Comments on: I think they announced something today… somewhere

By: Reader

Reader — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:53:48 +0000

Greg,
I don’t think I’d want anybody who would write “a event” in a published story, writing about your event anyway. So it’s probably a good idea the little kid couldn’t find his way. The difference between using “a” and “an” should be about the same as finding the right street. Oh well.

By: Adam Fogle

Adam Fogle — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:33:09 +0000

Haha. It’s all good.

But FYI, Hampton St. runs perpendicular to Gadsden and the sign for the South Carolina Employment Security Commission is on the side of the street that I was on. That’s also the side of the street that comes up on your included link, in any GPS, etc. So there’s a Hampton Street side for both places.

Unless you’ve been there before, there’s no way to know any of the other buildings were part of the same complex.

The wacky waiving inflatable arm flailing tube man would have certainly helped. Or maybe the bat signal. And, I definitely wouldn’t mind the personal sniper.

Anyway, on a tight schedule, most people don’t have time to build in for a scavenger hunt. Sorry.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:24:10 +0000

Adam,

I think you do an excellent job of blogging. So I’d have to say, don’t quite your day job to seek any profession that requires you to find the physical location of anything.

Every press release contained this in the “Where” section of the media advisory:

Where: The South Carolina Employment Security Commission
o 1550 Gadsden St. (Event will be outside on the Hampton St. side of complex)
o Link to Map here

Sorry you had trouble finding the event…it was on the outside of the complex on the Hampton Street side, incase you were wondering. And that was the address for the Employment Security commission, where the event was held. The complex takes up almost the entire block, I thought most people would interpret “Event will be outside on the Hampton St. side of complex” to mean they should probably go to the Hampton Street side of the complex.

But it must not have been too difficult for most folks, considering about 50 industry leaders, 6 TV cameras, at least 5 print reporters and one radio reporter were able to find it. And they were all there 10 minutes before the event was scheduled to begin…unheard of for reporters in the “usually late to every event” media world.

But thank you for pointing out areas in which I can improve my PR skills. Next time, I will include a better mapquest link, GPS coordinates, put a couple of those “fan guys” near the event that blow up twenty feet high and wave their arms (you know…the kind you see outside car dealerships) and provide you personally with a military trained sniper scout.