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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Inspired idea!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Gaskin via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 14, 2019 1:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz@netpress.org<br><b>Cc:</b> James Gaskin <james@gaskin.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] annoyingly pushy PR people<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I forget who it was, but a PR person pulled that with me about a year ago. I said, "OK, but if your firm loses this contract or you're on vacation when I need to get a quote, I'm calling your biggest competitor for that quote." Client spoke up with his email address immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>James<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>James E. Gaskin<br><a href="http://www.gaskin.com" target="_blank">http://www.gaskin.com</a><br>Writer / Consultant / Speaker<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://netpress.org/member/james-e-gaskin/" target="_blank">Member </a>Internet Press Guild<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://jamesgaskin.contently.com/" target="_blank">Portfolio</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 12:04 PM Esther Shein via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Just a rant…I can’t stand it when I interview someone and at the end of the call I ask for their email address in case I have to do any follow-up…and the PR person jumps in and tells me to go through them. Sometimes I’m successful when I say “well, I would still like to have it as a backup” or something to that effect, but some of them are so damn aggressive and then the source is ultimately torn over what to do. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And then they “circle back” with me. They all use that term…is there some sort of requisite PR-speak course they all take? Grrrrrrrrr.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Esther Shein</b><br><a href="mailto:eshein@shein.net" target="_blank">eshein@shein.net</a><br>508.877.0217<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Twitter: @EstherShein<br>LinkedIn:</b> <b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshein/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshein/</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i>Member, Internet Press Guild: <a href="http://netpress.org/" target="_blank">http://netpress.org</a></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>