.A., 2014)

And corporate bloggers are those who are hired by the company to blog about their products and services, which can also include PR agents "pretending" to be the public, but also making it obvious that they are posting on behalf of the company. 
(Thomas, 2014)

To summarise, bloggers are truthful.  They will post their opinions with passion and sincerity. 'In general, it is a good idea to assume that everything written on the internet can be read by anyone, even if the log is anonymous'. That said, anyone can be affected by the most harmless, yet wide spread information.

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