Hello, Carlton and all members: Thanks for the response to my offer. I see the car magazines have been covered and, most likely, solid relationships by the club with these trades have been established over the years. Knowing how long it takes to build relationships with the press, I'd be the last one to try and reinvent the wheel. After all, I have 25 of them sitting in garages and don't need another one. My offer is to engage local newspapers and TV stations. Unlike the trades, the best time to engage the "dailies" is the day before with a good news "hook." For example, there is one TV station in the Bay Area and newspapers in Monterey County and Salinas the could be interested in LSMFT. It all depends on how compelling the hook (press release)is. Before I go any further, I think this approach should be reviewed by Club members to determine whether or not general news on Club activities is desired for widespread coverage amongst the public. Best, Ron Kurtz E #292 Note to Bob Lutz: Does your helicopter have a HEMI? ________________________________ From: Carlton Schroeder <schroe99@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Ronald Kurtz <mark6268@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 10:07:55 PM Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] LSMFT Media Frenzy Hello Ron, and all Club Members, Your Club meet promotion team (Ray Jones, Jim Krausmann, Gloria Moon, the meet host Larry Jett, and myself) have been busy these past few months contacting a number of car magazines and organizations to help promote our meet. We have been doing this for a few years now. We also attempt to contact former Club members who reside (or at least used to reside) in the state where the meet is being held. For our Carmel, CA meet there are/were about 300 former Club members from CA. The magazines we provided information to included Auto Restorer News, Old Cars Weekly, Hemmings Classic Car, and the Hemmings On-Line news. We normally contact and provide information to the WP Chrysler Club but Larry Jett took care of that this time. In our meet promotion write-up we did emphasize the historic nature of the meet with this being the first ever joint meet of the two Chrysler 300 Clubs. I’ve seen the Hemmings Classic Car meet notice and the Hemmings On-Line meet notice but not yet the others. Recently Don Warnaar commented that he thought the Hemmings Classic car notice was very good. Of the former CA members we were able to reach a number of them told me they hoped to attend the meet and some said they were interested in rejoining the Club; we’ll see if that happens. We are always looking for new ways and new ideas and offers of help to promote the meets. A few times we have contacted other Mopar Clubs nearby where the meet is held but not many folks ever attend. If there was a way to get Chrysler / Fiat to participate that might be helpful. I am still impressed at the time Bob Lutz arrived in his helicopter to George Riehl’s meet. Carlton Schroeder Eagle River, WI From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ronald Kurtz Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:08 PM To: Ron Waters; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] LSMFT Media Frenzy Hello, everyone: I've been in public relations for the past 30 years and have written more than 200 press releases and conducted dozens of press interviews (print and electronic). I would be glad to help out. Best, Ron Kurtz E #292 ________________________________ From: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ronbo97%40comcast.net> > To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 2:52:20 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] LSMFT Media Frenzy Larry and everyone else - In honor of this historic meeting involving both 300 clubs, it would be worth sending out a press release to the local media as well as Old Cars Weekly, Hemmings and anyone else that might want to cover this event. It would give our clubs some really good publicity and maybe add a few new members as well. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <JettLarry@xxxxxxx <mailto:JettLarry%40aol.com> > To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:33 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] LSMFT Cabin Fever > > Dearly Beloved......the Carmel Mission Inn reports we have 110 rooms > registered !!!! 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