Revolver PR has criticised the raft of major PR consultancies launching standalone Digital PR divisions for fundamentally misunderstanding the significance of the emerging channel.
Responding to a rash of recent announcements from public relations agencies indicating that they intend to set up separate divisions providing clients with online PR services, Revolver PR believes that many in the industry have failed to understand the challenge presented by the digital media. The digitally-enabled public relations consultancy says that unless the sector is prepared to stop treating Digital PR solely as a sales opportunity, it stands in danger of severely failing its customers.
"What large parts of the industry apparently fail to understand is that rather than being simply another opportunity to sell clients add-on services, Digital PR is in fact a challenge to the entire public relations business: either get to grips with this increasingly important news and information channel or face losing some very disappointed clients," said Revolver PR Managing Director Iain Bruce.
"Too many agencies out there seem to have suddenly woken up to the existence of the online media and responded by rushing to charge clients extra for doing something they should have been on top of all along. Any PR strategy that's worth its salt should feature an approach to digital alongside its print and broadcast campaigns as a matter of course, and charging extra for doing so is frankly taking the mickey."
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