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	2007 PROMOTIONAL GOODIES ARE HERE! Are you part of MySpace? Visit our site and sign up to be a friend!             How to get involved Share your ideas, questions, thoughts, and successes with others at our forum. If you are having any kind of event, radio interview, etc. be sure to post it on our calendar. What II Week UPDATES have we sent out? See here. FREE RESOURCES to print out:   The general postcard - This is the main 'brochure" to handout, include as stuffer, put in church bulletins, etc. View Purchase Open pdf Bookstore owner postcard - This is what bookstore owners who attended the International Christian Retail Show were sent. Download View Letterhead - these are perfect for any correspondence you may have with news media, etc. Download View Logo - (different sizes/resolutions) Download View Be sure to visit the MEDIA section of our web site for more information, facts about illness, etc. SEE OUR MEDIA TIPS! View IDEA RESOURCES TO DO IT Help with some internet outreach   Ways to help spread the word without leaving your chair. See what to copy and paste to post to friends or email groups, etc. Request a proclamation by your mayor, governor, or county commission.   Sample letter for proclamation Sample proclamation Take one of our press releases and include your quote or "story" about what it's like to live with an invisible illness. Send it to local press and also post on the free press release web sites. Or... you can just help us out by posting one of ours. Every little bit of press helps! Send it to your local papers with a note that you are a participant and live reside locally. Let them know if you would be willing to be interviewed. PRESS RELEASES We've got them in lots of formats so you can use whatever is easiest for you. JULY 2007 Who Hates to Hear They Look Great? Over Half of the Chronically Ill "The basic" - This is good to use when you are filling out a press release form on a web site. It include the keywords and summary. It's HTML and you can just copy and paste. SECULAR NEWS MEDIA: Open up a Word document here. in many email programs like Outlook you can click "file>send to>mail receipient. Choose "mail receipient-- not (at attachment). This will include the formatting in the actual email. Open up a pdf document. This is a good file to print. If you send it via an attachment people WON'T open it, so use is sparingly. CHRISTIAN NEWS MEDIA: Open up a Word document here. in many email programs like Outlook you can click "file>send to>mail receipient. Choose "mail receipient-- not (at attachment). This will include the formatting in the actual email. Open up a pdf document. This is a good file to print. If you send it via an attachment people WON'T open it, so use is sparingly. AUGUST 2007 Can Those with an Invisible Illness Park in the Blue Spots without Others Seeing Red? (Opinion Editorial) HTML | Word doc | pdf Via the newswire See what a stir this release got over at the Free Republic web site - nearly 300 comments (some nice, some not so, but at least people are talking!) AUGUST 2007 Invisible Illness Week Features Free Online Workshops About Education and Career HTML | Word doc Via the newswire Common mistakes in releases Where to send it - newspapers | radio Find media near you - all of it! (Thanks to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association for this great searchable database) Where to post it online for free Outreach ideas for your church   EMAIL YOUR PASTOR - template Send a postcard to churches you know See postcard for other ideas Send a Public Service Annoucement to any local radio stations that you think may announce it. Sample PSAs of different lengths, where to send them, and a TEMPLATE EMAIL to send to radio stations Write an opinion piece (op-ed) for your local newspaper(s) What is an op-ed? How to write something editors will choose to print. Op-eds best work when you target it to a specific newspaper and their "style" but if you have $100 to spend and want to see what happens, we use www.christiannewswire.com which sends them to 350 Op-Ed editors. Find newspapers near you Put up a poster, handout some brochures, give away literature. Order materials Ideas of where to post them Hold an event   Send a press release to the local area Consider requesting a proclamation Order promotional materials
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