If you haven’t got a PR angle, try a stunt
Fair to say that the challenge of getting cut through for press releases gets tougher every day. Things sent to us in the office in the last three days:
- Two singing soft toys
- A cheap blonde wig
- Three bottles of wine
- A pair of slippers
- A dressing gown labelled “cheap and easy”
- a tambourine
It makes me nostalgic for the days when all I had to worry about was my unopened email mountain.
Tim Burrowes
Linkedin
And on the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
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hahaha but you are talking about it …..?
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They could have at least sent you a quality blonde wig, right?
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Spread the love, Tim!
How about *we* do some PR for mUmbrella, and you reward the winners with the best freebies you’ve got?
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Together these items have the makings of an awesome night out. I would put them to good use. In fact, I’ve woken up with similar items on my person before. At least you know where these have come from.
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Sounds like you’ve got all the ingredients for a saucy solo night in then!
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Sheesh – you could have at least told everyone who sent you what so they could get the attention they so richly deserve. Your bottle of 12 yr old Scotch is in the mail by the way. Unless you don’t want it that is ??
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Ha, ha RAC – you have made my day!
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It sounds like some kind of crazy cat lady is slowly moving all her belongings into the Mumbrella office via Australia Post’s little-known and sadly under-used moving service.
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Love it – but I agree with Nathan, you could have at least told us who each item came from…I’m personally intrigued by the cheap blonde wig…
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Mate, put on the wig, dressing gown and the slippers, chill the wine and I’ll hand deliver the jelly in a few minutes. Don’t worry about the toys watching they’ll be self absorbed.
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All ingredients for a bad date, you think the PR industry is trying to tell you something?
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Dear Tim
Two singing soft toys?
A cheap blonde wig?
Three bottles of wine?
A pair of slippers?
A dressing gown?
A tambourine?
It actually sounds like list of things I’d leave behind after a sleepover.
Could you check and see if my name is on any of them? I can’t find my tambourine today. I swear I had it with me when I went out last night.
I don’t know why you are complaining.
It sounds like a fun night out.
X
Lavinia
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Tim you should appreciate that these people are trying to be creative and give you a laugh – if you could somehow incorporate them all into your Mumbo Report, like you clap the tamborine at the end or you wear the dressing gown, I think that would spice things up. I feel really sorry for the people who work in PR, they go to all this effort to send out stuff that just gets unappreciated and stuffed into the draw at some media organisation to gather dust. Share the love.
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