Comments on: When press releases go bad

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:16:28 +0000

Read my comment above. Then read it again. This was NOT a word document. This was an HTML email. The screencap is how it was seen in my email client.

By: Rainer

Rainer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:18:49 +0000

Could you not just uncheck the ‘track changes’ setting to view this doc without the edits?

By: Isitjustme?

Isitjustme? — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:00:32 +0000

Redmum is right.I actually should own up to the fact that I can never really master those functions and generally get my biro out then make my changes…I only trust technology when I’ve already done the work.

By: red mum

red mum — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:33:31 +0000

I’d say that was written by someone, corrected by someone else and someone else, possibly the previous person sent it out without realising that the changes had to be actually followed through.

What I would question though is why go to the nonsense hassle of score throughs when you could actually amend it there and then. Some people should not be let near Microsoft Word let alone anything else.

I loathe getting documents that someone has gone all snazzy using all Word’s functions with changes in different colours and numbers with references at the side. It is an assault on the eyes and brain.

I’m afraid I prefer a printed out doc with good auld pen scores on it or an actual amended copy. Sometimes the simplest way is actually the easiest as we can see from that release.

By: Media trainwrecks (two of two - aka Presentation Quality is everything)

Media trainwrecks (two of two - aka Presentation Quality is everything) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:30:29 +0000

[...] To cap it all off, Damien makes clear in comments on this blog post that he shouldn’t have received the release in the f…as he is a Technology journalist, not a music journalist. Again, poor quality information [...]

By: Phil O'Kane - iced coffee

Phil O'Kane - iced coffee — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:35:03 +0000

i think its a skill. i mean i would have no idea how to get a document like that. generally if theres a mistake i change it and remove it.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:13:18 +0000

Orlaith, they wouldn’t need press releases if they got into Web 2.0, the bloggers would spread the word without having being sent stuff.

By: Orlaith

Orlaith — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:03:03 +0000

Yikes, Damien. All those PR companies getting into the web 2.0 thingy are going to pack it all in now

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:20:46 +0000

Paige: I think the sin here is I did not sign up to get press releases about music competitions from Vodafone or their PR people. I will allow and suffer through getting stuff that is related to technology because I can sometimes be whimsical like that. If they think a battle of the bands is technology related then I worry for Voda and their PR company.

The slack I gave is that I cropped their name from the bottom. People have bad days, yes but why should I have so suffer for it? Having a bad day is allowed but do realise that they are managers of my data if they have a file or record on me and need to have a quality control process in place for it.

Also if their PR company gives them a P45 for that then they’re not great employers are they? Plus I can recommend a very good law firm that specialises in employment law if someone gets fired for that.

By: Jazz Biscuit » Blog Archive » Zen Press Release moment

Jazz Biscuit » Blog Archive » Zen Press Release moment — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:19:29 +0000

[...] Mulley got a press release where it appeared all the edits from the original draft had been left in by acci…. Maybe, or maybe this is a work of absolute pure PR genius. I certainly never would have cared, but [...]