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rideforfun said:
The type of viral marketing that we are talking about would pass from a person to friends/family -- we would be asking that people interested in the case spread the e-mail to their friends/family and those people do the same. So, very little would get filtered out because you are set up to receive e-mails from friends/family.

Spam companies buy address lists and send out mass e-mails -- you set up filters to pull out mail that comes from known spam sources or mail that doesn't come from sources you approve. We don't want spam.

Think of it as being passionate and having enough time to write to each of your friends to tell them this interesting case you are working on. That is what this e-mail would do except that we would write the message 1 time rather than over and over. If people choose to pass it on -- great. If they choose not to pass it on that is fine also. But, we will have given them the opportunity.

I think we can play on the idea of 6 degrees of separation and increase awareness and never come close to spam.

Because it is going from person to person and not asking for anything but consideration I don't believe we are at risk for any laws.
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Thank you for this good explanation. I'll leave this avenue up to you and Doogie. It sounds worthwhile.
 
I'm all up for an email campaign. If we do this, will it be posted for people to copy and send out or sent privately off forum?
 
I think it sounds like a good idea, and it's not really spam if we just send to friends and family. It's in the same vein as those jokes and inspirational emails that everyone forwards to their friends...but much more important :)
 
Any updates on the email campaign? Was a decision made?
 
We are going to do it. I have been tardy in creating the email (and password protecting it, as suggested), but we should be able to start spreading it in around a week.
 
I love post secret. I wouldn't open it up around young kids though,
sometimes there are postcards which are not child appropriate. I'd give
it a pg13 rating.

Last week I so wanted to respond to the lady who thought about
kidnapping a child and how much pain that causes a parent and family.

I wish I could think of a way to send Anna Waters pic in....
(searchingforanna.com) I so wish whoever took her would give up their
secret.


Someone on another forum wrote:

don't miss this week's post secrets
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/


The above was my response. Postsecret has quite the following.
 
Wonderful! Happy Birthday from me as well!

Last night, I was sitting in an outdoor bistro, in Grass Valley, with my son, and we were enjoying a quiet dinner on a beautiful Italian patio. There was a guitar player and he was singing softly, and as soon as I sat down and was comfortable, he sang "Here comes the Sun"...I was literally moved to tears, as I was thinking of Anna at the time, and how special the moment was. I looked around in my silly sleuthing way, convinced that she could be near me right now! LOL...The hope of Anna, and the joy that Annasmom brings to us all, is a daily reminder that we are all connected, and that in the simplest of moments, others are truly in our hearts.
 
InterestedNHelping said:
Wonderful! Happy Birthday from me as well!

Last night, I was sitting in an outdoor bistro, in Grass Valley, with my son, and we were enjoying a quiet dinner on a beautiful Italian patio. There was a guitar player and he was singing softly, and as soon as I sat down and was comfortable, he sang "Here comes the Sun"...I was literally moved to tears, as I was thinking of Anna at the time, and how special the moment was. I looked around in my silly sleuthing way, convinced that she could be near me right now! LOL...The hope of Anna, and the joy that Annasmom brings to us all, is a daily reminder that we are all connected, and that in the simplest of moments, others are truly in our hearts.
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The kids and I have always waited excitedly to see what surprise the universe would bring us for our birthdays. Thank you, SherlockJr, and thank you, INH, for making me glad to be alive.
:blowkiss:
 
Happy Belated Birthday Annasmom!
:HappyBday:HappyBday:HappyBday
 
I saw this mentioned for another case here on Websleuths and thought it was a good idea for Anna as well. We could have pens made up with the Searching For Anna website address printed on them. You know how people are always leaving a pen on someone else's desk or accidentally walking off with someone else's pen? It could be a great way to spread the word about the website.
 
Let’s get Anna’s pictures and information to as many people as possible!

Do you have a blog or a website? Do you know someone who does? Even someone you don’t know personally?

Get Anna’s photos and the link to the information about her case http://www.searchingforanna.com posted on the homepage of a blog or a website! Let us know about it in this thread.

The person with the largest number of posted pictures and links will win a $100 Amazon gift certificate.

The deadline is November 1.

Those of you who are not members of Websleuths, please send e-mail to Kiva.Supporter@hotmail.com.

HTML code to add a picture of Anna at age 5 to a website or a blog:

<a href="http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/KivaSupporter/?action=view&current=220_Anna_kindergarten_photo-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/KivaSupporter/220_Anna_kindergarten_photo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>


HTML code to add Anna's age-progressed picture to 39-40 to a website or a blog:

<a href="http://s481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/KivaSupporter/?action=view&current=Age-progressedimageofAnna.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/KivaSupporter/Age-progressedimageofAnna.jpg" border="0" alt="Anna Christian Waters, Age-Progressed Image to 39-40"></a>
 
KivaSupporter said:
Let’s get Anna’s pictures and information to as many people as possible!

Do you have a blog or a website? Do you know someone who does? Even someone you don’t know personally?

Get Anna’s photos and the link to the information about her case http://searchingforanna.com posted on the homepage of a blog or a website! Let us know about it in this thread.

The person with the largest number of posted pictures and links will win a $100 Amazon gift certificate.

The deadline is November 1.
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Great idea, KivaSupporter! Slight difference in the web page address:
http://www.searchingforanna.com/
 
Hi, I added the link on a my webpage with many visitors of all world;

later I will make the same in my newsgroup...
bye, raf
 
Great idea KS! Is the contest only open to Websleuth members only? There are some visitors who read daily here and some have even sent e-mails to myself or Doogie with information or tips. Can the visitors be included if they e-mail us with any links they put up?
 
SherlockJr said:
Great idea KS! Is the contest only open to Websleuth members only? There are some visitors who read daily here and some have even sent e-mails to myself or Doogie with information or tips. Can the visitors be included if they e-mail us with any links they put up?
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Yes, of course. Thank you for asking, Sherlock. I will also add this to the title. :)
 
KivaSupporter said:
Post the link to Anna's case http://www.searchingforanna.com anywhere on the Internet.

As soon as you post the link, tell us where you posted it.

The person with the largest number of posted links will win a $25 Amazon gift certificate.

The deadline is November 1.

Those of you who are not members of Websleuths, please send e-mail to Kiva.Supporter@hotmail.com.
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:waitasec: I don't understand. Is it $25 OR $50. There are 2 contests or 3?
This makes me a little nervous. I don't know why, but it does.
 
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