Blogging is the poor man’s lawyer
Crain’s Business Manchester ran quite a special story this week on blogmail.
The story focussed on disatisfied customers of property Dylan Harvey recovering their money with blog mail. The pressure exerted by leaving comments on influential property sites that it uses to gain investors that told of their trouble with Dylan Harvey proved enough. The unhappy customers were able to recover their money without resorting to legal means, hence the title. The link above will give both sides’ views.
The special thing is not so much the power of PR, using blogs to influence but where the story was placed: front page of Crain’s.
How often does that happen now?
July 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I’ve not been shy of criticising businesses myself, but I’d be wary of recommending this strategy. A growing phenomenon is the ambulance chasing lawyer who looks out for defamatory comments and offers to sort out the blogger concerned.
A libel lawyer is likely to cost around £200 per hour and you’re unlikely to get that back if the other side decides to drop the matter before it gets to court.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Stephen,
Thanks for those wise words.
I am not advocating that a hurt party vents their anger through blogging without being careful of the consequences.
I am just paying tribute for Crain’s writing a front page business story where blogs feature prominently, as blogging has faded from view in much of the business press.
Rob