Looking at PR from two angles... a tale of Taylor Swift.

♥  TAYLOR SWIFT. These two words brought about a strong reaction on my Facebook page when I mentioned that the people who handle the PR for her fragrance, Wonderstruck, had contacted me via my website and offered a complimentary ticket to see her concert @ Burswood Dome in March, and the chance to meet with the head PR honcho who handles the Wonderstruck account.

The thoughts and opinions of my Facebook friends:

1. "I think she is just adorable. Have a great time!"

2. "Aw I'm actually jealous, Taylor Swift is such a sweetheart! She's such a good role model for young girls"

3. "ewwwwwww :( shes cute but her music is the most boring thing i have ever listened to..."

4. "Eeeeeeew she's such a slut-shaming holier-than-thou terrible excuse for a role model for anyone. And her music sucks."

5. "Who?" 







While I'm not the biggest fan of her work by any stretch, I do think she is quite sweet and I have been known to bust out singing and dancing to "You Belong With Me" on various occasions!

Aside from getting to see a cute pop star, I feel this will be a very valuable networking (the million dollar word) opportunity as there will be other local beauty media there, not to mention of course one of the head PR account managers for Elizabeth Arden.


I feel lucky to be experiencing the wonder machine that is Public Relations from the viewpoint of a 'journalist' as well as a future PR practitioner, and I hope that this will give me a well-rounded knowledge of the overall art.


On a somewhat related note, Taylor Swift has 28,684,617 Facebook fans and one of her latest updates had 5,262 shares, 16,103 comments and 225,075 likes.  Can you imagine handling her social media? It would be more than a full-time job in itself!

Over & out.


Annette x