Have a jolly Merry Christmas time!!

Talking about stars, it seems that we start to loos stars, or they start to be less interested in showing of at such events. I remember last year, glamorous....a lot of people, a lot of VIP. Media is going through a very difficult period – reflecting also on the PR work. Media suffers, PR has to innovate in order to reach CEO’s expectations.
But coming back to the topic....at least this year Mircea Radu was not among the sexiest TV stars in Romania, finally a change.
TV Mania has past its time, the glorious times are gone, perhaps next year we will see an online show, on Facebook or on any other social media platform....thinks are changing fast nowadays.
Some journalists present at the conference talked about how the Government can help in this situation, other, more pessimistic or if I may say, more realistic, said that media most not search for help from the Government, because the Government at this point has no interest to help.
The discussion turned also to the Internet, as a solution for media, and an intervention of Ciprian Stoianovici (head of news department at Radio 21 and member of The Association of Romanian Journalists) I found very intriguing. He said that the Internet will never reach the informational level as the print media reached last year, not event in 50 years. The motives are technology problems and penetration of the Internet – few use Internet in comparison with media.
Another subject Ciprian talked about was in relation with the “morgue of the Romanian media” (interesting description). Everybody expected from the crisis to divide good media from bad media (the publications with unsound involvement) – after the crisis good media would have survived. Unfortunately things look a little bit different = good media is slowly dying. He said that spring will come and find half of the media existing now. If we look at what recently happened in media, I am more than willing to believe him.
All these effects of the crisis on media have direct impact on PR. And when I say direct impact, I am thinking about the day to day communications activities but also about “media campaigns” that have as main objectives blackmail – as a tool for survival. The freedom of expression and the freedom for information have nowadays new meanings.
We are facing sad times here. Journalist are put in the impossibility to practice objective journalism (either they are forced to act in the economical advantage of the media owner or they are forced to search for other jobs), PR people must find alternative communication channels and tools to fight off hungry media and the population has less and less access to real information.
Jim Jansen a citit o jumatate de milion de tweets, pentru un research, si a concluzionat ca 20% dintre acestea contineau informatii despre un brand sau solicitau informatii despre un brand.
Cu aproximativ 6 milioane de utilizatori activi (si o estimare de 20 de milioane pana la sf anului) Twitter nu mai poate fi ignorat de brand-uri. Daca pretinzi ca esti un brand, tb sa fii pe Twitter, zic eu….Nu doar sa monitorizezi reactiile clientilor fata de produsul/serviciul tau, sau sa descoperi care sunt problemele lor cu ceea ce le oferi, ci sa le si raspunzi daca intreaba despre un produs/serviciu pe care il oferi.
Brand-urile din Romania trebuie sa profite de aceste date si sa nu mai astepte al XII-lea ceas (cum o fac de fiecare data) pentru a face ceva. Sa nu mai avem atitudinea: "pana ajunge Romania la nivelul ala, mai trec ani si ani, ce atata graba", sau mai dragutz: "in Romania nu sunt chiar atat de multi utilizatori de Twitter"
Interesant de vazut cate brand-uri romanesti sunt la ora actuala pe Twitter.
O alta informatie interesanta ref brand si Twitter: multe televiziuni incearca sa faca rating prin Twitter...ma refer la televiziuni din tari mature pe partea de social media :) Interesant sa vezi cum incearca sa isi gaseasca prezentatori tineri care sa fie appealing pt targetul de pe net...daca imi place de ei pe Twitter vreau probabil sa ii si vad live la TV...cool :), creste rating-ul, creste advertising-ul :)
Ce face PR-ul clasic? Vorbeste cu media care ajunge la publicul tau – ii spunem key media. Prin PR mentinem legatura cu acesti jurnalisti pentru ca mesajele clientului sa fie auzite de cine trebuie. Acum, prin PR 2.0, putem identifica “cetatenii jurnalisti” care scriu in mod activ despre client, competitie si piata. PR 2.0 “vinde” subiecte acestor oameni, care nu sunt musai jurnalisti – poate fi, foarte simplu, consumatorul direct interesat de ceea ce face clientul nostru. Totusi PR 2.0 nu inseamna sa trimiti acestor oameni “povesti” usor de preluat in conversatie. PR 2.0 inseamna mai mult…tb sa ne intoarcem la basic: citeste blogul lor, comenteaza pe blogul lor, observa “modelul” conversational, vorbeste cu ei chiar si daca nu ai nimic de “vanzare”, cauta cuvinte cheie. Altfel spus, nu relationa doar prin pitching stories….Return to basics…build up relationships…In acest aspect te ajuta Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. Nu te limita insa la doar a “observa”, trebuie sa te implici, sa comentezi, sa oferi informatii la schimb. Ca in orice relatie de prietenie – daca incredintezi un secret, vei afla lucruri noi despre interlocutorul tau. Si termin cu un alt citat “relationships are the currency required to prosper” in PR precum si in PR 2.0
P.S. Pana la sf saptamanii vreau sa ma vad face to face cu cei mai dragi mie jurnalisti…programul aglomerat m-a impiedicat sa faca asta de ceva vreme :(
...si nu o sa ma refer la cursul pe care il predau la FJSC ci la un eveniment spectaculos care a avut loc aseara.
Aseara a fost concertul AC DC la Atena si m-am surprins pentru cateva minute analizand organizarea evenimentului in sine...putin in comparatie cu ce se intampla pe la noi:
Pe scurt, foarte buna organizare :) Cat despre concert, totul a fost extraordinar: lumini, artificii, decoruri, solo de chitara!
.....revin cu niste filmulete...acum sunt probleme cu netul :)