ATTENTION CHAPTERS - Rally Media Assistance from the FRN

Free Republic Network ^ | Bob J

[Bob J]

Make that 2001 cruise...heheh.

[mykdsmom]

Thanks Bob, I could have used this last week...LOL.

Oh well, we just kind of flew by the seat of our pants and it worked out very well actually. We ended up getting our rally in the paper through no effort of our own. They got my number off the police permit and called me for info.

I ended up calling in on our local conservative talk radio show and we got more people that way. All in all we ended up with 100 people, only about a dozen were FReepers.

Now the same reporter called me today for a statement about their latest poll numbers about the upcoming war that they will be publishing in tomorrow's paper. So I guess I've unofficially become the "Conservative Point of View" for our very liberal, socialist rag of a paper.

Just imagine what I can do if I follow your instructions and actually pursue this publicity, the sky's the limit. Everytime I made sure that they put FR's web address in the article too. : )

MKM

[Bob J]

Sorry about that mykdsmom. This info was up on the FRN site for a while, but for some reason was taken down (probably a tech problem) and not put back up. Consequently, I felt it best to post. The number of chapters who organized rallies last week took us by surprise. Plus, with CPAC, Leadership Council meetings had been cancelled so our communications broke down. Hopefully, we can make sure that doesn't happen again!

BTW - We have a professional media rep who can also help with specific problems. Since he is a volunteer at this point, he can't do all the individual chapter PR, but he is a resource. If the FRN had more $$, we could hire someone part time to do this for the chapters, but alas!

[Bob J]

BTW - Make sure you use both FR and FRN eddresses!

[Taxman]

Thanks, Bob.

[Cool Guy]

BUMP!

[mykdsmom]

Bump FYI!

[Constitution Day]

Same here! Cool.

[Taxman]

FRiday morning PR bump!

[sauropod]

Thx. Bob.

[Bob J]

Thanks for the bump 'Pod!

[diotima]

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[Bob J]

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[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Bob. I'm bookmarking these threads for future reference.

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

Good post. Thanks for flagging me. I'll proofread it later. :)

[DrewsDad]

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[Little Bill]

BobJ is correct as usual, but if your event is a "Spontainious", LOL, counter demonstration, get to know you local permit regs, these differ by State and locale.

In Boston and Mass generally they are very liberal, except for "Sound", you need a permit for that. Have all the FReepers that you know are attending have have their interview answers prepared before hand, reporters zone in on some individuals especially if you are young, being socalist they cannot imagine youg people loving freedon after years of indoctrination.

Last but not least present a contrast, even if you look like the opposition, there are age differences in dress and fashon, be polite, logical, and thoughful.

[Bob J]

Great suggestions Little Bill!

[Little Bill]

Bob: After action observations, the last small FReep that we had on 2/13, ElectricStrawberry and MassExodus were interviewed by the Globe, there was nothing mentioned the next day in the paper , but it points out the fact that you MUST be prepared.

The young woman was only an intern, but she was interested in our turn out, very friendly. Me, I usually get the Indymedia crowd.