Did you come to this page expecting to see numerous accolades? Us, too. We click this page every day hoping that we has some media mentions. Oh well. We got our first feature on Local Business. We were also one of five companies profiled in the Oct/Nov 2000 issue of A.Magazine. Ironically, we are the only one still in business (barely). And we are waiting for phone calls from leading publications- most of them are household names. Also, we have sent out numerous emails to leading media outlets. We haven't heard back, but I am sure that they have been trying to proofread their email response a few more times before they contact us. In all seriousness, we would love to spread the word about the coolest site on the net. So if you contact us, we will let you know about that site (hopefully, that would be ours).
Below is a transcript of our conversation with a media company.
Gil: Can I speak to your editor in chief?
Operator: Sure, can you hold? (click: not waiting for the okay)
Elevator music comes on. Luckily, it is the Village People.
Gil: Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. You can stay there….
Editor-in-Chief: (having heard Gil's rendition) Hi, this is [insert name]. How can I help you?
Gil: Don't interrupt when I am singing. Y…M…C…A…
Editor-in-Chief: Listen, I have Clinton on the other line. What do you want?
Gil: I was wondering if you had a chance to look at our media packet that we sent.
Editor-in-Chief: Are you from CampusNut.com?
Gil: Yes, how did you guess?
Editor-in-Chief: Well, no one else sends a furry llama by FedEx.
Gil: Did you like it? So are you going to give us press?
Editor-in-Chief: Well, the animal was DOA. There is a big stink in the office…and can you hold on a second? (There are some whispers…including someone saying, "Keep him on the line while we trace the call).
The conversation usually ends with a SWAT team bashing down the CampusNut office.
So if you have tips on how we can get better press than sending llamas to editors' offices, contact Angela Gamez at agamez@campusnut.com.
Top Ten Reasons We Haven't Received Media Mentions Yet.
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We are suppressed by The Man. (We don't know who this guy is but... as the name implies, he's the man!)
- We just launched our beta site on July 25th and it looks terrible. (Don't fret, our real site will launch in September)
- Angela, our Publicity Manager, does nothing all day except reply to her many admirers. This is not normally a problem but none of these admirers are in the media unless you count Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt.
- We haven't been able to bribe newspapers. They mention something about journalistic integrity.
- Our competition keeps on cutting our phone lines off
- Our fancy, schmancy media packets haven't been made. Okay, we haven't worked on them yet.
- Our business cards haven't arrived.
- Our sense of humor ain't exactly mainstream. And there are those prison records... just kidding (so far, anyways).
- We can't even count to ten; how do you expect us to speak with the media?
If you are in media and would like to cover us, please email Angela at agamez@campusnut.com. She will send you some cookies, T-shirts, maybe cash, and a compelling story (hopefully our story and not her life).
