Organise the revolution-for all FF fans
POSTED BY: Anduine
UPDATED: Sunday, May 13, 2007 22:26
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Hi... nice to see all this enthusiasm. 
I had a lengthy discussion with FollowMal last night about our newest Project, and she gave me a link to this thread. She was right; There are a lot of Newbies on here that want to be proactive. That's so Shiny! If I can do anything to encourage this I will.
The Slightly Irregular Browncoats, my Crew over on serenitymovie.org , will be mobilizing for a new project on June First. It's gonna be called OPERATION SIGNAL BOOST, and is intended to (1)promote the Can't Stop The Serenity Screenings, and (2) will mainly be a Guerilla Marketing Campaign to promote awareness/sales of the Big Damn Collector's Edition. We will be encouraging all Browncoat Organizations, and all BCs everywhere to help us with this. Watch for more details soon, and if anyone wants to know more Early, just contact FollowMal or me!
"Might have been the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one." -Mal
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Ok then...this is one hell of a Shiny thread and I for one would greatly appreciate a monthly newsletter. However it may end up turning out like Still Flyin', which, while it was a brilliant fanzine, died after just a few editions. I am not a new Browncoat and I have been holding the line and sending the signal to them as needs to hear it for a long time now but I am not one of the very first Browncoats.
If there was a monthly newsletter then someone could start a thread on as many sites as possible where people could sign up to it. If people didn't want to post their email addresses where everybody could see it then they could send it to the newsletter organisers.
I think that the most likely thing to happen is a sequel to Serenity. We should push for that because it could lead onto other things. If anyone has doubts about the success or brilliance of the BDM then they should check out an earlier post where someone mentioned the awards that the BDM has picked up.
I'm glad basically that the early bickering and fighting amongst ourselves has fizzled out because we don't need it.
I hope that this time we can really do something, as time is running out and I humbly offer my services, such as they are. I would like to help with the newsletter if that were possible.
Oh...and I apologise for the length of this post
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First of all SigmaNunki you sounded imminently reasonable. I definitely agree about not sending out posts willynilly but, after we know where we're going, couldn't we send out an update like:
"The Browncoats have mobilized and we want you to join. Click on this link and you will be added to our database to get a newsletter on how we are bringing back our BigDamnShow. Delete this email and no one will contact you again. Come to Fireflyfans.net for more info. See Thread blah blahblah."
also, I loved the search link. I bookmarked it. I've managed to use google once before on this site but it took me a bunch of tries.
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Bleedin brilliant! Man you people are busy late night!
Regrding an emailing. I've worked with major marketing campaigns and there are 3 ways of doing it that I know of-or have seen done.
1. Even though it's unrealistic to have this website or another give us a 1 time email list, what is usually done is that the sites will for reasons of either financial (you pay them for the list) or it coincides with their interest, do a one time email (from them) on your behalf.
2. Many of the sites (unless they tell you otherwise) do collect the email addresses and sell them off. Depending on the ethics of the site they will either sell them off to anyone asking or a list group to resell...or to groups that are like minded.
3. You just buy the email list from a list group. Same way as regular mailing lists are bought. Usually the easiest, but most expensive.
Now. Regarding a newsletter. My thoughts exactly. One of the first steps in organisation is to have a vehicle to communicate. These sites are one way but you get lost in the masses. Plus they're a good start as we can see already with this thread.
I'd say that if we do get some semblance of organisation and see how we start to work together (either as our own or by alliance with an existing group), a newsletter (no matter how small initially) is a fantastic place to start. Warning: Newsletters or fanzines can and do have a short life span for various reasons...but they are WORTH the effort.
Plus a newsletter can take on advertisers and therefore generate a bit of quid to further the cause. I'm NOT talking about lining anyones pockets here.
Given that at a glance we have already people here who have offered service... a media writer, web designer, fund raiser, printer (hard copy can be good), photographer, etc, etc., seems like a natural progression to me. And lets face it it mobilises quicker than waiting for them to come to you.
My big question though is are there ANY newsletter type pieces already out there dedicated to Serenity/FF?
Great posts everyone...KEEP them coming. Looks like some heads are starting to be turned by everyones enthusiasm! If nothing else you're making a few ripples that can turn into.....
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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I'd like to do some writing for the newsletter if that would be possible. I don't want to steal anyone else's job here ...but I'd really like to do something like that.
I haven't heard of any other newsletters but there may be some, as I mentioned before there was a Fanzine but that isn't going anymore.
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Great. The more writers the better. That way we don't have to worry about burnout.
Who was the web page person? What do we need to set up a web page to put a newsletter on?
Would we want to print hard copies for distribution to video stores? Or maybe some kind of flyers recommending BDS/BDM?
I googled firefly newsletter and got:
Quote:
The outreach department of the Firefly WikiProject is a centralized work are for project recruitment and member interaction efforts. The major programs currently underway are a monthly project newsletter and a welcoming message for new members of the project; further ideas are always welcome, of course!
This was dated Aug.,2006. Seems like there is niche waiting to be filled.
To paraphrase Kaylee: Whedon's Firefly is just so lush. I want to take a bite out of it all over, you know?
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The flyers is a good idea but wouldn't that cost us money to do? Money we ain't got?
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I know it isn't much but I'd contribute $50 if the consensus seems to be that its a good idea. And I'd take flyers around to the 2 (yes 2) video stores in an hour radius of my house.
To paraphrase Kaylee: Whedon's Firefly is just so lush. I want to take a bite out of it all over, you know?
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Originally posted by redhead:
Can we get a list of a bunch of websites devoted to Sci-Fi...
Sci-Fi LINKS
Locus Online: Links Portal
http://www.locusmag.com/Links/Portal.html
LostCarPark
http://www.lostcarpark.com/links.php
Science Fiction Worlds of Jeffrey A. Carver -- Links
http://www.starrigger.net/links.htm
Links: Wormholes to Useful Sites
http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/links.htm
Science Fiction Links
http://www.scifidimensions.com/links.htm
ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html
Links of Interest to SF/F Writers and Fans
http://www.sfwa.org/links/
Asimov's Science Fiction - Links
http://www.asimovs.com/info/links.shtml
SpecFicWorld's Resource Directory
http://www.specficworld.com/writers.aspx
Science Fiction Links Part 1
http://www.testermanscifi.org/LinksPart1.html
Laurel's Science Fiction Links
http://ling.uta.edu/~laurel/sf.html
Science Fiction Links
http://www.sf-worlds.com/science-fiction-links.html
Sci-Fi BLOGS
SF Signal - A Science Fiction Blog (The editors LOVE Firefly!)
http://www.sfsignal.com/
Gravity Lens Weblog
http://www.baddaystudio.com/gravityblog.html
Incoming Signals: A Weblog
http://www.wherethreadscomeloose.com/links.html
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I'm no Hollywood insider, but has anyone thought about a Variety (or other high-profile magazine) ad addressed this time to Universal, much like the Browncoats did when Firefly was canceled? I know it's a drop in the bucket as far as exposure goes, and the ads aren't cheap, but the clock is ticking for Universal to greenlight BDM2, and we could address that issue in the ad and once again, thank Universal for the BDM???
Just a thought.
Mark
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