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Well we all know that Brian is asking us all to go hard and get him on the last season of Oprah which begins September 13th 2010.
I know that many of you are working hard at this. I know Babydoll0719 has started a petition to Oprah of which I have signed (I was number 16) and encourage everyone to do so as well.
And I also know many of you including myself have been sending an email over and over to this link day after day to Oprah.
But are we getting anywhere with it? I know there must have been thousands upon thousands of emails sent and my concern was.... is that enough? Are we doing it the best way possible? How can we make this happen and get results?
So I decided to do some research and see exactly what needs to be done to be a guest on Oprah.
My findings were...
Unlike other media outlets that are daily, Oprah is limited in her slots for guests as she only tapes a couple hundred shows a season. Then when you cut that number down for all the celebrities, political, criminal, current event episodes what does that leave us with? A mere handful of opportunities to get on the show.
THINGS WE NEED TO DO
Register and become a part of the Oprah Community I already have joined myself, Just click here to register
PLEASE NOTE when you sign up you are given the option to get a free issue of O magazine and once you get it you can then just write cancel on the invoice and return it if you do not want to continue a subscription, again this is an option if you do not want to do it simply make sure you do not have a check in the box as show below
Hit that Message Board! We need to make them see the Oprah Community is interested in Brian Menzies, Free Charity Cars, etc... you can not solicit directly for a Charity but you can make suggestions, review others etc.. Just read the house rules before you begin.
Let's face it we are not the only Charity trying to get on Oprah. So we have to find a way to tie in to what is relevant to the Oprah show right now. Oprah's main focus is on the children of Africa, what effects her audience directly (which is mostly females) so we have to take a different approach or angle if you want to get through to them. Best way to do that from what I have researched is to tie into the theme of the show. This years theme is making your wildest dreams come true. So VOILA there is our angle right there. Brian is a person who makes dreams come true and that makes him fit right into the theme of the show!
However, you have to catch their attention in the first 3 sentences! So in any email you send, letter, etc whatever, do not wag your tongue as it is said and drag out a huge long story, just hit them hard straight to the point and quick! If you drag it out they will not be interested and will not even read further. You have to be quick witted, creative, and really make them think Okay we got a story here! Try not to mention your own personal story unless you yourself want to be on Oprah. If your trying to get Brian on Oprah focus on just that, stick to the making dreams come true angle, be compelling, make it pop and grab them and keep it brief!
Which brings me to if you would be on Oprah and you are truly a Fan of Oprah then why not try to get yourself on there and then you can pitch FCC yourself or get your foot in the door and as Oprah's Ultimate Viewer be able to suggest FCC to them ;-) Just click here if you are Oprah's Ultimate Viewer
Other ways through Oprah to get the word out abut Brian and FCC would be through O Magazine or Oprah Radio just click either and give that a try to.
Register and become a part of the Oprah Community I already have joined myself, Just click here to register
PLEASE NOTE when you sign up you are given the option to get a free issue of O magazine and once you get it you can then just write cancel on the invoice and return it if you do not want to continue a subscription, again this is an option if you do not want to do it simply make sure you do not have a check in the box as show below
Hit that Message Board! We need to make them see the Oprah Community is interested in Brian Menzies, Free Charity Cars, etc... you can not solicit directly for a Charity but you can make suggestions, review others etc.. Just read the house rules before you begin.
Let's face it we are not the only Charity trying to get on Oprah. So we have to find a way to tie in to what is relevant to the Oprah show right now. Oprah's main focus is on the children of Africa, what effects her audience directly (which is mostly females) so we have to take a different approach or angle if you want to get through to them. Best way to do that from what I have researched is to tie into the theme of the show. This years theme is making your wildest dreams come true. So VOILA there is our angle right there. Brian is a person who makes dreams come true and that makes him fit right into the theme of the show!
However, you have to catch their attention in the first 3 sentences! So in any email you send, letter, etc whatever, do not wag your tongue as it is said and drag out a huge long story, just hit them hard straight to the point and quick! If you drag it out they will not be interested and will not even read further. You have to be quick witted, creative, and really make them think Okay we got a story here! Try not to mention your own personal story unless you yourself want to be on Oprah. If your trying to get Brian on Oprah focus on just that, stick to the making dreams come true angle, be compelling, make it pop and grab them and keep it brief!
Which brings me to if you would be on Oprah and you are truly a Fan of Oprah then why not try to get yourself on there and then you can pitch FCC yourself or get your foot in the door and as Oprah's Ultimate Viewer be able to suggest FCC to them ;-) Just click here if you are Oprah's Ultimate Viewer
Other ways through Oprah to get the word out abut Brian and FCC would be through O Magazine or Oprah Radio just click either and give that a try to.
Also please those who email several times a day or over and over every day, YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT. From what I have read about this, people who send repeat submissions about the same exact thing are considered either a spammer, or a nuisance especially when you do it back to back or several times a day. We do not want to be viewed that way, we want and need to win them over and get Brian on the show. But let's do it responsibly and not annoyingly do not bombard them with repeats that will be ignored.
That being said understand it is not the QUANTITY of emails the producers get from us but the QUALITY of the emails. WE MUST GET THEIR ATTENTION, but we need to do it with true impact and not repetitive. If you want to email over and over make sure you mix it up, do not send the same thing each time and be sure to grab their attention!
No matter what give it your best shot and do the best you can. If I can help in anyway just let me know.
That being said understand it is not the QUANTITY of emails the producers get from us but the QUALITY of the emails. WE MUST GET THEIR ATTENTION, but we need to do it with true impact and not repetitive. If you want to email over and over make sure you mix it up, do not send the same thing each time and be sure to grab their attention!
No matter what give it your best shot and do the best you can. If I can help in anyway just let me know.
Blessings to all
Milodeke
Milodeke
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