[2010-03-29] Alizée autograph signing at Virgin Champs-Elysées

[Toc De Mac]

Originally Posted by docdtv

If you want to know how the special Alizée America audience came about, and how I nearly screwed it up, you can read:

http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/show...&postcount=164

Amazing! They just responded to your email and voilà?

[FanDeAliFee]

Originally Posted by Toc De Mac

Amazing! They just responded to your email and voilà?

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.

[Toc De Mac]

Very cool PR lesson. Thanks.

[Future Raptor Ace]

Originally Posted by docdtv

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.

Nice man.... thanks a lot.

[Deepwaters]

Well, thanks are in order to Docdtv, to Virgin, to Jive/Epic and Sony, to Scruffydog, but let's not forget: most of all to Alizée, who could have nixed the whole thing. She could have said, "Oh, I don't have time for that."

I posted a big thank-you on the wall of her Facebook fan page last night. I'm posting another here. This shows class. This is just cool. She is really special, and she has made us feel pretty damned special, too.

[User22]

thanks so much Doc and I dunno how you actually got someone over there to respond to you...it seems like noone can get someone official over there to these days. Thanks

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by docdtv

Well, I did several things.


7. I SPUN the PR-angle by saying we're sending an Ambassador, not a 'dog.

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I resemble that!

[User22]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

I resemble that!

haha...we should send a dog to...dressed up in the JEAM suit hahaha

[Edcognito]

Should we make a paypal payment to the website to cover scruffies cost for the albums, or should we send payment to Scruff?

I've heard both, scruff sent me his info, but I was wondering which is easier?



Scruff (or someone) just let me know man!




Ed

[Scruffydog777]

This is a test post. Some one pointed out my post count was at 666, Can't have that. Everyone might as well wait until I get back and have a better idea of how much the cd's will cost and how much it will cost to ship
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