http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:59:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-82145 How to Work with Travel Bloggers | Nancy D Brown Thu, 20 May 2010 20:08:13 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-82145 [...] What This Blogger Wants PR to Know [...] [...] What This Blogger Wants PR to Know [...]

]]> http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-79349 Portsmouth Movers Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:23:59 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-79349 You have a very direct and honest way of writing and I totally agree about your approach to PR reps. They need to build a relationship in order to gain credibility and respect from bloggers. On the other hand, I think it's understandable that many of them don't have the budget/resources to always send samples and such. You're not the only prominent blogger they're contacting and they're not going to send a sample to just you, while sending samples to everyone would be too costly. Certainly I agree that you can't write a review without seeing/sampling/reading the product. But in certain situations I think it's understandable that they can't send something. -Jeff You have a very direct and honest way of writing and I totally agree about your approach to PR reps. They need to build a relationship in order to gain credibility and respect from bloggers. On the other hand, I think it’s understandable that many of them don’t have the budget/resources to always send samples and such. You’re not the only prominent blogger they’re contacting and they’re not going to send a sample to just you, while sending samples to everyone would be too costly. Certainly I agree that you can’t write a review without seeing/sampling/reading the product. But in certain situations I think it’s understandable that they can’t send something.
-Jeff

]]> http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-78619 heatheronhertravels Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:25:04 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-78619 I previously listened to that podcast you mentioned with Todd Lucier and found it very insightful I previously listened to that podcast you mentioned with Todd Lucier and found it very insightful

]]> http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-78606 Roaming Tales » Best of the web: From bike riding in Amsterdam to fish in Tokyo Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:21:11 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-78606 [...] PR or marketing types wanting to work with travel bloggers should read this post by Pam at Nerd’s Eye [...] [...] PR or marketing types wanting to work with travel bloggers should read this post by Pam at Nerd’s Eye [...]

]]> http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/12/23/dear-pr-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-78533 pam Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:46:07 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-78533 There's a company that I've done reviews for - they send out samples AND include shipping labels so you can UPS the stuff back once you've had a chance to check it out. If you've got limited funds to get your stuff to reviewers, or the stuff is too expensive to give away samples, this seems like a perfectly good compromise. I did some stuff for a few outdoor gear companies here in the PNW and they typically told me this: Please take care of our gear, we need it back for others to play with. I am A-OK with that - and while I didn't baby the stuff while I was using it, I also didn't loan it to friends, leave it lying around the yard, etc... there is a middle ground, I've seen it. There’s a company that I’ve done reviews for – they send out samples AND include shipping labels so you can UPS the stuff back once you’ve had a chance to check it out. If you’ve got limited funds to get your stuff to reviewers, or the stuff is too expensive to give away samples, this seems like a perfectly good compromise. I did some stuff for a few outdoor gear companies here in the PNW and they typically told me this: Please take care of our gear, we need it back for others to play with. I am A-OK with that – and while I didn’t baby the stuff while I was using it, I also didn’t loan it to friends, leave it lying around the yard, etc… there is a middle ground, I’ve seen it.

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