Comments on: Public Relations Saves The Day! http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/ A public relations blog about fashion and consumer brands. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Latterman http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/#comment-689 Latterman Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:35:13 +0000 http://consumingpr.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-689 Hi, I find your article very interesting. I think this information you are providing is very useful, in fact I am writting a thesis about how public relations can help El Salvador's corportations overcome the crisis using PR as the primary communication source, and how public image plays a very important role in today's society when it comes to corporations. Thank you very much for sharing your points of view regarding this subject. Hi, I find your article very interesting. I think this information you are providing is very useful, in fact I am writting a thesis about how public relations can help El Salvador’s corportations overcome the crisis using PR as the primary communication source, and how public image plays a very important role in today’s society when it comes to corporations. Thank you very much for sharing your points of view regarding this subject.

]]> By: sessary http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/#comment-509 sessary Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:06:29 +0000 http://consumingpr.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-509 Thank you for posting my thoughts on your blog! I agree with you, Dan. It's important to recognize the businesses slashing prices to keep afloat. Thank you for posting my thoughts on your blog! I agree with you, Dan. It’s important to recognize the businesses slashing prices to keep afloat.

]]> By: Dan Keeney, APR http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/#comment-508 Dan Keeney, APR Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:29:18 +0000 http://consumingpr.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-508 Sarah, Great post. I posted on my blog http://theprcounselor-blog.com/ about your take. I think we all need to cut those in the retail trenches right now some slack. It is a kill or be killed environment, so slash and burn pricing and promotion tactics will trump the well thought out marketing strategies until we start seeing some normalcy return. Sarah, Great post. I posted on my blog http://theprcounselor-blog.com/ about your take. I think we all need to cut those in the retail trenches right now some slack. It is a kill or be killed environment, so slash and burn pricing and promotion tactics will trump the well thought out marketing strategies until we start seeing some normalcy return.

]]> By: sessary http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/#comment-507 sessary Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:37:29 +0000 http://consumingpr.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-507 Your economy prediction is very interesting! We might just see the U.S. turn into a Scandinavian economy with this bail out. Happy to hear you like my post and banner! - Sarah Your economy prediction is very interesting! We might just see the U.S. turn into a Scandinavian economy with this bail out.

Happy to hear you like my post and banner!

- Sarah

]]> By: prfx http://consumingpr.com/2008/12/05/public-relations-will-save-the-day/#comment-506 prfx Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:14:01 +0000 http://consumingpr.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-506 To me PR means image control. I think the whole green-washing (making your business look environmentally friendly through PR gimmick) is a perfect example how image control is more style than substance. Chevron for example is certainly not environmentally friendly but they are attempting to convince the public through PR and marketing that they are. I think that the general public is wising up to the PR model and will very slowly stop being suckers. I am of the opinion that the baby boomer generation is much more susceptible to being suckered by marketing and PR stunts. Millennials have been saturated with advertising their entire lives and are less likely to take mainstream media at face value. That being said there are many exceptions to that generalization (Kardashian types). I think you hit on a pivotal economic issue: the gap between rich and poor. The current economic climate is dramatically widening that gap. There are more and more people who are struggling to get by and those that are not are so completely self absorbed that they do not even notice. I would put most Neiman Marcus customers in the latter category. Ultimately one of two things will happen; either the gap between rich and poor will become so pronounced that the US economy will lose momentum and become a second world economy like Brazil or Mexico with a lot of people in relative poverty and a small proportion of wealthy or the gap will shrink and the US economy will recover and become like a Scandinavian economy with most people in the middle class. It all depends on public policy and corporate behavior from here out. Personally, I am skeptical in the short term because there are still way too many people that are self absorbed but I think that will change over the next few decades through the accountability that is brought on through the internet and reputation based information dissemination. Great topic and cool banner. To me PR means image control. I think the whole green-washing (making your business look environmentally friendly through PR gimmick) is a perfect example how image control is more style than substance. Chevron for example is certainly not environmentally friendly but they are attempting to convince the public through PR and marketing that they are.
I think that the general public is wising up to the PR model and will very slowly stop being suckers. I am of the opinion that the baby boomer generation is much more susceptible to being suckered by marketing and PR stunts. Millennials have been saturated with advertising their entire lives and are less likely to take mainstream media at face value. That being said there are many exceptions to that generalization (Kardashian types).
I think you hit on a pivotal economic issue: the gap between rich and poor. The current economic climate is dramatically widening that gap. There are more and more people who are struggling to get by and those that are not are so completely self absorbed that they do not even notice. I would put most Neiman Marcus customers in the latter category.
Ultimately one of two things will happen; either the gap between rich and poor will become so pronounced that the US economy will lose momentum and become a second world economy like Brazil or Mexico with a lot of people in relative poverty and a small proportion of wealthy or the gap will shrink and the US economy will recover and become like a Scandinavian economy with most people in the middle class. It all depends on public policy and corporate behavior from here out. Personally, I am skeptical in the short term because there are still way too many people that are self absorbed but I think that will change over the next few decades through the accountability that is brought on through the internet and reputation based information dissemination.
Great topic and cool banner.

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