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Post by yoko71 on Jan 31, 2010 9:40:57 GMT -5
Anoop's official website and social networking peeps reached out to the street team with some specific agenda and questions. They want to work with anoop's fans when they are ready to market the single, album, and possibly a tour. Let's help them help Anoop! Their current questions: 1. What's the potential marketability in the Philippines, India, and other overseas places? Hey, fans in the Philippines, can you come up with some feel for how many people participate in squeeing on Twitter, facebook, other Philippine-specific forums? 2. Which radio stations have played his songs? Can you guys post here the station names, locations, and URL? 3. Any merch ideas? 4. Besides Twitter, anoop's official facebook, and here at street team, where else do people talk about Anoop? If you know of any, please post the info. The peeps are definitely aware that his fans are an enthusiastic and organized bunch. They want to take advantage of us. We want to help Anoop by helping his peeps do their job. It's a win win situation.
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Post by daisykary on Jan 31, 2010 10:13:08 GMT -5
Awesome! I had emailed them and gave them this link. We're ready to help!
3. The normal =T-shirts and photos. But he needs something to stand out......wristbands, hats, and oh yeah I have buttons!
4. Anoop's Myspace needs to be updated more often. Media people are watching that and so they know nothing about what is coming for Anoop. Also, I think any site that has to do with AI will talk about Anoop.
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Post by faye on Jan 31, 2010 11:29:09 GMT -5
MJ at mjsbigblog seems to be a fan of Anoop ..she definitely posts a lot about him. Keeping her informed ahead of time of anything new might be helpful mjsbigblog.com/her email is : mjsbigblog@gmail.com
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Post by faye on Jan 31, 2010 12:04:44 GMT -5
I like the little window clingy things....stickers....magnets.....pens .....mugs but they're kind of heavy to ship. too bad it's too late for a calendar btw, when they do t-shirts, have them consider doing tank tops too. - I wear shirts open with a tank underneath more than just a t-shirt...but maybe that's just me.
Maybe make the actual handouts similar to the postcards Kary made but a little larger...but on that type of cardstock.. colorful but just basic info. Maybe a great picture of him on one side and the info on the back. - I would be more likely to keep something like that if handed to me than a flyer.
Flyers could be just on letter size sheets for posting.
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Post by faye on Jan 31, 2010 12:08:36 GMT -5
Encourage people to tweet more and retweet, On their blogs or myspacess, etc : post bulletins or blogs about Anoop, his music and videos and change them up regularly.
I have Anoop alerts set and often post positive comments whenver someone blogs or writes articles about him. And include links to his myspace or youtube account
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Post by faye on Jan 31, 2010 12:14:54 GMT -5
Michael Slezak is a big fan of Anoop and keeping him posted in advance might be a good idea. I don't have an email address for him - but we can all follow and tweet him on twitter : @ewmichaelslezak
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Post by dianatexas on Jan 31, 2010 13:43:55 GMT -5
omg, im so giddy, i';m so excited!! this is really happening for noopy and we can help!!!!! ok, i;ll come back with some ideas!
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Post by daisykary on Jan 31, 2010 15:05:51 GMT -5
Online ~ Besides Twitter, Myspace, and Facebook, there is also iLike Imeem, and some other music sites. I also think we need to get out of the AI bubble and post on other R&B artists' message boards and such. But only if you are already a member. It's rude when you sign up, post about someone else, and leave. I started a thread on Elliott Yamin's fan message board at www.etrainstation.com Come join the discussion. Josh Hoge has a message board but it's not very active: joshhoge.yuku.com/directory (Josh spends more time on the ETrain. HAHA) On the street ~ Radio station events - most stations do on site/on air events, so scope them out and tell them about Anoop. At the AI concert in Reading, PA, the radio station had a sign contest. Unfortunately there were only three Anoop signs (I brought two for my Adam fan friends heehee), but we made sure we were loud and they KNEW we loved Anoop. They mentioned us a couple times. And I left postcards on their table. When the weather gets warmer radio stations will start their big multi-act concerts. Perfect place to hit with Anoop stuff. You get fans of a lot of other artists all at once. Faye - Fliers are the cheapest, but I have bigger postcards than the ones you saw too. I plan to order LOTS of postcards, but not until we get an official picture and name or logo or whatever Anoop wants on it. And of course I'll have lots of buttons. I am the button bench!
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Post by amc on Jan 31, 2010 15:20:58 GMT -5
I know we're not huge fans of the official AI boards lol (www.americanidol.com). However, those forums experience heavy traffic once the season is underway (plus the site is always being promoted during AI commercials) When the single and EP come out in March and April, that'll already be top 12, etc. so I think there would be even more people going to the boards. Anoop has the second highest number of posts on those boards and I know few Anoop fans post there anymore, but there are still a lot of casual fans who post in the General Forums, etc. They may not love Anoop enough to join the street team, etc., but they would like him enough to buy his single or EP, if they knew it was coming out. So I think it would be beneficial if there could be an ad for the single/EP on this website in March or April. (I don't know how expensive that is, how it works, etc., but at this point anyway, I think a lot of Anoop's target audience would be the people who knew/liked/voted for him on AI. And since he did so well on the show, obviously a lot of people liked him! Like I said before, even if they have moved on and have a new favorite this season, many still like him enough to buy his music.) Anyway that got really long-winded. Sorry haha. So there's nothing we can do about getting an ad on the website, but Anoop's management could try to look into it or something. But we can post the general information about the single/EP coming out in our siggies on that board. (I already have a general saying like "Anoop's single is coming out in March!" or something.) When the time gets closer, I plan to post on those boards more with my informational siggie and post all over the forums, in GD, individual contestants folders, etc. so more people will at least be exposed to the siggie and general idea that Anoop is coming out with music. I know it's not much, but it's a small way to help spread the word about the EP to part of the target audience. Also www.idolforums.com is another popular AI website. It's not affiliated with the show, so there's a lot more leeway there. They also have ads on the site. And many AI fans visit those forums for spoilers and stuff. The siggie idea could also be used there.
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Post by jml4anoop on Jan 31, 2010 16:22:17 GMT -5
It's great to be asked for input... this is the right place!! Increased posting of Anoop's sites is surely crucial. I've been negligent in this area, and will get right on fixing that!! Considering designs for merchandise -- things close to Anoop's heart... Hoodies (both heavy and lightweight), Carolina Blue, argyle design, sports themes (ref. UNC basketball uniforms have argyle detail). Anoop is a details guy, a sports guy, so appealing to guys should not be overlooked. I agree with Faye... fans come in all sizes and ages, so keep that in mind. (It would be nice to have ordering options for extended sizes.) I like caps/hats (so does Anoop!) because in crowds, hats are still visible when shirt designs may not be, so please consider this too. Everyone's on computers, so how about making something to apply (like a skin, cling or sticker of some kind) that fans can use to display support for Anoop's music when using their computers at work or school or leisure... we're all so mobile & public with our computers! Something versatile, and small (for small budget fans) like a clip-on charm or key fob type thing that could attach to anything... purse, luggage, phones, iPod.... All kinds of fans could attach to whatever they use regularly so others can see we listen to Anoop. Anoop was wonderful to embrace our Wristband Project and wear the one we made to benefit UNC's Eve Carson Memorial Scholarship Fund. He still wears his UNC basketball wristband. I consider the original project concluded at this point. If another wristband design is in the plans, I have the ordering info. from the place in Texas where ours were made. If there's a way to promote Anoop's appeal as "Studious +Thoughtful = Irresistible" it would be just about right, in my opinion. If I think of more, I'll report back in
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Post by jml4anoop on Jan 31, 2010 16:31:29 GMT -5
One other personal note.... as most of you know, my ability to actively participate depends on continued well-being of my nest which is still for sale!! House+home+family health dictate what I can do. I'm delighted of offer what I can think of, and do whatever is possible for a retired lady like myself <3
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Post by mle on Jan 31, 2010 19:55:53 GMT -5
I've never posted here before, but I visit sometimes.
I have an idea. I'm a regular at ontd_ai (if you're a member there, you can probably tell who I am from my username here). If you aren't aware, ontd_ai is an American Idol community with many members (over 4000 I think), many of whom don't live in the US.
I was thinking about posting a poll at ontd_ai for members from Canada, the Phillipines and the UK (since I know there are many people at ontd_ai who are from these regions). It'll give us some info on how many people are Anoop fans in each of these regions, how many are planning on purchasing his album/single and also how many would be interested in him doing a show in their country.
So what do you think? I can make the post sometime this week (maybe tomorrow) and leave it open to the public so all of you can view it (even if you're not members).
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Post by yoko71 on Jan 31, 2010 21:42:52 GMT -5
I've never posted here before, but I visit sometimes. I have an idea. I'm a regular at ontd_ai (if you're a member there, you can probably tell who I am from my username here). If you aren't aware, ontd_ai is an American Idol community with many members (over 4000 I think), many of whom don't live in the US. I was thinking about posting a poll at ontd_ai for members from Canada, the Phillipines and the UK (since I know there are many people at ontd_ai who are from these regions). It'll give us some info on how many people are Anoop fans in each of these regions, how many are planning on purchasing his album/single and also how many would be interested in him doing a show in their country. So what do you think? I can make the post sometime this week (maybe tomorrow) and leave it open to the public so all of you can view it (even if you're not members). A great idea! I think ontd_ai would be a great place to reach out to AI fans who are not necessarily Anoop stans but general AI fans and fans of other AI finalists. I think the marketing team would be interested in kowing the fan-demographic of ontd_ai.
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Post by yoko71 on Jan 31, 2010 21:45:59 GMT -5
So many good ideas from Kary, Faye and Jean, so far. Keep it up! Hopefully Anoop's web team will visit this thread regularly so that they don't have to process too many posts at once. Haha.
But I intend to summarize these posts into a bulletized and categorized list for them also.
Keep great ideas coming!
ALSO, Phillipines and other overseas fans!!! Please post where your region specific hangouts are. I believe Phils ppl have a pinoy exchange site? Where is it at?
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Post by peaceloveanoop on Jan 31, 2010 22:59:16 GMT -5
I think definetely it will work to the advantage if you try to contact Indian magazines or radio stations in your specific area. Most areas have a good Indian population, and therefore, these are outlets that are likely to get the word out.
Most radio stations are more wanting to play Bollywood & old Hindi songs, so it's probably not likely that they will play Anoop's style of music - but it's worth a shot right?
-S
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Post by yoko71 on Jan 31, 2010 23:10:42 GMT -5
Hey -S Thanks for the desi related info! Do you know of a go-to media in your area (i.e., Southeastern US)? TV station? Specific magazine titles? Still need info on: 1. Overseas marketability (Phils peeps, we need your input)? 2. Radio stations that have played Anoop's songs. (Again, I believe most stations are in the Philippines, and a few in Indonesia.) Keep the posts coming!
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Post by mle on Feb 1, 2010 0:27:01 GMT -5
Okay, so I'll make the poll at ontd_ai sometime this week (probably tomorrow) and I'll post the link here. Just a warning: don't be offended by the language or if there are rude/snarky comments. We're kind of notorious for that, lol.
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Post by sevgli on Feb 1, 2010 1:52:57 GMT -5
Hi, sorry it took me a long time before I could post... We are pretty scattered & I only met a handful during the trooper get together. I know there are casual fans & people who loved Anoop during the season that I haven't met so I sent an email via the yahoogroups: projectanoop@yahoogroups.com & relayed the info. I'm crossing my fingers that members of the ygroup will check their emails & reply by posting here or sending me an email. They were active during the gift sending time during the season & I used it last time to ask them to help by requesting AOMM to radio stations Radio stations - there was a time last year when we had 3 FM stations & 1 AM station playing AOMM. I guess I'd better focus more on the 2 FM stations because the AM station thingy was dependent on my shift & the amount of good vibes sent to me =) We made a list in another thread here of the radio stations we could contact. Magic 89.9 (AI partner, Ryan have a program there) played AOMM around tour time but towards the end of the year they said they do not have AOMM anymore =( Around that time too 96.3 Easy rock played AOMM & someone said it was also played at Home Radio 97.9 which kinda made me glow & made me corner boss again in the lobby to thank! =) I tried to get 106.7 Deram FM to play AOMM too but after morethan 2 months someone told me that the boss didn't approve the song for some reason As for the Filipino forum, (I'm not a member so I guess i have to sign up soon) it is www.pinoyenchange.com/forums - then go to music thread. I'm still looking for the Anoop folder there but I know it's somewhere there Promotional ideas - I guess we will again do the AOMM campaign only this time, it will be for My Name. I'm loving my Anoop wristband especially now that it is campaign time for the National elections & I see different WBs of politicians. Everytime I see one of the politician's wb, I cannot help but shout: "hah! Mine is one of a kind!" =) Let us just redesign our WBs, buttons & cards. We could use some accessories too like the one I included in the cards I sent for the holidays for mobile phones. I'm still looking for the thread in pinoyexchange =(
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Post by sevgli on Feb 1, 2010 2:13:00 GMT -5
I love helping in making the buzz louder but I read something that kinda disorients me... I don't think we are overdoing this but Are we over doing this? =(
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Post by sevgli on Feb 1, 2010 2:27:41 GMT -5
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Post by yoko71 on Feb 1, 2010 6:55:51 GMT -5
Thanks, trinz! Ack if anyone know of a way to reconnect with the said yahoo group, please post. And mle, thanks for reaching out to the ontd people! Do you mind posting a link to your ontd post in this thread When you make it so we can go and look?
Everyone, feel free to post more! The marketing people thanked us already for this thread and are really liking what they see so far.
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Post by yoko71 on Feb 1, 2010 8:36:44 GMT -5
Hi, sorry it took me a long time before I could post... We are pretty scattered & I only met a handful during the trooper get together. I know there are casual fans & people who loved Anoop during the season that I haven't met so I sent an email via the yahoogroups: projectanoop@yahoogroups.com & relayed the info. I'm crossing my fingers that members of the ygroup will check their emails & reply by posting here or sending me an email. They were active during the gift sending time during the season & I used it last time to ask them to help by requesting AOMM to radio stations Radio stations - there was a time last year when we had 3 FM stations & 1 AM station playing AOMM. I guess I'd better focus more on the 2 FM stations because the AM station thingy was dependent on my shift & the amount of good vibes sent to me =) We made a list in another thread here of the radio stations we could contact. Magic 89.9 (AI partner, Ryan have a program there) played AOMM around tour time but towards the end of the year they said they do not have AOMM anymore =( Around that time too 96.3 Easy rock played AOMM & someone said it was also played at Home Radio 97.9 which kinda made me glow & made me corner boss again in the lobby to thank! =) I tried to get 106.7 Deram FM to play AOMM too but after morethan 2 months someone told me that the boss didn't approve the song for some reason As for the Filipino forum, (I'm not a member so I guess i have to sign up soon) it is www.pinoyenchange.com/forums - then go to music thread. I'm still looking for the Anoop folder there but I know it's somewhere there Promotional ideas - I guess we will again do the AOMM campaign only this time, it will be for My Name. I'm loving my Anoop wristband especially now that it is campaign time for the National elections & I see different WBs of politicians. Everytime I see one of the politician's wb, I cannot help but shout: "hah! Mine is one of a kind!" =) Let us just redesign our WBs, buttons & cards. We could use some accessories too like the one I included in the cards I sent for the holidays for mobile phones. I'm still looking for the thread in pinoyexchange =( Trinz, do these radio stations have websites?
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Post by peaceloveanoop on Feb 1, 2010 14:27:07 GMT -5
First off - I have no clue why I signed that post S. Haha. Secondly - there is a well-read Desi magazine that circulates in the Carolinas - Saathee Mag. They have a section called the Chai Table (please don't laugh at how corny we are) in which they'll publish articles submitted by reading broading on any topic. This is one place they may consider posting. Their entertainment section focuses mainly on Bollywood stars - but I think if we emphasis that Anoop's music will be from his Indian roots (tabla, sitar, etc.) then I think they might publish him there. It's all worth a shot. If it works, we celebrate. If it doesn't we'll try something else. -Sneha
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Post by yoko71 on Feb 1, 2010 15:03:42 GMT -5
First off - I have no clue why I signed that post S. Haha. Secondly - there is a well-read Desi magazine that circulates in the Carolinas - Saathee Mag. They have a section called the Chai Table (please don't laugh at how corny we are) in which they'll publish articles submitted by reading broading on any topic. This is one place they may consider posting. Their entertainment section focuses mainly on Bollywood stars - but I think if we emphasis that Anoop's music will be from his Indian roots (tabla, sitar, etc.) then I think they might publish him there. It's all worth a shot. If it works, we celebrate. If it doesn't we'll try something else. -Sneha LOL I was wondering if you wanted to remain anonymous or something, so I wrote you back as ~S. Better be safe than sorry right? Haha. Thanks for the mag info. And yes, you are right. It is worth a shot. We have plenty of shots. There is no point saving them. We've got to try.
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Post by daisykary on Feb 1, 2010 18:31:25 GMT -5
I actually have a challenge for Anoop........
Get involved and create more buzz. The more he tweets and posts on Myspace and FB, the more people will talk about him. He seems to be doing more these past few days tho, so I hope he keeps it up. Nothing like a few words from the man himself to rally the troops!
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Post by sevgli on Feb 1, 2010 20:37:21 GMT -5
Here's the link to the AM station (most of you listened online for the Anoop song - lovely Wednesday) www.dwiz882.com/ and there's also a link there for Home Radio (our FM station) magic 89.9 FM www.magic899.fm/ twitter: twitter.com/Magic899 easyrock twitter: twitter.com/easyrock963Yoko, I could make a new yahoogroup but I do not know all the members of the old one. I'm going to ask if someone from the old group saved the old contacts then I will make a new one
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Post by fahrenheit102 on Feb 1, 2010 21:17:19 GMT -5
Anoop's official website and social networking peeps reached out to the street team with some specific agenda and questions. They want to work with anoop's fans when they are ready to market the single, album, and possibly a tour. Let's help them help Anoop! Their current questions: 1. What's the potential marketability in the Philippines, India, and other overseas places? Hey, fans in the Philippines, can you come up with some feel for how many people participate in squeeing on Twitter, facebook, other Philippine-specific forums? 2. Which radio stations have played his songs? Can you guys post here the station names, locations, and URL? 3. Any merch ideas? 4. Besides Twitter, anoop's official facebook, and here at street team, where else do people talk about Anoop? If you know of any, please post the info. The peeps are definitely aware that his fans are an enthusiastic and organized bunch. They want to take advantage of us. We want to help Anoop by helping his peeps do their job. It's a win win situation. 1. Since I live in the U.S., this question is not applicable to me. 2. Radio stations by me don't tend to play studio releases of songs American Idol contestants have sung during the course of the show with the exception of the coronation songs. 3. Not sure. I tend to think of concert tshirts and such as something that rock acts like Bon Jovi or Def Leppard sell or that artists or bands that appeal to the tween crowd have. Think Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, American Idol tour merchandise. I don't know if the pop r&b crowd goes for the tshirt scene having never been to such a concert but it seems to me that some of them make money with their own fashion lines like P. Diddy. Honestly, I think the best merchandise Anoop can put out is himself, meaning to arrange for Meet and Greets either before of after his shows and advertise them because more casual fans might be more willing to go to a local show if they were guaranteed the chance to meet Anoop. These days, unless you're an artist of a certain stature like Madonna or Britney Spears, people who go to shows like the chance to meet the artist or band. 4. Beyond the sites already mentioned, don't know b/c those are the sites I frequent. However, I stumbled upon something called iLike with regard to Lukas Rossi, which looks like it's some music site affiliated with iTunes. But I think the main thing is for Anoop to update his Myspace, Facebook Fan Page, and Twitter regularly with all his appearances, upcoming shows, etc. so we find out about appearances through Anoop and not through scouring the Internet. Also, Gina Glocksen, a Season 6 Idol finalist, is also an independent artist, but she has a great website with an updated performance schedule. (www.rocktheglock.com) You can sign up to be on her email list and get updates about her shows, album, etc. She also a Facebook group where I get updates emailed to me. Aside from keeping fans up to date, an good, updated, official and professional website shows that Anoop is serious about his music career and means business. Also, Anoop should have a fan mail address as well as contact info in case someone wants to book him for some professional opportunity. That's all for now.
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Post by mle on Feb 1, 2010 21:45:14 GMT -5
So I just made the poll at ontd_ai. It's here: community.livejournal.com/ontd_ai/3576161.htmlIf you'd like to view the results, click on the link that says, for example on the Canadian one, Poll #1519993. Then, click on View Poll Results. There are already useful comments coming in!
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Post by dianatexas on Feb 1, 2010 22:56:49 GMT -5
So I just made the poll at ontd_ai. It's here: community.livejournal.com/ontd_ai/3576161.htmlIf you'd like to view the results, click on the link that says, for example on the Canadian one, Poll #1519993. Then, click on View Poll Results. There are already useful comments coming in! thanksss sooo much for doing this! im already reading all the feedback!
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Post by fahrenheit102 on Feb 1, 2010 23:11:35 GMT -5
but oh yeah, i'm with jean about extended size clothes if offered.
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