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Will Traditional PR Become Extinct?

Today’s “Ragan’s PR Daily Newsfeed” predicts the fall of traditional public relations:
Web 2.0 Journal’s Fuat Kircaali believes that yes, public relations will become extinct. “In our estimation, roughly 70 percent of today’s PR firms with their traditional public relations and communications business structures will not survive the fast-approaching social media avalanche,” he wrote. “The remaining 30 percent that need to reinvent their position real fast in their newly morphed industry will prosper, compared to where they were and what they were doing before.” Now, has Kirkaali noticed all the social media efforts PR pros have embraced?

Learning more about social media on the Monterey Peninsula

Here I am near the beautiful purple \"ice plants\' along the coast in Monterey. Near Pebble Beach in Monterey

 

I took these photos along the shoreline near Pebble Beach last Thursday before my bike ‘encounter’ with the door of a Mercedes Benz. Not sure how the door fared, but I was pretty shook up and bruised (and still am!)  I was in too much of a daze after it happened to see if the door was damaged or not. At least that’s replaceable but my head is not!

Regardless, Monterey is a beautiful part of the country and it was a beautiful setting to learn about social media from Brett Giles and Andrew Bagley out of Sitewire in Tempe, Arizona.  They work on all aspects of search marketing for national clients like Olive Garden and Red Lobster. This field of social media and search marketing is evolving so quickly and there are so many different ways of getting involved with it that I find it extremely stimulating and fun. Continue reading