Attention GA Companies... It's TIME To Get Your News To ANN!

The 2007 AOPA Expo is nearly upon us, and, if history is any indicator, it's likely those of you in the GA sector may have some news/announcements to make.

The Aero-News Network, the aviation world's DAILY/REAL-TIME news and information service, will sport an expert assemblage of ANN's top journalists. Several staffers, including ANN Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell (who is chomping at the bit to get a look at some of the many rumored new products scheduled to be unveiled this year), have been assigned to generate hundreds 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, view or listen to ANN every day, as well as the many International syndication partners we work with.

'Want to make a timely impact? As usual; ANN's team of expert aero-journalists will be covering the Convention 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. This way, we can help you reach the largest number of potential readers, as fast as possible.

We would like to invite you to submit your press materials and news 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, Audio Aero-Cast or Aero-TV Webcast. Submissions are strongly encouraged by E-mail though postal "snail mail" is acceptable so long as it is received in our office ASAP. No aviation entity currently gets to as many people, every day, 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 story ideas or suggestions as to how we might augment our coverage of this event, 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-TV programming. As you may know, ANN introduced the aviation world to a sneak-peek at Aero-TV at AirVenture 2007 -- and the business hasn't been quite the same since. The very conservative 'beta' version of Aero-TV resulted in the production of over 20 Video Aero-Casts during the week long event and the shooting and production of dozens more. Amazingly, there were well over 100,000 video views in the first 2 weeks of our Beta presentation, while viewer activity has continued to GROW since then.

We're STILL in Beta... but only for a few more days... as the more we do this, the more we discover about the power of this medium. We've been fortunate to attract some VERY experienced staffers for this project and just started integrating these "Pros" into the Aero-TV mix a few days back.

These Aero-Video products can be played on your laptop or PC as well as downloaded to a Video iPod, PDA (or other video device) for viewing at a later time. ANN's Aero-TV Aero-Casts are HIGH-QUALITY video products shot in HDV (no kidding, see for yourself at http://www.aero-tv.net), and produced by expert aviation and video journalists. They feature excellent production values as well as exciting content and insight.

So… since ANN will be reporting LIVE from AOPA2007, and if you have news item worthy of a story, or Aero-Cast, we urge you to get in touch, RIGHT AWAY, with ANN's Jim Campbell, for possible consideration.

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 toll-free 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 can provide us.
• In the absence of an advance announcement, a mutually agreeable appointment or briefing time by which we can work with you, as early as possible, to get the requisite information on news you plan to release at AOPA2007.
• Information as to the availability of B-Roll or other video footage... or your assistance in helping us gather same prior to the beginning of NBAA2007.
• Important breaking news may allow us to dispatch a mobile news team to your location to gather advance B-Roll and stock footage in order to properly prepare for the release of such news.
• A photo, or photos (the more, the better -- .jpg preferred).
• The requisite quotes from the responsible person in your organization or the chance to interview them for same.
• The authorized release date (and specific time, in EDT, if time sensitive) of your submission.
• Booth/display numbers/ID or other location information.
• Name 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!

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