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
15
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 →
Nov
22
As with automotive companies clustering around BMW in the Upstate, we're starting to see more aerospace growth between here and Charleston: Aerospace company lands in Orangeburg County Aerostructures North America will open a new aerospace components assembly facility in the 150,000-square-foot Miller Valentine speculative building, located at 348 Millennium Drive,... read more →
Nov
15
Sure, it's necessary to let potential customers know something about you, which is why we have "About Us" pages. But how much do you need to dwell on yourself? Adam Kreitman at The Daily Egg recommends being more focused on what the customer wants and needs from you. To accomplish... read more →
Nov
15
On Monday, the Riley Institute's Diversity Leaders Initiative class in Charleston contemplated the above, short-lived, Intel print ad. The class is filled with experienced South Carolinians who have seen a lot, but their minds were fairly boggled by this. See if you can find, without Googling the controversy, how many... read more →
Nov
11
We liked this autorespond message that a guy named Josh Kopelman left for his customers while on vacation, according to Ragan's PR Daily: “I am currently out of the office on vacation. I know I’m supposed to say that I’ll have limited access to email and won’t be able to... read more →
Nov
02
Wow! We knew Mary Pat Baldauf, sustainability facilitator for the city of Columbia, was smaller than she used to be (here's where she blogs about her successful reducing campaign), but this is taking things to extremes. OK -- truth be told, it's the recycling bin that's out of proportion here.... read more →
