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Added 2022-07-26 10:50:55 +0000 UTCI haven’t got PR at the Fringe this year, because I think the landscape of publicity has changed so much that I sort of don’t think anyone knows what they’re doing.
As such I can’t really afford to blow thousands of pounds for someone to be figuring out what the New World looks like and how you can boost an act in an environment where there are fewer and fewer reliable publicity buttons to press.
Because I am not a hot new newcomer act with a photogenically interesting backstory or a television act who’ll make them look good by association, I can’t imagine any of the mainstream publications will be interested in giving me a platform. This is not a complaint. It’s just how the incentives stack up these days for the papers and so on.
What’s left then for a PR agent to do, seems mainly to be to find little websites who will write up quirky little edinburgh questionnaires and send them to me on email. I then answer the questions in the questionnaires, trying to be either funny or earnest depending on what time they hit my inbox, they ask me for a high res headshot, I send them the link to my Dropbox folder of headshots, they publish the article, and I tweet about it to the audience of people who already know about my show, and ideally click through for the purpose of reading me saying something thus giving the little website some clicks.
I thought, instead of that, what I could do is ask you, my fine patreonites, which articles or questions (ten best blahs, favourite blah, what’s the worst blah) about Edinburgh you would like me to write up and publish them here on my Patreon. And then i can link to them on my Twitter to the audience of people who already know about my show but might be reminded that I have a a show by the presence of content.
So! Have at me. What should I answer?
ETA: your questions don’t need to be deliberately wacky, or even about edinburgh. Just prompts for content you’d like to see.
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To add to the accessable venues, maybe accessable comedians? I saw Elf Lyons was looking for help getting a BSL interpreter for her act
Neil
2022-07-27 11:59:46 +0000 UTCBest non-fringe things to do in Edinburgh that a local like me may have not noticed because they are always there? Or worst facts/stories you've heard about Edinburgh? (my latter would be that Burke & Hare robbed graves)
Baldie
2022-07-26 23:17:21 +0000 UTCOooh oooh ooh I want to know your top 5 favourite steamy romance fiction tropes!!
2022-07-26 19:13:49 +0000 UTCI'd like to have something of a survival guide for Edinburgh :) - As a non-local, how do I avoid wind burn? - How do I find a cool walking tour that doesn't involve a pub crawl? - Favourite way/place just to chill and be if you need a time out for a minute? - Best practice if offered to be shouted a venue's novelty favourite drink from a local, who is earnest and seems nice, but is also a stranger? Good luck with the shows :)
2022-07-26 14:16:47 +0000 UTClove to know 10 best quick bites for that midday/late night pick me up... alternatively, 10 best places to nap in Edingburgh according to a baby i know... and as up must haee a down, perhaps also 5 worst Wursts onna stick... yes, perhaps trying too too hard here
Tony Liang
2022-07-26 14:07:26 +0000 UTCOooh, also, maybe "5 best fringes (that's "bangs" for the US Gargle contingent) at the Fringe"
2022-07-26 13:54:59 +0000 UTCWhat are your Edinburgh top three... ...inappropriate uses of tartan? ...cheeses? ...horrible IRN BRU cocktails? ...firths?
2022-07-26 13:53:21 +0000 UTCShhh! Spoilers!
2022-07-26 13:46:54 +0000 UTCYou remind people during the show that the train is a metaphor for life. Why? More generally, on how many levels do your stories work?
2022-07-26 13:46:37 +0000 UTCHow do you choose the names for your shows?
2022-07-26 13:36:20 +0000 UTCI would suggest Five Wheelchair-accessible venues (NB: Doesn't have to be Top 5 - to avoid having to check them *all* out! ) As a publicity trick, I'd put *you* as an attraction on Google Maps wherever you're doing a gig, even though you're not necessarily based there. for example, check out: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Coastal+Exploration+Co/@52.9570536,0.8543508,18z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x47d771242ca1239b:0x48a6ef0ef85b7e10!2sWells-next-the-Sea!3b1!8m2!3d52.954641!4d0.848927!3m4!1s0x47d77429e3272fa9:0x32734be967186653!8m2!3d52.9570536!4d0.8543508 for the CEC - I put up some pics and had loads of hits just from people checking out what was around the area.
2022-07-26 13:11:04 +0000 UTC9 Best Letters in the Name Edinburgh! - Number 5 Will Shock You!
2022-07-26 13:00:41 +0000 UTCThis one’s easy - we met backstage at a Victorian Ghost Stories gig that comedian Andrew O’Neill was running, and swapped emails. Then we arranged to do Tea With Alice, which ended up being an hour of recording a podcast and about eight hours of talking, then we stayed in touch. Now we’re friends.
2022-07-26 12:39:32 +0000 UTCOh, right... Quirky question is the nom de jour. How about, 5 best Fringe shows to feed an infant at? Or, 5 best types of "fringe" besides a comedy festival?
Peter R
2022-07-26 12:36:41 +0000 UTCEarnest question, I would love to know how you met Neil Gaiman.
Peter R
2022-07-26 12:32:00 +0000 UTC
