Attention AOPA 2005 Newsmakers!

The next AOPA Expo is nearly upon us, and, if history is any indicator, it's likely that some of you may have some news/announcements to make.

The Aero-News Network, the aviation world's DAILY news service, is going to be webcasting live from the floor of the 2005 AOPA Expo. An expert assemblage of ANN's top journalists, including ANN Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell and Senior Editor Pete Combs, have been assigned to generate dozens of stories about the event, and to work on many more for future distribution to the hundreds of thousands of people (all over the world) who read ANN every day, and the many International syndication partners we work with.

We would like to invite you to submit your press materials and PR packages to us prior to the Expo in order to allow our team to do as much advance preparation as possible and to get a feel for the stories that will be prominent this year. The sooner we get such data, the more we can do with it, and the more likely it is that you'll find yourself featured in a future ANN newscast, Aero-Cast or webcast. Submissions are strongly encouraged by E-mail though postal "snail mail" is acceptable so long as it is received in our office no later than October 31st. No aviation entity currently gets to as many people, every day (and in as many ways), as ANN is doing now, so we encourage you to get in contact with us if you think you might have a story idea or a subject worth covering.

If you have any ideas or suggestions as to how we might augment our coverage, please be sure to bring it to our attention ASAP, so that we make the proper assignments for suitable stories.

ANN's Special Event coverage has been a distinguishing feature of our organization since DAY ONE. No one does as much with special coverage of aviation's pivotal events as ANN, and we continue to set the bar higher each time we tackle an event. It's a tough, exhausting, brutally intensive process -- and read by hundreds of thousands of Aero-News readers all over the world.

Of special interest, this year, is the addition of ANN's tremendously popular "Aero-Casts." Introduced at Oshkosh 2005, ANN is now starting to offer a number of audio products (often known as podcasts) that can be played on your PC or downloaded to an iPod, MP3 player (or other audio device) for listening at a later time. ANN's Aero-Casts are HIGH-QUALITY audio products (no kidding, listen for yourself at http://www.aero-news.net/podcasts), produced by expert journalists, and offer excellent production values as well as exciting content and insight. ANN will be Aero-Casting LIVE from the AOPA Expo, and if you have news worthy of an Aero-Cast, we urge you to get in touch, RIGHT AWAY, with ANN's Jim Campbell, for possible consideration. 
 
'Want to make a timely impact? As usual; ANN's team of expert aero-journalists will be covering the Expo from top to bottom; and we'd like to let you lead the news, with your announcements in Aero-News on the day your news breaks, rather than a day late. We're inviting you to send your advance news and announcements to us, with the date (and the time -- Eastern Time -- if critical) you plan to release the information. Our news publication system can be set to release stories within a second of a scheduled release time, so we can honor embargo agreements with uncanny accuracy.

If you need any additional detail, feel free to contact ANN's Publisher, Jim Campbell, directly at publisher@aero-news.net. Our main office number is 863-299-8680. Jim's cell number is 863-860-5790, though the 800-356-7767 number will forward to him when away from the office.
 
Here's what we'd like you to help us with:
 
Please send us (to news@aero-news.net)

• YOUR advance announcement, with as much background as you think we would be able to use
• A photo, or photos (the more, the better -- .jpg preferred)
• A snappy quote or two
• The authorized release date (and time, if critical) of your submission
• Booth/display numbers/ID or other location information
• Name(s) and number(s) of your contact person(s) (and cell number, if possible)

We'll take it from there!
 
Thanks -- we'll see you at the show!

FMI: The crew at Aero-News Network