12 Comment(s)

1. On Feb 6, 2008, K. Srinivasan said:

   I am a regular reader of this blog. I find them very useful. I suggest you can introduce a column “Question and Answers”.. The questions raised by the reders may be answered by experts. For the same question, you can obtain the views from two or three different experts and post them.

   Secondly, you may also introduce a column to provide information on books on PR and PR magazines and periodicals.

   I pledge my full support to you

2. On Feb 6, 2008, Prema Sagar said:

   I am impressed with the content – not too heavy or flippant – humorous and yet gets the point across. The Blog is very useful and I hope that the entire community is logging on.

3. On Feb 6, 2008, Yorick said:

   I have just come across this site and I think it is an excellent platform for guys from the MARCOM industry to share their views on just about everything.
   I agree with Srinivasan that either a column or maybe a separate category on books/articles/ezines could be started.
   In the words of Mr Spock of Star Trek fame, “Live long and Prosper”.

4. On Feb 6, 2008, Priya Shah said:

   I think you guys do a great job, thought it would be great to see you guys discuss some Indian PR Campaigns and how they were well executed or simply trashy.

   I think Tushar, you do a brilliant job of keeping the content crisp and humorous and Madhavi really puts some insightful post. ROCK ON!!!

5. On Feb 6, 2008, Sandhya Sadananda Gupta said:

   The IndiaPR blog is very useful, especially for people like me, who work in our own silos. It gives me a much-needed window into the best practices that are followed by others, new ideas and interesting work that is being done in India and abroad. Keep up the good work!!!

6. On Feb 6, 2008, Surekha Pillai said:

   I have closely followed this blog since its launch and I am impressed at the dedication with which the author has managed to keep this interesting for PR professionals across all levels at all times. It is no mean task and hats off to Palin for a brilliant job. Youngsters should definitely make it a point to imbibe what IndiaPRBlog has to offer, as this will certainly give them an edge over the rest in terms of being up to date with the current happenings and trends in the PR space.

   In terms of suggestions, I do believe it is important to have a more lively discussion and interaction happening here between youngsters, and to that end it would be great to have a brainstorming corner where PR professionals can pose questions related to challenges they face vis-a-vis clients. The solutions and ideas could come in from other readers on how best they believe these challenges could be addressed. This would not only make it interactive for professionals, but also prompt them to think creatively and ideate, which not many of us push ourselves to do with consistence.

   Surekha

7. On Feb 6, 2008, Sarika said:

   hey… I have not been reading this space for long. But I loved whatever I read. I completely endorse Priya’s comment. It wud be helpful for a fresh novice like me to see how all these theories were executed practically.

   Then, (i dunno whether its apperaed before) I would like a post on various types of PR tools that can be employed. We always (not just in this blog) there is more to PR than mere press releases and events, but nobody says what the other tools are. Hope you could help.

8. On Feb 6, 2008, Bella said:

   Hi Palin, I am avid reader of this blog from a long –long time. I absolutely love what ever is covered here. This blog is very helpful for PR professionals. I have learned a lot of thing from it. I think you have covered everything here; from how/ when to speak to journalists to why social media is important.

   However, I totally agree Mr. Srinivasan, you should include Q&A. But I think Thrusday with Tushar is on the same platform. Nevertheless, it will be better if you could get opinions of industry leaders for the queries.

   All in all this blog is the best.

   Cheers & All the best

9. On Feb 6, 2008, Rajesh said:

   Good going guys!

   Possible things to do:

   1. See if you can get contributors from overseas to share perspectives.
   2. Guest pieces from senior leaders from the industry to share learnings.
   3. Collaborative initiatives to gather multiple voices on common issues/ topics.

   Keep up the great work.

   Cheers.

   Rajesh

10. On Feb 8, 2008, Mamta said:

    Hi,

    I read the blog quite often and must say that it has very valuable insights about the PR industry happenings in India.

    However, i would also like to point out that most of the articles are written from the agency perspective. We should also see more information on Corporate Communications as a discipline from a vendor perspective.

    Rather than always splitting PR over ‘agency issues’ and client issues’ i guess more brainstorming must be done as to how to improvise communications campaigns in an overall manner. the PR / communications discipline is still quite nascent in India and more ideas and information from co-professionals would be enlightening.

    Even if you visit a bookstore, more often than not, there isn’t a category called PR or Corporate Communications , books on the subject are just clubbed under marketing or advertising !!!!

    I hope we can see more PR professionals from the non-agency side contributing their insights as well !!!

11. On Feb 13, 2008, K. Srikrishna said:

    I am a recent reader of this blog – in your jargon, I have been mostly a client – till recently I was quite flumoxxed by a whole lot of questions about how India PR worked (or did it work) particularly in the tech sector. This blog has answered a number of these questions firstly by

    [a] providing context in which the players are operating
    [b] perspective from the journalist’s side and the PR person’s
    [c] lending insight into how agencies operate (or not)

    The insight i have gained from this blog is that despite the nascency of PR in India, which both you and the readers of this blog have commented on, it is ripe for innovation both in terms of organizational design as well as engaging with the old and new media. That in itself should present an opportunity and make Indian PR an even more interesting place. Keep up the good work.

    Suggestions for improvement IMHO include:

    [a] drop the legacy advertising terminology of “agency” and “client” – there’s the customers and us – maybe you can lead us from D to L
    [b] some segment specific stuff – FMCG, tech, medical – examples and specifics of how something was done well or not, while journalists are deemed to specialize in beats, one of the frequently made complaints I hear is that PR is skin deep, ie anything beyond the superficial we have to revert to the client – should we be more domain specific – can this redress that?
    [c] more participative, specific polls or at least open ended questions that practitioners can respond to – my feeling (no facts to back it up) are the readers of this blog largely new to PR and are the old timers sitting on the sidelines? If so how do we engage them?

    Keep up the good work

12. On Feb 27, 2008, Palin Ningthoujam said:

    Dear all

    Thanks a ton for these wonderful feedback. We will do our best to incorporate your views and come up with interesting posts each time.

    A special thank you once again for your support. Keep reading and sending us your comments.

    Cheers.