Well, I did several things.
1. I gave the Virgin store an INCENTIVE (many more sales) to be interested.
2. I gave Jive Epic/Sony Music an INCENTIVE to cooperate by documenting the NEW importance (10% Web hits) of the potentially HUGE American market.
3. I was COURTEOUS by writing in the best French I could manage.
4. I wrote EARLY enough for them to act. (Although my reply monitoring...)
5. I documented our SINCERITY by pointing at the germane discussion thread.
6. I made a SPECIFIC request, viz. What is the quota on disk signing?
7. I SPUN the PR-angle by saying we're sending an Ambassador, not a 'dog.
And I would lose little if they ignored my note.