Comments on: Why celebrities on Twitter need journalists and PR folks http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html Rational thought has gone to the dogs! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rufus http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1082 Rufus Sat, 02 May 2009 19:21:50 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1082 @Marie I like your take on this issue much better. I hope to become one of those folks you talk about in your post, those that make a difference for people around them. If that doesn't happen, I'd settle for an appearance on Oprah :-) Thanks for joining the walk! @Marie I like your take on this issue much better. I hope to become one of those folks you talk about in your post, those that make a difference for people around them. If that doesn’t happen, I’d settle for an appearance on Oprah :-)

Thanks for joining the walk!

]]> By: Marie http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1081 Marie Sat, 02 May 2009 18:34:26 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1081 I'm so glad you dumped @krogerworks to follow me - because it allowed me to step into your world and I like it. I love this article - because the celebs do not get it. I love the description of how they are using twitter like people magazine. Don't get me wrong - I love Oprah and the others - but they have a voice so huge and don't use it. I'd love to be giving big - like Oprah big!! They have the same amount of time that the rest of us have. I wrote an article a bit ago detailing just what they are missing out on. http://spreadingjoycorp.blogspot.com/2009/04/oprah-and-ashton-are-on-twitter-but.html Thanks again - I look forward to tweeting with you! I’m so glad you dumped @krogerworks to follow me – because it allowed me to step into your world and I like it. I love this article – because the celebs do not get it. I love the description of how they are using twitter like people magazine. Don’t get me wrong – I love Oprah and the others – but they have a voice so huge and don’t use it. I’d love to be giving big – like Oprah big!!

They have the same amount of time that the rest of us have.

I wrote an article a bit ago detailing just what they are missing out on.

http://spreadingjoycorp.blogspot.com/2009/04/oprah-and-ashton-are-on-twitter-but.html

Thanks again – I look forward to tweeting with you!

]]> By: Ohdoctah http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1073 Ohdoctah Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:43:55 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1073 My big problem with Ashton is he ran on the premises of one man making a difference and have a voice as powerful as the media, to change the world. He said repeatedly, "It would change the world." Well I haven't seen anything of substance come from his twitter feed. I was not one of the million plus to get punked and follow him. But I have spent time sifting threw his feed and have found nothing with meaning. So even tho his show is over he still punked Twitter the Press and CNN great job Ashton. It just said because he is just like the media lol full of crap! Owen JJ Stone aka Ohdoctah GREAT POST! My big problem with Ashton is he ran on the premises of one man making a difference and have a voice as powerful as the media, to change the world. He said repeatedly, “It would change the world.”

Well I haven’t seen anything of substance come from his twitter feed. I was not one of the million plus to get punked and follow him. But I have spent time sifting threw his feed and have found nothing with meaning. So even tho his show is over he still punked Twitter the Press and CNN great job Ashton.

It just said because he is just like the media lol full of crap!

Owen JJ Stone aka Ohdoctah

GREAT POST!

]]> By: Rufus http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1072 Rufus Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:01 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1072 @guy I agree. We specially DON'T advertise in some markets we do business in and support just because folks troll and expect that if you support one cause, you'll support another. For celebs, the "layer" of journalism and PR becomes even more important. Direct to the people sometimes is not the smartest route. However, in the case of @aplusk, he was the one who flaunted the check and made the "call to arms." In this case, a good PR strategy with some really smart folks could have leveraged this better. The NY Times would have picked this up as a story about how he is spending twitter capital wisely, Oprah would have gotten into the game, blogs everywhere that skewered him for "breaking Twitter" would have published "maybe he really DOES get it" posts and Twitter would be alive with Malaria trending high. As it is, he is letting a "good crisis" go to waste and reaffirming that Twitter, for celebs (not you, of course), is simply an extension of People Magazine, authored by folks who should stick to their craft and let the PR and journalists do the communicating. Pitchers pitch, catchers catch ;-) @guy I agree. We specially DON’T advertise in some markets we do business in and support just because folks troll and expect that if you support one cause, you’ll support another. For celebs, the “layer” of journalism and PR becomes even more important. Direct to the people sometimes is not the smartest route.

However, in the case of @aplusk, he was the one who flaunted the check and made the “call to arms.” In this case, a good PR strategy with some really smart folks could have leveraged this better. The NY Times would have picked this up as a story about how he is spending twitter capital wisely, Oprah would have gotten into the game, blogs everywhere that skewered him for “breaking Twitter” would have published “maybe he really DOES get it” posts and Twitter would be alive with Malaria trending high.

As it is, he is letting a “good crisis” go to waste and reaffirming that Twitter, for celebs (not you, of course), is simply an extension of People Magazine, authored by folks who should stick to their craft and let the PR and journalists do the communicating. Pitchers pitch, catchers catch ;-)

]]> By: Guy Kawasaki http://www.dogwalkblog.com/twitter-celebrities-need-journalists-prfolks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1071 Guy Kawasaki Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:35:08 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1071 I appreciate the mention. Here's the challenge for celebs. Where do we draw the line and how do we say no to requests by all the charities, non-profits, missing people, who ask. I would bet that the first time a celeb turns down a charity, he or she will get railed upon. Any single plea for a good cause is easy, but it can quickly turn into a deluge. If it does, there are two issues: swamping one's updates is actually the smaller one. The bigger one is scams. How do we know that "StoptheXYZdisease.com" organization and site is legitimate? There are challenges to trying to be a good guy. I appreciate the mention. Here’s the challenge for celebs. Where do we draw the line and how do we say no to requests by all the charities, non-profits, missing people, who ask. I would bet that the first time a celeb turns down a charity, he or she will get railed upon.

Any single plea for a good cause is easy, but it can quickly turn into a deluge. If it does, there are two issues: swamping one’s updates is actually the smaller one. The bigger one is scams. How do we know that “StoptheXYZdisease.com” organization and site is legitimate?

There are challenges to trying to be a good guy.

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