Comments on: PoweR Girls Gives Party Girls a Bad Name http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/03/power-girls-gives-party-girls-a-bad-name.html Bringing You Media News, Marketing Views, Celebrity Culture & Political Spin Since February 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Joy Jennings http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/03/power-girls-gives-party-girls-a-bad-name.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 Joy Jennings Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=5#comment-6 Woops -- previous comment by "Jo" should have been by "Joy Jennings" Woops — previous comment by “Jo” should have been by “Joy Jennings”

]]> By: Jo http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/03/power-girls-gives-party-girls-a-bad-name.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Jo Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=5#comment-5 Has anyone seen the new John Stamos sitcom, where he plays a celebrity publicist? The entertainment world seems enchanted with this idea of PR types as star handlers, fawning over demanding clients. The idea of corporate PR is MIA. Has anyone seen the new John Stamos sitcom, where he plays a celebrity publicist? The entertainment world seems enchanted with this idea of PR types as star handlers, fawning over demanding clients. The idea of corporate PR is MIA.

]]> By: Juliet of The Woodlands, Texas http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/03/power-girls-gives-party-girls-a-bad-name.html/comment-page-1#comment-2 Juliet of The Woodlands, Texas Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=5#comment-2 I tuned into PoweR Girls with the anticipation of gaining an insider's perspective of the PR world in New York and perhaps, learning a thing or two about the celebrity-fueled publicity machine.<br/><br/>I am an account executive with six years of experience at a large PR firm in Houston. I've put in some challenging, often long hours, writing press releases, developing media lists, conducting research and surveys, meeting with difficult clients, stuffing press kits and begging the media to take an interest in events or news that are often not newsworthy at all.<br/><br/>I live in the real PR world. The world of celebrities, glamorous parties and designer clothes is only one, very small slice of the public relations experience. Boozing it up with Paris Hilton and P. Diddy at the all white 4th of July Hamptons party and finding the perfect outfit for the latest nightclub opening, are not activities of a true PR professional (nor would I want them to be).<br/><br/>I was hoping for more than bimbos who can't even alphabetize a guest list and are consistently late to events, but what can you expect from a PR firm owner who ran over guests at a Hamptons party and got her own TV show as a result?<br/><br/>It was doomed from the beginning and I am left unimpressed. This is truly sad and boring television. I tuned into PoweR Girls with the anticipation of gaining an insider’s perspective of the PR world in New York and perhaps, learning a thing or two about the celebrity-fueled publicity machine.

I am an account executive with six years of experience at a large PR firm in Houston. I’ve put in some challenging, often long hours, writing press releases, developing media lists, conducting research and surveys, meeting with difficult clients, stuffing press kits and begging the media to take an interest in events or news that are often not newsworthy at all.

I live in the real PR world. The world of celebrities, glamorous parties and designer clothes is only one, very small slice of the public relations experience. Boozing it up with Paris Hilton and P. Diddy at the all white 4th of July Hamptons party and finding the perfect outfit for the latest nightclub opening, are not activities of a true PR professional (nor would I want them to be).

I was hoping for more than bimbos who can’t even alphabetize a guest list and are consistently late to events, but what can you expect from a PR firm owner who ran over guests at a Hamptons party and got her own TV show as a result?

It was doomed from the beginning and I am left unimpressed. This is truly sad and boring television.

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