June 15, 2009
It’s been said that I don’t give enough love to the South End. Guilty as charged. I promise to do better. Consider this event notice the first step in that event. On Friday June 19, 2009 ECHO & Kosair are presenting a Health and Safety event at Mike Linnig’s. They’ be games, prizes, health and safety information, bike rodeo and lots of family friendly fun (or so they tell me).
Types of Pitches
I enjoy receiving news and tips that help make Consuming Louisville even more useful to its audience. If you or one of your clients has something cool going on in Louisville I would love to hear about it.
Consuming Louisville primarily focuses on independent Louisville businesses, artists and events. This doesn't mean that I never write about chain restaurants or corporate events but I do so very infrequently. If you or your client is a national chain and you have a Louisville specific event going on (say a special for Derby) then by all means let me know about it. But if you have an event or special that is happening in every city your chain has a location in then I probably won't post about it.
Personal Responses
I receive many press releases and email notices. I cannot possibly respond to every single one of them. So while I may not personally respond I think we can have enough faith in the email system to assume that I received your message. Sending the same message to me multiple times just increases the likelihood that I'll start ignoring all messages from you instead of paying more attention.
Editorial Choices
I do not write about every press release or event notice I receive. I'm the sole writer on Consuming Louisville (except for occasional guest posts) and if I don't find think my audience would find something interesting or relevant I will not write about it. Just because you think I should write about something doesn't mean I will. If I have chosen not to write about something it is absolutely not up for debate.
I'm a Person, You're a Person
Emails that sound like press releases, press release attachments without actual email messages and other communication that could have just as easily been sent to and from a robot do not hold my attention. Since I'm a real person and you're a real person I'd encourage you to make our interaction person-to-person conversation instead of an email blast to a marketing list. I like people, I don't like email marketing blasts.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Thank you for giving some love to the south end, but just note that comment was made as a general “we as Louisvillians don’t give enough love to the south end,” not specifically towards Consuming Louisville. You always give love where love is due, and we Louisville lovers appreciate it immensely!