Comments on: 12 Things You Should Know About Peter Shankman and How He Views the World

By: psc319

psc319 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:43 +0000

I wear two hats.

As a writer, and this caught me off-guard, the responses from PRs didn’t frustrate me as much as the incoming e-mails that came straight from the talking head or other people who worked for them. Really had little sense of what I was trying to learn more about or how to work with me, which is no different from what you get from most publicists, but it just seemed to happen more often outside this circle.

As a publicist, I love Peter Shankman. He really knows what he’s talking about, and he can explain it in simple ways that really make him appear to be the kind of spokesperson the industry deserves. On a professional and personal level, the duder is aces.

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By: Dawn Reiss

Dawn Reiss — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:48:59 +0000

Caitlin, I agree. I forgot to mention this, but Peter said HARO is going to be rolling out a new system soon where all reporter emails will be cloaked with a time-sensitive email that reporters can turn off. That way reporters won’t get spammed and HARO can track who is putting reporters on lists.

By: Caitlin Kelly

Caitlin Kelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:02 +0000

I’ve used HARO and found it helpful….but boy I loathe it when PR types who use it as well pick my contact info off my requests and start sending me stupid spam pitches that have nothing to do with my interests.

I don’t think all PR people are morons but enough of them have been.