Spreading the Virus: Recruiting

POSTED BY: Kaele
UPDATED: Friday, March 3, 2006 18:14
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KAELE

Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaele:

1) Putting Firefly links in your signature for e-mails.
2) Lend DVDs and recruit.
3) Donate: DVDs and books to amazon wishlists, libraries, college libraries, troops overseas.
4) Vote for Serenity/Firefly and our BDH's on any online poll you can find. Post them here and spread the word so we can all do it too.
5) Write a film commentary, letter to the editor, small feature article, or community voice item to your local paper about Serenity/Firefly.
6) Make up a flyer promoting Serenity/Firefly and this website to be placed around college campuses, in libraries, at the local market, in local comic book stores.
7) Put a personal ad in the paper looking for a group of Browncoats to meet on a regular basis. Get together and play the shiny new RPG together.

8) Post our flyers around town: supermarkets, hobby and comic stores, college campuses.

Fireflyfans.net Promoter's group essential links:
B&W Flyer
http://www.geocities.com/ml_mcfadden/cantstopthesignal_BWflyer.pdf
Color Flyer
http://www.geocities.com/ml_mcfadden/cantstopthesignal_colorflyer.pdf
Blue Flyer
http://www.geocities.com/ml_mcfadden/cantstopthesignal_flyer_tint.pdf
Postcard
http://www.geocities.com/ml_mcfadden/postcard.doc

*places the bump-a-saurus on the console*

~Kaele

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 5:13 AM

ShineyShindig,

All I can say is ooo, the blue one, I love the blue one!

Great job! I've printed off a bunch and will spend a couple of hours in town tomorrow spreading them about. I'm a business owner here and know all ( yep, small town) the other business owners. They'll let me hang 'em.

I'm going to get card stock tomorrow. This weekend is BDsending out postcards weekend.

Now this will be on the front page top again... hope somemore folks notice it and come up with somemore ideas.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

11THHOUR

Thursday, March 2, 2006 6:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by IsaacShepherd:
Did anyone produce a flier yet? Or at least ideas for making one. I'll make one myself but it won't be too great. What to say and how to draw people in is more of what I need to worry about.

I have a website with a lot of guerilla marketing posters for Firefly/Serenity. They are bold, black & white art, easy to download, and can be photocopied onto color paper for more visual impact.

There are also "mini posters" which are very handy to give out to folks whenever and wherever.

The art is designed to be easily read from a distance, and to be eye-catching and get people curious.

http://the11thhour.home.att.net

The posters are ready to go... feel free to use them.

11th Hour

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"Because teenage pranks are fun when you're about to die!" - Hoban Washburne

11THHOUR

Thursday, March 2, 2006 6:12 AM

Deleting a double post -- first time that's happened!

BROWNCOATGHOST

Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 11thHour:
I have a website with a lot of guerilla marketing posters for Firefly/Serenity. They are bold, black & white art, easy to download, and can be photocopied onto color paper for more visual impact.

There are also "mini posters" which are very handy to give out to folks whenever and wherever.

The art is designed to be easily read from a distance, and to be eye-catching and get people curious.

http://the11thhour.home.att.net

The posters are ready to go... feel free to use them.

*blinks* *blinks again* *blinks several times more*

You, good Browncoat, are gorrammed brilliant. I'll be doing that when I get my desktop computer back.

NUCLEARDAY

Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:55 PM

Mostly for the bumping, partly 'cause I'm bored and don't feel like doing the sleeping thingy just yet...

A muchos gracias to Kaele as well for working on organizing the movement.

One thing: I'm having trouble opening the postcard file. My computer's a little... eccentric at times, so I never know if it's just me, but thought I ought to mention it. Think a postcard's a great way to go, too. Haven't seen what they look like yet (must be amazing if you're using mphillips' work for them.) But I think the genius of a postcard is that you don't even have to read them, really, to get the point across...

Forgive me if missed it (just got back from my eye appointment and my eyes are still dilated), but has there been any progress at a form letter of some sort for sending out? (I've managed to tone it down some, but admittedly the first few letters I mailed out were a tad on the... zealous and kind of creepy FANatic side:) Also trying to dig into my big box o' books for some of Harlan Ellison's essays, had some good ideas about throwing his weight around effectively, IIRC.

Anyways, glad to see some organization around here. First came around to the forums looking to help the cause, and shiny to see people coming up with ways to do that.

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

KAELE

Thursday, March 2, 2006 5:06 PM

I think it's more a thing of finding creative ways to do it. I know myself, I know my pockets are not so deep, so home made postcards and posters are right in my budget. Trying to build my own collection of stuff and it's going slowly.

I'm just looking of new an innovative ways to do this. What makes people sit up and notice is doing things that are unexpected. Hit them sideways, so they won't know what's coming and once we're there, it'll make more of an impact.

I need some ideas. Some plans. Anything anyone can think of to do this, we'll use it or tweak it to make it work. I've never done marketing before (should prob ask hubby as he's IN market research). I think it's time we hit up libraries and research out the most effective ways to market something.

Our goal: get more Firefly and Serenity.

We just need to make our way towards that goal. I'll take baby steps or leaps and bounds, I'm not too picky as long as we accomplish what we need to do.

~Kaele

SHINEYSHINDIG

Thursday, March 2, 2006 5:19 PM

Attention ALL Browncoats: PLUG the upcoming marathon on SciFi. Make note of this in any attached links, or use the below link to the SciFi site.. you know what I mean.
I'm sure this will lure in more fans..

Here's the link: http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=10-MAR-2006&feed_req=
(from your thread, thanks DINKY)

"...use of a swhat??"

SHINEYSHINDIG

Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:48 PM

Oh yeah, and don't forget.. While PLUGGING that upcoming SciFi marathon to everyone y'all Browncoats recon to come by, remind them the DVDs are shiney and better (no commercials) and that there's a shiney BDM to boot..

Refer to all of these links in this thread!
...can't stop the signal

"...use of a swhat??"

DEWRASTLER

Thursday, March 2, 2006 11:37 PM

Is it just me, or can anyone else not bring up Kaele's flyers?

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