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Viral Marketing Experiment

Thank you for offering to help us with the PTB documentary release. We are very hopeful to do well in the first 48 hours Youtube allows for us to rank 'Most Viewed' for the day. Our goal is to become #1 for the day. We have chosen to submit to the 'Entertainment' category as it is highly competitive, but aquires more traffic than the other categories.


We do not officially release until 3pm today. The trailer can be seen on the homepage of www.PimpThisBum.com - but we will want to promote www.PimpThisBumMovie.com after 2 o'clock hits. Keep this in mind - there will be a switch during the day, and we will do our best to time it right.


I will list below ways you can help make this happen, as well as provide you with key media contacts we are trying reach with this story. Do not contact these media outlets as a 'spokesperson' for Pimp This Bum, Ascendgence, Igfilms, or Terminally Unique LLC. Please contact them in the tone of a concerned citizen who thinks they should explore this story and share it with their respective audiences.


Level 1 Skill:


1. Log into your social network of choice (or multiple).
2. Post your status, tweet, or update to have the url of the documentary and ask your friends to please post this on their profile pages, or retweet.
3. Send person messages to all of your friends, with a link to the documentary trailer. It's easier if you copy and paste this. I would apologize for spamming them, but let them know how important it is for you that this story is heard by others.
4. The most important - - - COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT on the video! This will do more for us than most other things as far as getting the video to rank as 'popular' on youtube.


Skill Level 2:


1.Log into your Youtube Account. If you don't have one, see 2.
2. Create a Youtube Account http://www.youtube.com
3. Visit the documentary youtube page.
4. Watch the documentary in full (reloading without watching hurts us. . .let it play through)
5. Rate 4 or 5 star ranking (mix it up, but heavy on the 5's, more natural profile this way)
6. Leave a comment - doesn't matter what it says - just positive stuff, or maybe argue back and forth with yourself. Nothing too nasty though.
7. Rinse and repeat.


Skill Level 3:


Radio: Listen to the radio all day - talk radio especially, and any morning drive shows. Call the studio and tell the producer about the documentary, inform him that it will be premiering at worldfest and they are trying to rank #1 on youtube, so any support would be appreciated. If you can get them to at least watch it. . . that should do the trick.


Networks: Do you know someone who's the president of the PTA? Ask them if they will email this trailer out to their members. Know someone who's a pastor at a church? Work the human 'hubs' you are already close to.


Remember! We only have 48 hours to rank #1 for the 'day'! Let's really push this!


Here are media contacts of interest. Remember to email/call them as someone who heard about the story (however, whenever you first heard about it), kinda keep the fact that you were sent by us out of the conversation ;) The media will perceive an upswell of support, then report on it, which will create an upswell of support. Perception becomes reality. :)


Things to remember in this 'pitch' are:
1. We are premiering the Documentary at WorldFest
2. Raised over $70,000 in the first couple weeks.
3. What Tim is doing today (working, paying rent, paying taxes)
4. They can see the trailer at www.PimpThisBumMovie.com


CONTACT LIST:


Talk Radio  
Rush Limbaugh ElRushbo@eibnet.com 
Sean Hannity  http://www.hannity.com/contact
Glenn Beck me@glennbeck.com 
Michael Savage paulreveresociety@yahoo.com 
Dr. Laura Schlessinger  http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/register.asp?Action=New
Mark Levin marklevin.show@citcomm.com 
Dave Ramsey  http://www.daveramsey.com/radio/email-dave/
Neal Boortz  http://boortz.com/more/email_boortz.html
Mike Gallagher  http://www.mikeonline.com/contact.aspx
Michael Medved  http://www.michaelmedved.com/contact.aspx
JimBohannon  http://www.jimbotalk.net/pg/jsp/general/contact.jsp;jsessionid=73AC36067FA14A21901BAAD586F05777#form3
Doug Stephan  http://www.dougstephan.com/pg/jsp/general/contact.jsp?form4=true#form4
Bill Bennett  http://www.billbennett.com/email.aspx
Jerry Doyle  http://www.jerrydoyle.com/askjerry
Clark Howard  
George Noory tom@coasttocoastam.com (producer) 
Rusty Humphries  http://www.talk2rusty.com/pages/Email_Rusty
Kim Komando  http://www.komando.com/email-kim.aspx
Jim Rome rome@haveatake.com 
Ed Schultz  http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/
Thom Hartmann thom@thomhartmann.com 
Don Imus imusshow@wabcradio.com  
Mancow mancow@mancow.com http://www.mancow.com/pg/jsp/general/contact.jsp#form3
Alan Colmes  http://www.foxnews.com/alancolmesradio/internetgraffiti.html
Hugh Hewitt hugh@hughhewitt.com 
Lionel  
Dennis Miller  http://www.dennismillerradio.com/pg/jsp/general/contact.jsp#form6
Stephanie Miller stephanie@stephaniemiller.com 
Dr. Dean Edell kkretzschmar@premiereradio.com  
Lars Larson  http://www.larslarson.com/help#form4
Dennis Prager dennis@pragerradio.com 
Bob Brinker  
Dr. Joy Browne  http://www.drjoy.com/Contact.aspx
GordonDeal radio.editor@wsj.com <radio.editor@wsj.comhttp://www.wsjradio.com/contact.html
Lou Dobbs lou@loudobbs.com http://www.loudobbs.com/help
BillHandel kfinewsdirector@kfi640.com <kfinewsdirector@kfi640.comhttp://www.kfi640.com/pages/Station.html?feed=128007&article=447631
Roger Hedgecock roger@therogerhedgecockshow.com http://www.rogerhedgecock.com/contactus.asp?cchk=yes
G. Gordon Liddy thegman@radioamerica.org 


http://www.liddyshow.com/contact.php
  
Pop Radio (Morning Show Contact)  
KIISLosAngles Ryan@ryanseacrest.com http://www.kiisfm.com/pages/contact.html?feed=106526&article=299333
BBC Radio 1  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/help/contactus/
Star 94 - Atlanta  
KIIS108Boston managment@kiss108.com (Managment) http://www.kiss108.com/pages/jobs.html?feed=105118&article=301026
Z103.5Toronto www.evanovradio.com (evans communication) http://www.z1035.com/contact_us.php
KISS95.1CharlotteNC/Syndicatedacrossthe US http://www.acetj.com/contact/ yankeepete@acetj.com


 


TALK SHOWS


Talk Show (Tv) Email 
Oprah  (To suggest a guest for the show) http://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=216
Dr. Phil  ("Are you trapped by your toxic past" - Show themes under "Addiction") http://www.drphil.com/plugger/respond/?plugID=13549
Live with Regis & Kelly (To contact the show) http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/feedback.html (To send a text message) http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/special/askregiskelly/
Ellen (To be on the show) http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/ (To be a part of the show. To suggest people to be on the show - Get lots of us to submit for this..) http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/
Maury  http://www.mauryshow.com/be_a_guest.php
Rachael Ray  http://www.rachaelray.com/contact_us.php
The Doctors (CBS) (To be on the show) http://thedoctorstv.com/main/tell_us_index (Contact info) http://www.cbstvd.com/images/contact_us.html
Tyra Banks (To be on the show) http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/beontheshow/index.php?adid=tyrafooterlink 
Jerry Springer (To be a guest on the show) http://www.jerryspringertv.com/be_a_guest.php 
Steve Wilkos (To contact Steve) steve.fan@nbcuni.com (Different show themes to submit a story to <none directly related to PTB, but could be if you got creative...>) http://www.stevewilkos.com/ask-steve.php
Bonnie Hunt (General be on the show contact page) http://www.bonniehunt.com/show/ (What's happening in your small town that you think deserves national attention? Send us great stories from your local news.) http://www.bonniehunt.com/show/respond/?PlugID=46


The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet ***Reports from Jan 8, 2009 state this show has been canceled*** 
Martha television@marthastewart.com 


 


TV News


News (TV) Contact Email Contact Email 2 Email page
Fox & Friends Friends@foxnews.com newsmanager@foxnews.com 
Good Morning America   http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3271346&cat=Good%20Morning%20America
Morning Joe   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28437928/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/
Squawk Box   http://www.cnbc.com/id/22737253/
Morning Express w/ Meade   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?1
Glenn Beck me@glennbeck.com stu@glennbeck.com 
Situation Room   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?65
Hardball w/ C. Matthews hardball@msnbc.com  
Fast Money NF  
Prime News   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?2
Special Report w/ Bret Baier Special@foxnews.com  
   
Ed Show ed.msnbc@nbcuni.com  
Mad Money NF  
   
The Fox Report Foxreport@foxnews.com  
Kudlow Report NF  
Issues   
The O'Reilly Factor Oreilly@foxnews.com  
Campbell Brown   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?1
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann countdown@msnbc.com  
Nancy Grace   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html
Hannity   http://www.hannity.com/contact
Larry King Live   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.lkl.comment.html?12
Rachel Maddow Show rachel@msnbc.com  
Joy Behar   
On the Record w/ Greta Ontherecord@foxnews.com  
Anderson Cooper CNN  
   
Showbiz Tonight   http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5c.html?1
Meet the Press   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/ns/meet_the_press/
Dateline Dateline@NBCUNI.com  
Nightly News with Brian Williams nightly@NBC.com  


HOUSTON NEWS MEDIA


Houston News Media IF SPANISH - MAKE RED LIKE THIS Contact Info
Associated Press (AP) Houston Texas  (Media request for AP interviews) info@ap.org Contact people:
Paul Colford
Director of Media Relations


Jack Stokes
Manager of Media Relations
Fort Bend Now  John Pape
3701 Kirby, Suite 1090
Houston, TX 77098
Houston Chronicle  (How to get your story in the Houston Chronicle) http://www.chron.com/banners/i/insidestory/your_story1_press.html
KIKK AM 650  
KSEV AM 700  
KTRH AM 740  http://www.ktrh.com/pages/submitpsa2.html
Northeast News  Managing Editor
Emily Randall


Rice Thresher (University)  http://www.ricethresher.org/contactus/
St Thomas Summa (University)  http://www.stthom.edu/Public/index.asp?page_ID=3506&scriptaction=audience&keyword=media
UH Daily Cougar (University)  http://www.thedailycougar.com/contactus-1.1302614
UHCL Signal (University)  http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/USN/TheSignal/STAFF_AND_ADVERTISING
  
Houston Busienss Media:  
Houston Business Journal  http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/contactus/contact_editor.html
Houston Business Review  http://www.houstonbusiness.com/contactus.html
NBIZ Magazine ***We do not accept or publish press or news releases
at this time. Do not submit them.*** http://www.nbizmag.com/Contact.aspx
  
Houston Entertainment Media  
Cuizine  
Envy Houston Life Magazine  
Free Press Houston (FPH)  http://freepresshouston.com/


Houston Press  
Houston Voice  
KHOU TV 11 (CBS)  http://www.khou.com/on-tv/contact
KIAH TV 39 (CW)  http://www.39online.com/about/station/contactus/
KNWS TV 51  http://www.knws51.com/default.asp?page=AboutTV51
KPFT FM 90.1 (Pacifica)  http://www.kpft.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=4%3Af-ernesto-aguilar-san-miguel&catid=12%3Astaff-contacts&Itemid=74
KPRC TV 2 (NBC)  http://www.click2houston.com/contact/index.html
KRIV TV 26 (FOX)  http://www.myfoxhouston.com/subindex/about_us/contact_us
KTBU TV 55  http://www.houstons55.com/contact/
KTMD TV 47 (Telemundo)  http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/contact_us/
KTRK TV 13 (ABC)  http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=resources/inside_station/station_info&id=5763621
KTXH TV 20 (MyTV)  
KUHF FM 88.7 (NPR)  http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-contact_us.php
KUHT TV 8 (PBS)  http://www.houstonpbs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=abt_staff_directory
KXLN TV 45 (Univision)  http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?schid=15
KZJL TV 61  http://www.kzjl61.tv/info.html
OutSmart Magazine  http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/this_issue/?storyid=1109959782&PHPSESSID=f11e0ed1d48bb1b8829542b872064073
Puro Party No contact info available 
Que Onda Houston Magazine  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.queondamagazine.com/&ei=Vj17S4-mD9GOtgfy0aW0Cg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DQue%2BOnda%2BHouston%2BMagazine%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3Dj0D
Ride Texas Magazine  http://www.ridetexas.com/html/Contacts.html
vinylPimp  
  
Houston Sports Media  
Golf Houston Magazine  
KBME AM 790  http://www.790kbme.com/pages/submitpsa1646.html
KFNC FM 97.5  http://www.975theticket.com/ContactUs/tabid/337/Default.aspx
KGOW AM 1560  http://www.1560thegame.com/contactus/
KILT AM 610  http://www.sportsradio610.com/pages/152165.php
  
Radio Stations  
KSBJ 89.3  http://www.ksbj.org/contact.php
KKBQ 93Q Country  http://thenew93q.com/inside/contact_us.html
KKRW - The Arrow Classic Rock  http://www.kkrw.com/pages/contact.html
KTBZ 94.5 The Buzz  http://www.thebuzz.com/pages/contact.html
KHMX 96.5 Mix 96.5  http://www.mix965houston.com/Contact-Us/4133575
KRBX 97.9 FM  http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/krbxfm.aspx
KODA 99.1 Sunny   http://www.sunny99.com/pages/reachus.html
KILT 100.3 The new 100.3  http://www.kilt.com/Contact-Us/4326527
KRBE 104.1   http://www.104krbe.com/CONTACTUS/tabid/186/Default.aspx
106.9 The Point  http://1069thepoint.com/inside/contact_us.html
KPRC 950 AM  http://www.950kprc.com/pages/contact.html


 


 


BLOGERS (VERY INFLUENTIAL)


Contact Website E-mail
huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/contact/ scoop@huffingtonpost.com
techcrunch.com http://techcrunch.com/submit-profile/ tips@techcrunch.com
techcrunch ERUOPE http://eu.techcrunch.com/contact-techcrunch-uk/ 
engadget.com http://www.engadget.com/editors/ 
boingboing.net (To suggest a link for the page) http://boingboing.net/suggest.html 
mashable.com http://mashable.com/submit/ (To submit a story, send an email to:)
news@mashable.com
lifehacker.com  (To submit a post) tips@lifehacker.com
gizmodo.com (To e-mail the Editor) blam@gizmodo.com (To submit a post) tips@gizmodo.com
arstechnica.com http://arstechnica.com/site/contact-ars-technica.ars (To send news tips) http://arstechnica.com/site/contact-ars-technica.ars
smashingmagazine.com http://www.smashingmagazine.com/before-sending-an-email-please-note/ (USE THIS FORM TO SUBMIT A LINK FOR THE WEBSITE) http://forum.smashingmagazine.com/
bloggingstocks.com http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/microsite.do?cmd=displayKCPopup&docType=kc&externalId=217480
 http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/microsite.do?cmd=displayKCPopup&docType=kc&externalId=217480
stuffwhitepeoplelike.com http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/about/ stuffwhitepeoplelike@gmail.com
googleblog.blogspot.com http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/index.html 
gadling.com http://www.gadling.com/about (Editor in Chief Grant Martin) editor@gadling.com
tmz.com http://www.tmz.com/contact/contactus 
parentdish.com http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/microsite.do?cmd=displayKCPopup&docType=kc&externalId=217480 
readwriteweb.com http://www.readwriteweb.com/contact/ tips@readwriteweb.com
sethgodin.typepad.com  sethgodin@gmail.com
cinematical.com http://www.cinematical.com/contact/comments/ 
postsecret.blogspot.com http://bestuff.com/static/contact team@bestuff.com
gawker.com  tips@gawker.com
joystiq.com http://www.joystiq.com/contact/tips/ (Editor in Chief - Christ Grant) chris@joystiq.com
icanhascheezburger.com http://cheezburger.com/contact 
tvsquad.com http://www.tvsquad.com/contact/comments/ 
dailykos.com http://www.dailykos.com/contactus 
tuaw.com http://www.tuaw.com/tips/ 


yup, that's all for now :)