She might give you a free DVD set! Other than that, there's... uh, the warm fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you're helping promote a great show and making a nice lady's job easier?
...yeah, I got nothing.
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She might give you a free DVD set! Other than that, there's... uh, the warm fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you're helping promote a great show and making a nice lady's job easier?
...yeah, I got nothing.
I got DVDs. What I really need is a new loveseat. Or I'll take a used one if she wants to drop one off at my place.
What about a futon? I hear there's this one with a really interesting provenance floating around.
It's in my apartment. And it's gotta go.
Maybe she'll swap.
Cranberry, why not do a script giveaway at your site? I'm sure Bryan and/or Tim will send a couple of signed scripts your way, and you can judge an LJ icon contest (that advertises the DVDs), and give scripts to the winners.
Then you can put the best ones up for grabs for people's LJs.
Firefly has done a lovely job of promoting the DVDs by donating hundreds of copies to the armed forces.
You could do the same sort of promotion and have DVDs donated to women's shelters.
Try writing to Andy Partridge and get a boxed set signed as well, and do a giveaway.
I did a contest once where people had to write a short story using all the titles of Fury's episodes, and the winners got to attend an online writers' workshop with him.
You could do the same thing and giveaway an autographed box set.
Make sure you post it to all the relevant websites, including the Firefly sites. You'd do well to get a signed script from Jewel, as well.
It's a bit of work, but you can farm out pieces to trusted friends. It all helps promote the DVDs in the same grassrootsy way that we promoted the show.
Those are all great suggestions, Allyson! I'll ask Bryan about the scripts next time I see him. Is it okay if I paste your post into Ginger's thread in our forums so other fans can see the ideas (and maybe volunteer to help with some of them)?
Sounds okay to me, Cranberry.
If you do a signed script thingy, make sure it gets posted to Whedonesque. They get something like 8000 hits per day.
From his lips to Gail's ears.