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Your Appleseed State Board => Kentucky => Topic started by: Unbridled Liberty on February 16, 2012, 07:43:50 PM

Title: Kill Many Promotional Birds with One Stone!
Post by: Unbridled Liberty on February 16, 2012, 07:43:50 PM
This is something that Fred posted and I thought it highly worthy of a sticky:
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/media/ (http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/media/)

With just a couple minutes of work you can reach up to 5 media outlets at a time.  This is a fantastic promotional tool that every instructor should be using.

I just used it to contact these magazines:
Kentucky Explorer (email)
Kentucky Living (email)
Kentucky Monthly (letter)

Punch in your zip code, or the zip code of some shoot locations and send a release to the newspapers of your choice!

UL
Title: Re: Kill Many Promotional Birds with One Stone!
Post by: Xeyed on February 17, 2012, 12:55:41 AM
Anyone got a  good boilerplate event notice that has worked with their local papers?

The rest of us could leverage?

Title: Re: Kill Many Promotional Birds with One Stone!
Post by: Sly223 on February 17, 2012, 10:42:00 AM
I thought of a cold bore contest!
$1 per shot, one at a time, 100yrds.
Some simple prizes from the AS store,(ie...Coffee mug, cards, oval patch,Challenge coins)on a range that could not Support an AS event!
Then extend that invitation to the group to visit the next closest in location and time!
Title: Re: Kill Many Promotional Birds with One Stone!
Post by: Sly223 on February 17, 2012, 10:43:06 AM
I also thought in the same scenario, the Rifleman's challenge! ..:..
Title: Re: Kill Many Promotional Birds with One Stone!
Post by: Unbridled Liberty on February 18, 2012, 12:08:27 PM
Ask and you shall receive.  I have spent the morning refining a real press release.  I have sent it to a professional (someone who creates PR's for a living) for review and correction.  I will post a copy here as soon as it's finished.

UL