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title: "Obvious PR Tip of the Day: Don't Ask Someone to Take Down a Blog Post"
description: "Obvious PR Tip of the Day: Don't Ask Someone to Take Down a Blog Post"
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# [Obvious PR Tip of the Day: Don't Ask Someone to Take Down a Blog Post](https://www.ideagrove.com/blog/obvious-pr-tip-of-the-day-dont-ask-someone-to-take-down-a-blog-post)

 Written by [Scott Baradell](https://www.ideagrove.com/blog/author/scott-baradell) | Apr 23, 2007

We just had a call from someone from a company that did not like what we said about them in an earlier post. The company representative was very gracious in acknowledging our criticism, even offering a service discount as a way of making amends.

Then ..... HE ASKED IF WE WOULD TAKE DOWN OUR BLOG POST.

When we explained this wasn't possible, he was genuinely mystified: "I don't understand why. I mean, we apologized."

Folks, it just doesn't work that way. If you're unaware of this, you need some serious PR counsel -- stat.

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