Comments on: How Not to Host the Best Event for Bloggers https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Kavey https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-4322 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:08:33 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-4322 Hello lovely, came back to this post searching on Pearl Liang – so you did name and shame them indirectly? 😉

I do twitter a lot but usually as a leisure pursuit in it’s own right, if that makes sense. I might send one or maybe even two tweets live from an event, but generally, I don’t like live tweeting, makes it hard to engage in the event itself properly and I miss too much.

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]]> By: Nish https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-394 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:28:07 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-394 Really good to hear your feedback on hosting blogger events. As a PR (and hopefully NOT the one referred to in your post!), we are under pressure to deliver events that work for both our clients and you. We’re still learning but hopefully now have a pretty good idea about what works and what doesn’t. Thanks for being so honest and fingers crossed the next one you attend is better …

]]> By: Krista https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-393 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:39:24 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-393 p.s. Kavey, you twitter all the time!!! are you really saying that if you were at an event and you had internet access, you would not twitpic or twitter or anything while you're there? I don't believe you, Twitter goddess!

]]> By: Krista https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-392 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:38:22 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-392 I definitely agree that blogging definitely doesn't = twitter, but if one of the purposes of your event is to engage more in social media, well, not having a hashtag is a #fail to me.

]]> By: Kavey https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-391 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:25:09 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-391 I have come across more than one blogger bemoaning that they don’t get invited to this or that PR event. And then, when they are on the guest list, usually to an event with very limited space, and coveted space at that, they don’t show. Common courtesy people, if someone did that to me, I wouldn’t invite them again either!

But yes, there are some PR fails going on too. I recently went to an event which I actually really enjoyed. But it started at 6.30 and went on till 10 (I left a little after 9) and, because it was quite out of the way, took over an hour each way. That means no chance to eat a meal before and certainly a bit late after, on a weeknight. They served plenty of drinks but, whilst the canape trays went round and round, it was a big event, and I don’t know about you but, a few canapes is definitely not enough to keep me going for the entire evening!

I would take issue with one assumption though – blogging doesn’t automatically = twitter. Whilst most London bloggers I know do twitter, I am glad PRs aren’t assuming that bloggers who attend their events will twitter them live, because I certainly won’t. I’m attending because, if the event is good, I will perhaps blog about it. Twitter (and therefore the need for wifi) is something else entirely.

]]> By: Krista https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-390 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:12:37 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-390 I could name and shame, but they were generally nice people. Maybe just new to all of this??

]]> By: Krista https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-389 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:11:00 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-389 There was plenty of food…if only the corporates hadn't descended!

]]> By: Krista https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-388 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:09:43 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-388 The PRs in attendance were all really nice. It's hard to say exactly what went wrong. They took all my feedback on board in a very positive way, which was good.

]]> By: Anne https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-387 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:45:04 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-387 Oh dear, that sounds like a night from hell! I can’t believe that PR person is still in business! Seriously, in today’s economy there would be 50 other (probably better people) lining up for that job…
Well done for putting up a brave face!

]]> By: Helen https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-386 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:51:19 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-386 Blimey, that event sounds like a right nightmare! I have no idea what it was so I can assume that I wasn’t invited but I think that saying you will attend and then not turning up is just outrageous. You wouldn’t do that at your mates house would you?!

Not enough food is just the worst case scenario in my opinion, but then I would say that, wouldn’t I…

Most people are coming from work and if there is alcohol around then no-one stands a chance of remembering what happened anyway 😉

]]> By: robertgiorgione https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-385 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:49 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-385 Good post and agree with all your comments. If I had a euro for every similar situation I’d be a rich dude by now!

]]> By: May https://www.passportdelicious.com/how-not-to-host-the-best-event-for-bloggers/#comment-384 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:15:29 +0000 http://66.147.244.198/~passpos9/?p=73#comment-384 You are so right. Most of the PR thinks that the extent of their work is to send out the invites and get names on a list.

THe follow up is where the gold is. The purpose to get bloggers there is to get extra column inches albeit online. If there is no follow, they miss out on all the free PR on social media and the viral word of mouth effect.

Recently, Circus in Covent Garden did a lunch promotion and all you got was a tiny starter and it wasn’t that good either. That was lunch? Had to go elsewhere for a proper lunch. Not the best way to get me singing your praises or promote your lunch deal. FAIL.

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