Comments on: Old PR Needs to Learn to Love Not Loathe the People http://marketingconversation.com/2007/05/27/old-pr-needs-to-learn-to-love-not-loathe-the-people/ Digital PR and Social Media Marketing by Abraham Harrison LLC Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Key Quotes on Conversation Marketing Via Marketing Conversation - New Marketing and Social Media by Abraham Harrison LLC http://marketingconversation.com/2007/05/27/old-pr-needs-to-learn-to-love-not-loathe-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-665 » Key Quotes on Conversation Marketing Via Marketing Conversation - New Marketing and Social Media by Abraham Harrison LLC Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:59:45 +0000 http://marketingconversation.com/2007/05/27/old-pr-needs-to-learn-to-love-not-loathe-the-people/#comment-665 [...] of course, Chris Abraham “Nobody owns conversation marketing. Conversation marketing is not a thing, it is an [...] [...] of course, Chris Abraham “Nobody owns conversation marketing. Conversation marketing is not a thing, it is an [...]

]]> By: John Bell http://marketingconversation.com/2007/05/27/old-pr-needs-to-learn-to-love-not-loathe-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-72 John Bell Thu, 31 May 2007 23:35:48 +0000 http://marketingconversation.com/2007/05/27/old-pr-needs-to-learn-to-love-not-loathe-the-people/#comment-72 I often outright tell people that I am naive. It's real. Some say it's part of my charm. Others I'm sure roll their eyes. And I'm a person who loves and respects people. That's my passion - how can we drop a lot of the worst of marketing whether it be PR or advertising - and engage people in a way they deem valuable. I know, hopelessly naive. I am pretty much saying that there is a new approach to PR that goes against the grain of old PR. But big agency or small, consultant or in-house practioner doesn't matter. Those people who really embrace the principles of conversation and respect for people will create this new discipline. I often outright tell people that I am naive. It’s real. Some say it’s part of my charm. Others I’m sure roll their eyes.

And I’m a person who loves and respects people. That’s my passion – how can we drop a lot of the worst of marketing whether it be PR or advertising – and engage people in a way they deem valuable. I know, hopelessly naive.

I am pretty much saying that there is a new approach to PR that goes against the grain of old PR. But big agency or small, consultant or in-house practioner doesn’t matter. Those people who really embrace the principles of conversation and respect for people will create this new discipline.

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