Why Tesla Doesn't Have a PR Team

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[prakash_]

"Since dissolving the PR Department, Musk serves as the PR Department." Underrated line.

[prakash_]

Much the same way, this channel itself grows via word of mouth. Product is the real MVP.

[Michael-eihg]

2 richest men on earth…
-Elon Musk: doesn’t believe in even needing a PR team because he trusts the people
-Jeff Bezos: literally fucking buys Washington Post to manipulate the News😂

[shailesh_]

Welll if the CEO himself is the meme/crypto/PR /Charisma god
Why spend somewhere else???

[rasaecnai]

He gave Tim Dodd exclusive tour of Starbase and answered almost all questions Tim could think of to throw at him. I think Elon is just tired of regular media people who only have superficial knowledge of the tech he is talking about.

[kit]

Pravda isn't just truth in Russian. It was the official communist party newspaper of the Soviet Union. Izvestia, meaning news, was another Soviet Union newspaper. The joke went, there is no izvestia in Pravda and no pravda in Izvestia.

[sownheard]

You only need PR if your product isn't good. 😀👍

[silasschramm]

Elon Musk believes in the common sense of people

[Clark-Mills]

The best advertising is word of mouth. The neighbour showing their new car... YouTube reactions... I do understand why mainstream media dislikes this as it's potential revenue unrealised. The reality is that advertising generally oversells for the sale. Tesla only needs to continue their path of diversified product (Model 2 please), constant updates and innovations. It's a winning formula; don't mess with it. Nice summary article, thanks!

[spoortifyy]

Elon himself is a biggest marketing tool ever 😂

[dvanerdivkanade]

Pravda is not only a russian word. The abbreviation is in every slavic language (Czech, Polish, Balcan etc.) and its a direct reference on the alternative newspapers during socialism.

[DreamskyDance]

Company does not need PR when when their product speak for itself and by grass-roots word of mouth it gets word around naturally.





I work at an company developing and maintaining app that serves a niche market and helps companies in that market in their various processes and is of great importance to every company that uses our app. We dont have a PR.. we have basically only programers employed and few sales representatives that go to meetings and coordinate with customers when it is needed... similar thing only in much smaller scale, companies hear about us by word of mouth and ask us about our product and how to join.
Thats grass-roots, word of mouth and by pure product quality of product "marketing" instead of classical public relations and marketing that many companies have.

[aliyaminhusain]

this channel is to good to be true, cindy your a genius

[snak_dog]

Just do the right thing. No PR dept needed! Waste of money. Media outlets and social media platforms such as FB are a joke! (YT is all I watch. Cut the cord over 15 yrs now)🤷‍♂️

[davidwilkie]

There is a big difference between the object being examined and the objectives being aimed for. Eg Model 3 ramping up was undertaken as an objective, not an off-the-shelf object left to chance by leaving the responsibility to someone else.

[alexdenton]

He said himself several times in his tweets and I think he's right he doesn't need a communication or advertising team because he's too busy making good products and changing the world not alone of course but with his teams.

So he doesn't have time to manage an image and anyway he doesn't need it, the products speak for themselves and it should be like that for any company the product the quality should speak for itself

[lizziebutdiff]

When media does pr they do it for an agenda, when pr department does pr they do it for job security, when youtubers do pr they do it for content. Cost per exposure is the least when it comes to youtubers and reaches a wider audience.

[mandywhorwal]

Why do you need a PR team when the internet exists and your products are awesome?

[manueldavid]

True. Thank you for the great research and talking about it.

[hendysiswanto]

To be honest i more curious with u transition from main story to sponsor story. Smooth and very engaging .