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Do you think Twitter would replace press releases?

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Question ajoutée par Nuha Ali , writer , freelance
Date de publication: 2015/01/15
Zahid Hussein
par Zahid Hussein , President , Sustainable Resource Foundation (SuRF)

A press release is a relic of the "print/newspaper age." I don't think Twitter would ever be able to replace a press release. Just like the book production...............despite the digital age! A press release would maintain its exclusivity as long as newspapers are there along with a company's wish to access targeted readership!   

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par Utilisateur supprimé

It could be a press release enhancer, but to replace it i feel its too short for a press release but on the other hand it is perfect for the developing world and it could have a very big impact as it is at the moment.

Usman Naeem Khokhar
par Usman Naeem Khokhar , Growth Hacker (Itchy Fingerz) , NetSol Technologies

I am tor between my answer. It has in my industries that target millennials and teenagers.

 

Otherwise PR and Twitter go together. PR are transforming due to the advent of social networks.

Sidvin Shetty
par Sidvin Shetty , Trade Marketing Executive , Al Khayyat Investments

Though 'Twitter' is an effective tool of communication (Especially to younger generation) it can never replace Print Medium of communication including press release.

Print medium is an mass communication irrespective of age, diversity, intellectual ability etc & it is the still the best medium of all communication.

But, it can be used along with print medium to increase reach & effectiveness. :-)

Shady Anwar
par Shady Anwar , Editorial Manager , akhbar elyom

twitter has limited number of characters so its really hard to use it as a press releas, however it can be used in announcing and declaring short statments 

Waqas Ahmed
par Waqas Ahmed , Sales Consultant Spears Middle East Co , Spears Middle East

No twiter should not do this

NAGMA KHAN
par NAGMA KHAN , Research analyst , Centre for rural and industrial development(CRRID)

I personally dont feel that  a social website specifically twitter could replace press releases. If one sees at the ground level ,  the basic difference lies in their usage. Most of the people literatre, illiterates( understanding through images) resort to press releases . As far as twitter is concerned it seems to be a website for known personalities, celebrities, etc.where although common people apppear but only to check status updates of the elites and not for much more than that. Thus, in country like INDIA, its not possible.

mohamed mahmoud خضير
par mohamed mahmoud خضير , معلم , خالد بن الوليد

I just responded to a question that posits the question: Is the press release really dead? and I think my answer could very well extend here. 

 

Twitter and press releases is an apples to oranges comparison. Here's the right comparison, something that Chip Rodgers and Julie O'Donnell hinted at above. 

 

Content = Blog posts: Press Releases: Tweets 

Distribution = RSS: Press release wire services: Twitter 

 

So, to answer your question. No. 

 

Neither tweets nor blog posts will replace press releases (despite its flaws) in the near future because of one reason - press release wire services - a well established and mass adopted system for dissemination of press releases to a large number of news outlets world-wide that scales well.

Amir Ageeb
par Amir Ageeb , Content Senior Specialist , Elm Company

I do not think so though it presents a challenge!

Shaimaa Taha
par Shaimaa Taha , Sales Section Manager , Abudawood Distribution Co. Egypt (Proctor & Gamble

yes i do think nowadays twitter and facebook would replace press releases.

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