Comments on: #prfail: Scottish Baby Show to bloggers: you’re not welcome

By: Cheeky Wipes Helen

Cheeky Wipes Helen — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:43:14 +0000

Cheers for letting me know about this. Not how I would have liked it handled at all. Will definitely be getting in touch with them about this…

By: Lynn@more4mums

Lynn@more4mums — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:36:53 +0000

OK, I got a bit upset earlier. The Baby Show is a big investment for me as I normally do everthing online for a fraction of the cost! I am however disappointed with their facebook page, twitter and blog and have expressed some concern.

I have since had a reply from their marketing department so will wait to see the outcome in the next week.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:51:40 +0000

At no point did I say I wanted free tix. I didn’t. I wanted to know who I could film and speak with and give exposure to for each of the exhibitors during any potential press day. I’ve put on events with press days and allowed bloggers along. As I said, it didn’t seem fair to drag the wife along (being 8 months pregnant) for all of that (though she is more than welcome).

And have you ever considered that if people are moaning, they might have something to moan about? After all, this blog is normally about how companies interact with bloggers and press and more often than not, offers pointers on how to do it, so I don’t moan, I make observations and suggestions for improvement. And I don’t even charge for it here.

Fancy meeting up at the event anyway? Never heard of you before and I always like meeting new bloggers. And if you are The Blog Queen, you must have blogs (that you seem to have forgotten to include a link to)…

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:46:12 +0000

Lynn, to be fair, the organisers – and a bunch of exhibitors have been in touch since the original post. I’ve been quite hectic so haven’t had much of a chance to update here until today, but I’ll do a post tonight.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:40:24 +0000

Dear Blog Queen, you know that your IP address links you back to the company that owns the SECC? I’d be more impressed with your comment – which I’ll reply to later in full if you had the conviction of putting your name to the post.

By: Lynn@more4mums

Lynn@more4mums — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:35 +0000

Just found your post and I am furious, as a small business this is my first baby show and I expect professional marketing. I am off to kick some butt.

By: Blog Queen

Blog Queen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:59:36 +0000

Its a shame that someone has took the hump over getting the knockback for free tickets.

i pay to go into all exhibitions, for instance the MCN motorbike show in the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh. (anyone going??)

Try buying a ticket and maybe a product or two??? Then you can discuss value for money AND you are supporting the company’s you are typing about.

Blogging – Microblogging – Social Networks are now moan buckets for those who have learned to use a computer, swapping a pen and paper with a book of stamps for a keyboard and a clear attitude.

Please keep you moans and chips to yourself OR be happy =]

It works for me.

Blog Queen – Happy and Clean*

*if possible

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:56 +0000

Joe, I’ve had quite a few emails from exhibitors saying ‘come along, film what you want’ and I will! To be fair, the organisers have also been in touch and I believe they are now offering some tix to bloggers through the British Mummy Bloggers site (can’t link to it direct as no-one there will approve my membership!)

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:27:49 +0000

“There are all sorts of tie ups with press co-ordanaited things at our bigger exhibitions like The Scottish Baby Show, also the SECC itself has a no photography/videography rule as standard”

Apart from this not making a whole lot of sense have you had a word with the SECC?

I was at the VisitScotland Expo last year and spent a good part of the day doing photography inside the building at a stand.

It could be that they are telling the truth and I was being cheeky, but the link below says different…

http://www.secc.co.uk/about-the-secc/media-centre/filming-and-photography-at-secc.aspx

Seems a little unfair for them to try and make an excuse and pass blame onto the SECC.

I wonder what the exhibitors would say if you contacted them directly????

By: Scottish Baby Show | Scottish Blogger Dad

Scottish Baby Show | Scottish Blogger Dad — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:29:37 +0000

[...] This was meant to be a post about the upcoming Scottish Baby Show and how I was going to cover it and have some fun with the exhibitors, but instead the organisers have said that any bloggers going can’t do pictures or video or interview exhibitors, so that’s that scuppered. You can read more here, where I put on the social media dayjob hat. [...]