Joel Sawyer, ex-press secretary to Mark Sanford and until recently the public face of the Huntsman campaign in SC, has a new gig: Columbia, SC – February 6, 2012 – Two of South Carolina’s top up-and-coming political and communications talents are teaming up, with Donehue Direct CEO Wesley Donehue announcing today... read more →
Feb
06
Feb
06
Here's the happy ending to the blood drive we told you about: The drive exceeded the goal of 300 unit, bringing in a total of 317! The Red Cross board particularly acknowledges the following: · Allison Cranford and Shawn Kenney for co-chairing and organizing the blood drive · Caroline Smith of Starbucks for generously... read more →
Feb
01
Tomorrow, Groundhog Day, there will be another community blood drive at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. I can't give, because it's too soon after the last time. But you probably can. And of course, since I can't do it this time, they're giving away cool free stuff: • A free... read more →
Dec
23
Just in time for Christmas, we got this great direct message from Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin via Twitter: Hope the folks at ADCO are happy to see "Famously Hot" everywhere. Good work that I think will pay dividends for years to come. Merry Merry! Yes, we are -- happy, that... read more →
Dec
20
The University of South Carolina just put out this release: Up in smoke: Research shows graphic images can deter smokers They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but its worth might just be measurable in terms of lives, according to research by a University of South Carolina public... read more →
Dec
15
We much appreciate the two shout-outs we got from Kelly Barbrey Wednesday at the Hospitality Hotspotters meeting, giving us credit for helping the community come up with the "Famously Hot" campaign. We've been greatly gratified by the wide acceptance the campaign has achieved, from social media to major local events... read more →
Dec
12
And now we can celebrate the wide acceptance of the campaign (which was created by guess who) at the official Famously Hot New Year's Eve party: Get excited because this New Year's Eve, the biggest, most exciting event in the Southeast is the Famously Hot New Year celebration on South... read more →
Dec
07
AT&T employs 2,477 people in South Carolina, with a payroll of $173 million. Not to mention handling all those billions of texts. Today, ADCO's Brad Warthen visited the nerve center of it all, the very synapses that handle 90 percent of AT&T’s wireless traffic in South Carolina. Where was that?... read more →
Dec
07
That, at least, is one conclusion to be drawn from research by Experian Simmons that supposedly delineates the TV preferences of “liberal Democrats” and “conservative Republicans.” You can see the top 25 of each here, but keeping it short, here are the Top Five for Democrats: 1. The Daily Show with Jon... read more →
Nov
29
Last night, I saw “Back to the Future” for the first time in many a year. And I had to smile at the end. In 1985, it was still credible that we’d have flying cars in 2015. The shocking thing is that that leaves us only four years now. Well, at... read more →
