Comments on: To All The PR People Out There

By: Don

Don — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:39:23 +0000

I had a long wait trying to access http://spindoctor500blog.blogspot.com/ It shows that TNI has a large group of readers when posting a link results in that site getting slashdotted.

By: Kyle Ocker

Kyle Ocker — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:15:08 +0000

RaceDriven: I got that release to. That same team sent three releases that day. One was news, the other two weren’t Seriously, its getting to where the stuff they send out is nothing more then 1-ply toilet paper. I am on pretty much every teams PR but Michael Waltrip Racing (for some reason?), and many of the Nwide and Truck Teams. That’s a lot of releases. Plus, I get some from MLB and NFL teams for my other websites as well.

But, I love this article, and hope some PR people will read it. Unless there is a crew chief, personal change, or your advancing the next race, I am probably not going to be interested. And, these PR people need to realize that we media are a big part of any job security that they have. If it weren’t for us, we would not need them. Because all of the promotion would be done in print ads and tv and radio ads.

I also totally agree with the link to the blog post.

By: Lynn M

Lynn M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:46:16 +0000

Neon,
Yes, you make a good point. Unfortunately, I don’t see things turning back now. Just look at where things are going with Twitter’s popularity. People are posting information as to what they are doing every minute of the day. If that isn’t TMI (too much information) I don’t know what is! I guess we’re all going to have to get good at sifting through information. Good luck!

By: Neon

Neon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:10:00 +0000

I’m not involved in the PR business, so strictly speaking as an “outsider”, do you think that the flood of mundane, repetitive, meaningless releases are a result of it being “too” easy in this information/internet/email age to simply blanket the market w/ a keyboard and a click of the mouse? Sometimes the useful stuff gets buried in the mass of text. I can only read “so” many emails in my office before losing interest and potentially overlooking the interesting facts and opinions buried beneath.

By: T.C.

T.C. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:54:25 +0000

John: Just FYI, this isn’t Michael’s blog. If you’d like to contact him, see http://spindoctor500blog.blogspot.com.

By: John Potts

John Potts — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:49:01 +0000

Michael, I met you back in 1985 when I was at IRP and you were with Newman/Haas. I was impressed, and still am. I particularly liked your “suggestions” to the NASCAR PR people. The idea that they should spend more time in the media center made me think they could learn from some of NHRA’s team PR reps. They not only spend time in the center and ask if they can be of help, they actually work out of the media center rather than their team transporters. And they say “yes” more often than “no.”

By: B.A. Carter (Splashgirl)

B.A. Carter (Splashgirl) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:57:29 +0000

I have a website geared towards providing NASCAR information to the general public so I welcome all the press releases (even the mundane ones). I certainly don’t receive the amount you do and I’m not an *insider* so I was thrilled they even acknowledged I was a viable website to send promotions to. If they’re willing to ask me to promote their team/driver, I’m willing to help them out.
Send me all the PR’s – Just not today, I’ve got a real busy schedule.

By: Lynn M

Lynn M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:48:20 +0000

PR professionals certainly need to walk a fine line between what’s too much and not doing enough in their jobs! I wonder if the current economic climate has caused what seems to be an increase in their activity based on what you say. Everyone certainly wants to keep themselves busy! It could also be due to the change in how their jobs are done these days. Increasingly, marketing and PR are being intertwined with technology, the Internet, and social media and the more communication you have out there on a constant basis, the more exposure you get and also higher search engine rankings. Anyway, good luck!

By: Neon

Neon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:54:07 +0000

Don’t you think NASCAR (or motorsports in general) has done itself a disservice in last decade, or two, with an ever younger driver line-up? NASCAR originated from the folklore of moonshine runners and wild west-like characters turned warriors of the blacktop, and dirt! Those stories, along w/ the swashbuckling owners, crew chiefs (ie suitcase Jake) and drivers have been overrun with the latest gong show winner or tailored and catered to karting champion under contract since age 6. These kids probably have more shear talent than the pioneers, but not much to write a novel about.
I go to sleep when I hear most drivers “talk” a lot, without ever “saying” anything. Not naming names here, but at least “Rubber Head” (for you seasoned followers) has hung up his suit and hopefully not long for the booth. KuB, please, please break from RW’s mold and speak with relevance.
Thank you Stewart for being a factor on track, and maybe more importantly to NASCAR PR….off track! And kudos to Tony’s PR sidekick, you deserve a stimulus bonus…

By: RaceDriven

RaceDriven — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:07:34 +0000

You are not alone, you are really not alone, I get these types of emails regularly in my email box, but most likely not at the level you both do, however while I welcome some of them and will publish them with a very comments from as this is blogging and blogging requires comments from the blogger themselves and then again, some others I will not publish at all.

I love this: the official hotel of what in Atlanta, you finished 27th, wow that amazing, oh brother, like that, I am always amazed with what peole want me to watch or read and write on it later, but bottom line, I feel the same way, some I will and some I will NOT and don’t be offended, but I can’t write on everything nor want too either. Good Luck, hopefully this article you published gets some of there attention…