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Permalink Reply by Name Here on July 20, 2008 at 4:22pm

Wow Amanda, you are so nice to offer all this. Thank you very much!

Permalink Reply by Kate Holden on July 20, 2008 at 5:27pm

*Offer premium ad-free browsing for a small additional charge.

*Put a star or banner under member's names/icons who have donated to the site as a badge of honor.

These are small things but they really do add up.

Permalink Reply by Name Here on July 20, 2008 at 7:04pm

Those are good ideas Kate, thank you.

Permalink Reply by Larian LeQuella on July 22, 2008 at 9:00pm

Wow, i feel so inadequate after reading all that others are able to ffer. I can only offer my voice in the din that is the budding US theocracy. I shall link and blog to my heart's content.

perhaps trying to get a Digg article posted? That will generally get A LOT f people to a site. If you make a specific article or something, and then send a mass email to all members of Atheist Nexus to digg that article, it will get to the front page rather quickly. In general the folks at Digg do not hate those who proclaim atheism.

Permalink Reply by Richard Knight on July 23, 2008 at 1:00am

Become an Amazon affiliate and have members review atheist books (or anything, really), and link to the amazon product page.

Also, Richard; you should start thinking about having a TV spokesperson. It doesn't matter where they are in the US, they can always be interviewed at a TV station. It's important that they aren't easily flustered, know their atheism (all sorts), and have charisma and chutzpah up the wazoo.

If possible, someone should interview the spokesperson candidates so you can see how they react under pressure. Cute, positive, and bouncy are all pluses. Once you pick one, you should make sure they have press training (I got mine from the AVP of PR at my university) and begin working on talking points.

There are a number of reasons to have a spokesperson; it's just too late for me to remember any off the top of my head*. Basically, though, a lot of organizations separate the President/chief/dictator/chair/poobah and the spokesperson positions because the Spokesperson should paint the organization in the best light. So, if the press is reporting about Atheist Nexus, you want the Spokesperson to answer any questions. If the press is reporting about anything but Atheist Nexus, the president should be the one talking.

*I'll try to remember them later.

Permalink Reply by Name Here on July 23, 2008 at 9:48am

Thank you again Richard. These are great ideas and we already have someone working on PR.

Permalink Reply by LoLo on August 18, 2008 at 6:07pm

This topic a little stale, but I'll put my 2 cents in anyway:

I work at a PR/Marketing/Advertising agency, I live, eat and breathe the stuff! I usually end up writing press releases, emails or anything dealing with written communication. I have a BA in English as well, I love to write..

So.. if you need letters, emails or any other documents to look & sound professional, I can help. I'm also happy to proof read and edit anything you throw at me.

Permalink Reply by Name Here on August 20, 2008 at 11:51am

That's awesome, thank you very much LoLo!

Permalink Reply by Ken Westervelt on February 14, 2009 at 10:44am

Really now? I'm starting to self-train in grant/proposal writing for my atheist group here. We have a few educational projects we want to pursue but need extra funding for. If you have experience in that, I'd love to pick your brain a little.

Permalink Reply by Hessenroots on August 18, 2008 at 9:17pm

I've been plugging Nexus on my young, yet virile, podcast and I've had some good feedback. BrotherRichard himself told me I had a voice for radio...so if A|N ever needs a voice I'd love to try out. Voice, mind you, not a face...no no.

I have no press training but I can certainly read a script :)

Permalink Reply by Name Here on August 20, 2008 at 11:55am

Thank you Hessenroots!

Permalink Reply by V1ktor on August 22, 2008 at 1:29am

I got an idea. The AAI is next month. What if AN becomes one of the exhibitors? It's not that expansive. Get some merchandise out, donations, get users to sign up. It would be a great opportunity to promote AN. Any thoughts on this?

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