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Receiving unsolicited Movie Studio, PR Firm DVDs, Blu-rays, and Promotional Materials

8 March 2011

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Getting on PR Firm and movie studio mailing lists and promoting the films they are publicizing has a natural and unexpected consequence. After doing exactly what you promise to do for a period of time (written about here: Paying your Dues with Film (PR) Firms) they begin sending you DVDs, Blu-rays, and other promotional swag you [...]

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My First Official Film Critics Film Screening

10 October 2010

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I attended my first film critics screening for two films: Conviction and Welcome to the Rileys on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Getting there was not simple and I am not just talking about the travel. “Critic (or ‘press’) screenings are held for national and major market critics well in advance of print and television production-cycle [...]

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Google Voice: Contact Movie PR Firms, Teleconference and SMS Employees for Free, Save Minutes

29 August 2010

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Running a movie website is costly, especially when contacting movie PR firms and movie studios by phone. Lucky Google has just come out with a free service that helps the frugal movie website owner pinch a few more pennies and stretch that dollar a little further. It’s called Google Voice. You will need a Google [...]

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Getting Movie Studios to Pay to Advertise on your Website

4 June 2010

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Courting a movie studio, any advertiser for that matter, to advertise on your film website is a monstrous endeavor, especially for the little guy. Movie studios are inundated daily with requests, offers, and deals to advertise on websites with clout in the movie website field. They do not have the time nor the inclination to [...]

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Paying your Dues with Film (PR) Firms

17 February 2010

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A Film Public Relation (PR) Firm is not just a business. Think of a Movie PR Firm like a fraternity and like any fraternity, you have to pay your dues to prove that you truly want to be a part of something bigger than yourself. I spoke about receiving screeners and how to contact film [...]

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3 Website Components Necessary for Receiving Movie Screeners

16 January 2010

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So you started a movie website and you want to receive free movie screeners like the big boys huh? Movie screeners are one of the essentials of the movie industry. Many movie reviewers simply do not have the time or the equity to see all the films they would like to watch and review. That [...]

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How to Contact Film Public Relations (PR) Firms

22 October 2009

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Contacting Film Public Relations (PR) Firms is one of the agenda items on most film website’s lists after they are up and running. Would you like a DVD or Blu-ray for a Giveaway? Posters? Film info fresh off the presses? Film Public Relations (PR) Films are who you need to contact then. The list below are [...]

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