http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/ PRBytes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:14 GMT Rob Frankel http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4817 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4817 ... I don't have a prepared text because I usually handle it with a short discussion, knowing that merely telling the client how an agency works isn't really Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:42 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4816 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4816 Thanks, Paul Ned Barnett, APR Marketing/PR Fellow, American Hospital Association Barnett Marketing Communications 420 N. Nellis Blvd. A3-276 Las Vegas NV 89110 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:30 GMT Stephen Rafe http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4815 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4815 PAGE ONE OF TEN PAGES OF URLs FOLLOWS: a.. The Submarine When I think how hard PR firms work to score press hits in the traditional media, I can't imagine Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:57 GMT Sam Waltz http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4814 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4814 Ned, re: your Query about How Agencies Work. I usually trade on an Anecdotal / Metaphorical Approach that each person is familiar with, a trip to the MD. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:51 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4813 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4813 Folks Survival of the fittest time, and I need your help here. To convince a client that he really doesn't know how an agency works (and therefore should stop Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:04 GMT Paul Krupin http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4812 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4812 Ned, Similar experiences with all sorts of news release distribution services abound.? I just posted the following to self-publishing in response to a similar Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:09 GMT Paul Krupin http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4811 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4811 Ned, Similar experiences with all sorts of news release distribution services abound. I just posted the following to self-publishing in response to a similar Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:23:34 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4810 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4810 Thanks, Andy. BTW - her email is "ane@ ." so maybe that's the European spelling of the name (she's got a heavy Euro-accent, but not one I can place). However, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:21:34 GMT oncallpr http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4809 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4809 I've always used and liked BusinessWire (yep, a plug). Also Marketwire. Both are dependable, reliable, good and reasonable. I have a service sheet on line that Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:20 GMT kezia_jauron http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4808 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4808 I have not been getting any emails from Yahoo groups in I don't know how many weeks. I am trying to sort it out. Meanwhile... I am creating a working document Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:54:41 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4807 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4807 Costco Stops carrying coke products http://tinyurl.com/yhmcady in a price dispute - Lynn says, "just lost our business" - no kidding. Dumb! Ned Barnett, APR Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:54:02 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4806 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4806 Apparently it was all my fault. When I (politely) raised the issue of my dissatisfaction with Anne Howard, head honcho at RushPRNews, she said, "I think that Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:54:00 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4805 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4805 Update I just got a call from a high-energy (bowl-me-over) Anne Howard at RushPRNews, who tried to persuade me that what I'd gotten was what I wanted (or Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:04 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4804 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4804 I placed a release last night with RushPRNews, hoping to find a lower-cost way of getting IR-related news out (in compliance with SEC regs). My results were Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:02:42 GMT Ned Barnett http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4803 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/prbytes/message/4803 Thanks, Rob - your insights are always helpful; I'll play it by ear when I meet with this investing group prospect next week - I'm sure I can spin it, I just