Opt in press release against PR spam ? An Inconvenient PR Truth

I’ve just seen a twitter message from a french journalist mentionning a press release he received with Opt in solution – it really impressed him.

http://twitter.com/couve/status/8583135307

Translation: “I received a press release with opt-in (I subscribe / unsubscribe). This is the first time. There is hope !”

I wonder if any of you already expericed such solutions, and what feedback did you get ?

I would tend to find such a solution quite brilliant …

This Twitter message appear just after a video I’ve seen last week

http://france.disruptionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inconvenienttruth.png

http://www.vimeo.com/9020095

This video is clearly very controversial (see some reactions here : http://www.prweek.com/news/bulletin/UKDaily/article/980491/?DCMP=EMC-UKDaily#comment)

As underlines some of my colleagues :

“I’m split 30:70 on whether such a campaign is beneficial for journo-PR relationships, or actually quite detrimental in that it’s trying to define a relationship with rules. Some things should be left unsaid, especially in relationships. If journalists have concerns about receiving spam PR e-mail, then they should ask to be removed from lists… PR’s should be diligent in doing so. Simple.”

Of course, I know all the effort at Text 100 to build targetted press list. But the video is also some electrochoc for the rest of the industry. I tend to think that solutions such as opt in + Social media newsroom could be a good way to cleverly push information to the perfect target.

Your opinion ?

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