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Previously on az.sf, Jim@Strait.org (Jim Strait) wrote:
>Troy@McNemar.com (T. Troy McNemar) wrote in
><ds5jps42ntf9u0loavsq6ik3b7dtgo9skg@4ax.com>: 


>>My next suggestion would be to have the department heads supply you with
>>more specific information that you can include in the blurbs.  That may
>>not be possible a year in advance, but you should include them as they
>>become available.
>
>If you mean like what games will be played in Gaming, what the schedule will be 
>in the Video Room, and what the programming will be; I really don't think I can 
>do that.  I might be able to put out some updates.  Programming is usually 
>making whiteboard notices of changes during the Con.  When I ran the Video Room 
>I was up the night before Con typing up my schedule to have printed on the way 
>to the Con.  I would like to provide specifics, I just don't think it's 
>possible.  I could put up some kind of rumor page of what info I suspect, but 
>I'm afraid some might take it seriously and make plans around it.  It's bad 
>enough when the "definate"'s change.  

I really think specificity is your friend in promotion.  The more specific
you can be, the more interest you will be able to attract.  Granted, you
have to do it with a disclaimer about being subject to change.  But if you
know that there's a planned panel on "Hugo Awards:  The Post Game
Analysis" or "TV Battlin' Babes", there's no reason not to mention it with
as much detail about the panel as possible.

-- 
T. Troy McNemar                                    Troy@McNemar.com
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