If you’re a PR agency encouraging your staff to find and win new clients through social media, here’s a cautionary tale about how not to do it.
Earlier today I received a tweet “wondering what the best email to drop you a line on?”. It was from someone that I had never tweeted with before, so I was curious.
The Twitter bio told me the individual worked for “one of the UK’s fastest growing and most influential PR agencies”. The associated Twitter timeline showed character, but not the kind I was expecting:
Rather than jump to any conclusions, I thought to double-check – perhaps the account was for personal use and I wasn’t the intended recipient of the email request:
Everyone in the office turned round to find out what was going on when I laughed out loud on receiving the response:
So, a representative of an “influential” PR agency, who has no idea how to represent herself or her employer online, would like to represent me…
Thanks, but no thanks!