pAul2437 t1_ixh8u9n wrote
Reply to comment by ATribeCalledGreg in Pittsburgh Named a Top 50 “best place to travel in 2023” by Travel + Leisure Magazine by TypicalWhiteGiant
Re360 probably paid to get on the list
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixi10e8 wrote
What does re360 have to do with anything happening in this post or our business???
I’m 24 years old, a college dropout, with parents who are high school teachers. I put my entire life savings and then some - plus small loans my family could afford to give me - on the line to open this business, but every time I post about it here a handful of people seem to think we’re some secretly well funded megacorp. I wish!!
mmphoto412 t1_ixjh5zo wrote
Don’t mind pAul, he’s not much more than a contrarian asshole.
The rest of us wish you the best of luck!
pAul2437 t1_ixi1z5b wrote
The owner posted about this article and they are your landlord, correct?
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixi89w3 wrote
and them being our landlord has to do with what exactly .... ???? We pay them rent every month and therefore.... ??? They're literally hundreds of peoples landlord
pAul2437 t1_ixiavgi wrote
And they have a vested interest in the neighborhood. It makes sense for them to reach out to publications like this.
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixiczkg wrote
I can assure you RE360 has no interest in figuring out how to bribe international travel magazines to mention a bar that happens to be their tenant. No one even knew we were featured in this until one of our employees moms heard us mentioned on a KDKA story about the article.
My best guess is a few months ago VisitPittsburgh had us opening featured in a press release - that’s probably around the time this list was coming together and it got noticed from there.
pAul2437 t1_ixihf7k wrote
You wouldn’t know if they were. Pay to play is certainly a thing with advertising
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixii9t6 wrote
Sure - but I also know they haven’t had a marketing or PR person working for them for at least the last 6 months, so I’d call it unlikely
pAul2437 t1_ixip21q wrote
They sure Do put a lot of Facebook content out for not having a marketing person
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixj1n1n wrote
They have a leasing agent maintain their Facebook page - sorry for being defensive but it’s a little insulting when our team of 3 people busts our ass to be noticed, especially in the venue space competing against massive companies and long-standing places, then when we do someone turns around and accuses some random third party of paying our way in
pAul2437 t1_ixj4jc7 wrote
So did you do something to get noticed for this or not?
Props to you if you did
TypicalWhiteGiant OP t1_ixj7ewx wrote
Absolutely - we’ll never know what exactly got this writers eye- but we’ve had a significant amount of press and built up buzz and clearly something clicked and connected. I can think of 3 or 4 different stories over the last 3-4 months that may have gotten their attention.
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