Comments on: PR Firms Botch 95% of Social Media Campaigns?

By: Monthly Mash: Customer Experience Tools and Customers That Stick

Monthly Mash: Customer Experience Tools and Customers That Stick — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:54:34 +0000

[...] someone who truly walks his talk. If you want a case study in how to handle online criticism, read this post over at Spin Sucks where the PR community took umbrage about something Gary said in his book The [...]

By: Some Traditional PR Firm Bashing—Served Cold And Well-Deserved

Some Traditional PR Firm Bashing—Served Cold And Well-Deserved — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:29:38 +0000

[...] PR Firms Botch 95% of Social Media Campaigns? (spinsucks.com) [...]

By: 3HatsComm

3HatsComm — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:50:08 +0000

Another good post I’ve missed. The “Thank You Economy” is on my recommended reading list, so good to be forewarned and forearmed about what’s to come. Will also add a “what he/she said” to a bunch of these comments, as well a nod to @garyvee for mixing it up here and you @ginidietrich for trying to raise the level of debate and sparking an informative and helpful discussion. Would that 95% of the business leaders would read this (and the comments!). FWIW.

By: RizzoTees

RizzoTees — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:27:11 +0000

We are attacking a statistic that just isn’t right. That being said, are PR firms good at community management?

By: Some Traditional PR Firm Bashing—Served Cold And Well-Deserved | Doktor Spinn

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:59:06 +0000

[...] PR Firms Botch 95% of Social Media Campaigns? (spinsucks.com) [...]

By: CITYPUBLICITY

CITYPUBLICITY — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:16:01 +0000

@garyvee Nice PR here Gary – responding to your ‘customers’ the people, us – the readers, posters bloggers, with honesty in real-time. This whole post is a good case study in itself!

By: Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) Answers Tough Questions | Geoff Livingston's Blog

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:16:36 +0000

[...] his controversial TechCrunch interview where he said 99% of social media experts are clowns, and Gini Dietrich’s blog post questioning Vaynerchuk‘s similar opinions about PR Firms in his [...]

By: GnosisArts

GnosisArts — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:02:23 +0000

Oh everyone knows garyvee exaggerates and falsifies data to make points. It’s part of the reason his stuff goes viral. If we take his statements with the grain of salt their worth, blog reactions like this would cease to exist.

By: garyvee

garyvee — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:59:07 +0000

@prlab but I didnt say it as a fact, i said it as a quote, u know? meaning 95% of what I have seen anyway I agree with u

By: megmroberts

megmroberts — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:32:04 +0000

@Ari Herzog Hi Ari! I wanted to jump in because I think this statement falls into the broad generalization category that got many of us upset in the first place. I work at a PR agency and I identify my customers (clients) as people and I also value my client’s customers as people. There are many PR agencies that do social well just as there are many that don’t.

Generalizations, especially negative ones, do not help improve the communications (PR, marketing, advertising…) industry, either in reputation or practice.