A logo system for PRs and answers to a few standard questions

Someone has come up with a handy PR logo system that I think I might have to employ on my site at some time. It's at MobHappy: PR Solutions.

The idea is you put up a red logo if you don't want PR pitches, a green logo if you'd like loads of PR pitches and an amber logo if you're open to suggestions with some caveats.

I'll go amber at some point, because there are PRs who still don't understand that despite the fact I put only an email address on all my Response Source enquiries and only put my phone number in the business enquiries section of my site, I really don't want PRs ringing me all the time. It's not because you're not very nice; it's because I'm averaging four articles a week at the moment and for every phone call I take, that's 30 minutes of concentration I've lost.

Until my logo goes up, I can tell you in advance the answers to some of your questions, thus saving you and me both some time:

“Have you got a second or two (ie five minutes) to talk about something?” Is it contract publishing? If it is, yes. If it isn't, no. No I do not. Please put it in an email and I'll get back to you.

“Do you want to come to an evening dinner event? It's for us to tell you things. But we won't tell you what until you're there.” No. Sorry. Send me the press release, but since I'm a features writer, not a news journalist, I probably won't need it.

“Are you interested in this attending this event?” If it's in another country, yes, yes I am. If not, put it in an email. If I am interested, I'll tell you. Thanks for thinking of me.

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