Campaigns to Bring More Viewers to Veronica Mars

B.Y.O.N. – Bring Your Own Newbie!

Veronica Mars fans across the country unite for a Season 3 Premiere Party on October 3rd! Currently, premieres are being organized in Austin, Houston, Portland, OR, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, North Dakota, Charlotte, NC and Ottawa, Canada by members of the online forum www.watchveronicamars.net. Organizers hope the nation-wide effort will draw new viewers to the show, and offer longtime viewers an opportunity to celebrate the new season with other local fans.

Don't live in one of the cities mentioned above? It's not too late to host your own premiere! You just need a venue large enough to accommodate your guests and a large-screen tv or a high-quality video projector that can project a broadcast feed. Add some refreshments (snickerdoodles, anyone?) and you’ve got a premiere! Premieres can be held in movie theaters, bars, coffee shops, college campuses or private residences. Some of the parties are incorporating VM games and prizes to add to the fun.

For more information about a specific premiere in your area or hosting a VM party, go to http://www.watchveronicamars.net/forum/ … php?id=30.

Hope to see you there!

Hi everyone, I'm new here but have been a huge VM fan for about a year. Here's my idea:

Bomb Netflix.

If you have a Netflix account, you can influence who will receive recommendations to watch Veronica Mars on DVD. Here's how.

1. If you don't have a Friends list on Netflix, click on that tab in the header and hunt down friends or family and request to be added as their "friend" and vice versa. You only need one email address - Netflix does the rest. Based on your ratings/preferences and theirs, Veronica Mars may show up as recommended for those folks with similar taste.


2. Search for either VM season and rank it 5 stars. (of course, it is already incredibly highly rated, but it doesn't hurt and people on your Netflix f-list will see your ratings.


3. If you haven't already rated a bunch of other shows similar to VM, go do that. Search for Buffy, Serenity, etc, or search for Veronica Mars and look on the left of the screen - it will show a list of other shows that people who have rated VM highly ALSO like. If you've seen them, rate them. Globally, this can make VM show up on people's recommendations lists even if they've never heard of the show.

4. Search for either VM season and look near the top right. There should be a purplish button that says "know someone who'd enjoy it? leave a note." Click on this and you'll be taken to your friends page and asked to write a comment about the awesomeness of the show and click on people in your f-list to send this note to.

5. Below that purplish button it says "have an opinion about it? write a review" -- write a rave review. People do read them!

Small/easy/might make a difference.

Lauren

We have nine entries so far. If you have a You Tube account, please join this group to watch them. If you don't, you can find links to the individual vids here.

If you are a vidder and you want to enter something, don't forget, the last day to submit promos is Friday, September 1st.

Tell your friends.

http://www.watchveronicamars.net/promo_contest.

Then we can all work together to post links to the winning vid(s) all over the internets!

This past Sunday, several Veronica Mars fans attended the brainstorming session on WatchVeronicaMars.net, and came up with many ideas to hook new viewers. If you weren't able to make it, that's ok. You can still help by participating in any of these campaigns. More information is under the cut.

( Season 3: Double or Nothing )(Info from thePCH.net)

Calling all VM fans:
International Brainstorming Session

We have less than two months left to bring new viewers to Neptune. You know what that means. Time for another brainstorming session! The last time we did this, we weren't sure if we were even going to get a third season. Now we have to make sure we keep it.

Now is the time for fresh ideas. This is a group effort, so let's get together as a group and talk. Sign on to the WatchVeronicaMars forums TODAY at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET and we will brainstorm till we drop. (Registration is free and painless.)

This meeting is open to all fans, not just those in the US and not just those who have campaigned in the past. Everybody can help.

Bring your love for the show, your enthusiasm, and all the crazy ideas you can come up with.

So I don't know who's seen this and who hasn't, but if you *haven't* seen the awesome Veronica Mars promo trailer that debuted at ComiCon this year, you should stop what you're doing and check it out!

Veronica Mars ComiCon Trailer!

This is the promo the CW *should* be running... but at least now people can see it. Let your VM communities know? :D

Hey there Everyone!

If you are a member of rack_of_lamb or veronica_mars then you have probably heard about the Men from Mars raffle that cloud_watchers is hosting.  Either way, we've tinkered with the contest a bit to hopefully accomodate some requests we've received.  Check below the cut for details on how YOU can meet your favorite Men from Mars for just 10 dollars....

ALL DONATIONS RECEIVED GO TO FUND THE DVD LIBRARY CAMPAIGN.

One of the best things we can do for the show is get more viewers. There are a lot of ways to do that, but one of the best kinds of viewer is the sort of person who is already loyally devoted to another well-written and endangered show. If we help out Everwood fans, even in small ways, during this final week when they're trying to fight cancellation, then they will hopefully remember us next time we need their help. VM fans have a reputation as being somewhat pushy and offputting, and this may be our chance to help reverse that.

So, here's what you can do:

1. Sign Everwood petitions here and here.

2. Write an email requesting Everwood be saved. Send it to Paul.McGuire@thewb.com and Dawn_Ostroff@upn.com.
This can be as simple as "I know you have had a lot of requests to do anything you can to bring Everwood to the CW next season. This is another one." You can talk about how bringing back Everwood would help the CW's reputation and how the fans would be an asset to the network. Basically, there's a ton you can say without knowing a thing about the show. You can even say that you didn't watch this year but you would watch if it came back next year.

3. Make it known that you, as a VM fan, helped out Everwood. Either post a comment here or comment on the fanswap thread on the eonline forums. If there is a lot of crossover help, people will spread the word and our support will hopefully be remembered by Everwood fans when Veronica needs it (if not, we'll have a record, so we can remind them).

This might be crazy, but maybe it will work. We've certainly done crazier things, and this should only take a few minutes at most. Plus, if we were in their shoes (show cancelled, but last-minute talks about renewal just reopened) we would want to know someone had our backs. So let's have theirs.

You may have noticed it's been a bit slow around here lately. There are a few reasons for that, but the big one is that the action these days is somewhere else: cloud_watchers. Their campaigns are big, exciting, and organized, and I highly recommend checking them out. This community will stick around because I still think it may serve a purpose in the coming months, but right now its purpose is to direct you to all the amazing things that are going on with the Cloud Watchers (a.k.a. the people who hired a PLANE to fly a "Renew Veronica Mars! CW 2006!" banner in L.A. a couple of weeks ago)

Right now they've got something going that I think everybody will love. It's a store full of VM-related merchandise. Two dollars of the price for everything you buy goes straight to a campaign to purchase Season 1 DVDs and donate them to interested libraries around the country.

The store is here.

Enjoy it, tell everybody, wear your VM clothes often and don't be surprised if it starts a lot of conversations that end with you lending your DVDs. Tell every VM fan you know who isn't involved in the internet fandom but might want this merchandise.

If you have suggestions or art for other shirts, you can post them here.

At thecw (here, more specifically) I made a post asking what shows everyone there plans on watching on The CW next season. While many have said that they will be watching Veronica Mars, there are still a lot of people that won't be. So, I decided that we need to alert those planning on watching other shows on The CW that they should give Veronica Mars a chance. I don't want us to bombard them with post after post, because if any other show did that to me I would be annoyed, so I want us to compile one superpost on Why You Should Give Veronica Mars a Chance.

I want everything you can give me, testimonials, picspams, quotes, summaries, links, anything you think we should give to fans of Supernatural, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and other CW shows to get them to give Veronica a chance.

Chances are you probably already heard the news already but it's worth mentioning here as well.

It's Official. We've been renewed

I'd just like to take a moment to thank every single person who has made some sort of an effort to help the show get renewed. I'd also like to give special thanks to my fellow mods, who were a pleasure to work with.

And I could say more, but my break is almost up.

Hey, campaigners! Did you hear the WB rep who talked to the plane guy was so excited he was "giggling in excitement"? Did you hear that he requested that the plane "circle" the UPN building? Did you know that he has a photographer perched on some roof up there right now just waiting to take a picture of it as it passes? And when he does, he will send it to athenacqd before he dustributes them to the AP? Yeah. Now you know how I feel.

*breathe*

Detailed info on the Flight Plan

I know that there have been more than a few posts on this topic over the past few days, and I hope that no one will be overly upset at this post appearing on their Flist as well.

I'm involved in some other fandoms that are among the 5 finalists for the SOS poll, and I found out the following:

If you go to http://www.netscape.com/, there's a "Mail" tab in the upper left-hand corner. From there, you can log in with your AIM screenname/password and send emails to tvdiva@eonline.com with "VERONICA MARS" in the subject line.

I'm sure a lot of you have at least one (if not more) AIM screenname, and apparently one show is bringing 49% of the vote right now. (according to Kristin's chat from yesterday) I don't know if we're winning (since she said that "I think you'll be surprised!" ... and we won last year), and I figure there's no harm in continuing to VOTE VOTE VOTE!


REMINDERS
1 - Revote if you haven't since the finalists were announced. She hasn't been clear on whether or not she cleared out those votes or not - and it's better safe than sorry.
2 - *ONLY* put "Veronica Mars" in the subject line. Anything else and your vote risks being disqualified.
3 - Create free email addresses (http://mail.yahoo.com/ OR http://www.hotmail.com OR Gmail invites) for the purposes of voting. If you have the time to create some Gmail accounts, leave a comment here with how many accounts you're willing to create and I'm sure that someone can send along some of their extras. I've got about 500 Gmail invites, and I don't think I'll have time to create that many. Share the wealth and all that, you know. :)
4 - Pimp on your LJ, your MySpace, your Facebook ... EVERYWHERE you can think of. Winning this will really show the execs at the CW that we are SERIOUS and PASSIONATE about our show.
5 - Vote by THURSDAY NIGHT, so we can make sure that all our votes are included.


One last request! Pleeeeeeease leave all spoilers for 221 OUT of the comments, even after the episode airs. Veronica Mars isn't airing by me tonight, and I'd like to stay as spoiler-free as possible. Thanks! :)</b>

( Read more... ) I have heard talk of a “Mars Bar Campaign” being circulated on some different sites. This campaign would involve VM fans sending a mars bar (or just the wrapper) to Dawn with a message such as:

“Veronica Mars: More addictive than chocolate! Satisfy our craving for Season 3!” or
“A MARS for you, a Mars for me. Nothing Would be Sweeter than a Season Three!”

But, also, I was informed that some places no longer sell mars bars. This is where I was informed of some using a Milky Way with the phrase: “We won’t stand for imitation, give us our Mars.” or something of that variation.

Hell, it may be a long shot, but I don’t care. I’ll do anything to get Dawn’s attention, to let her know that I want Veronica here to stay. Won’t you do the same?

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VERONICA MARS among the top 5 shows for the Save One Show Poll at E!Online

Send an email to tvdiva@eonline.com with "Veronica Mars" (and only the name of the show) in the subject line. Only one vote will be counted per email address. The winner will be revealed on May 9, so make sure to vote as much as possible by May 8th. (make sure that your vote is included)

4 of the shows in the top 5 are CW candidates, so it's REALLY IMPORTANT that we kick some ass this year.

Tips to get as many unique votes as humanly possible and KICK ASS for the second consecutive year:
1 - Unearth all those "forgotten" email addresses that you hardly use anymore.
2 - Get as many of your friends to vote as possible! (get them hooked too, if you can, but ... baby steps :)
3 - If you've got the time, create new free email acccounts (via gmail invites, yahoo signups, hotmail signups, whatever) and vote for Veronica Mars!


Poll #718365
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Did you send in at least one email to vote for Veronica Mars?

At TeaVee.com, they have a show ranking going on. Right now, VM is ranked 9, but you can give it a positive vote and help it move up in the rankings!

Vote HERE!

You can revote every 5 minutes (without needing to refresh the page), so just leave it open in a browser window and keep going back to it. :)


Also, don't forget to send multiple emails to tvdiva@eonline.com with "VERONICA MARS" in the subject line to vote for VM in the E!Online Save One Show poll! :) And by multiple I mean use all of your old email addresses that you never use anymore as well.

(Thanks herowlness!)

I was watching Ellen while on the treadmill and she has a segment where she asks her viewers to tell her what to watch on television (today she totally pimped House--grrrr...). So I just submitted the following on her website:

Hi Ellen-
I absolutely implore you to check out Veronica Mars (airing Tuesdays at 9). It is simply the best show on television. Joss Whedon (Buffy's creator), actor/director Kevin Smith, and writer Stephen King agree and have each reviewed the show positively in various publications/blogs, including Entertainment Weekly. In fact, the show receives critical raves across the board. However, its ratings are lackluster and it is on the bubble for a third season. The fans have started impressive renewal campaigns and are reaching out to columnists, bloggers, and entertainment personalities to give the show the boost it needs to ensure a pickup. The fans are hoping that Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment for the fledgling The CW, looks past the ratings and realizes what a gem she has for next year's lineup. Personally, I am quite involved in the online fandom (I moderate a popular web community devoted to one of the show's stars) and have been doing everything in my power I can do to increase viewership. I have resorted to bribing friends with chocolate and pizza, writing crazily to media bigwigs like yourself, hosting viewing parties, commenting on blogs, etc. Every little bit helps!

It’s a difficult show to accurately describe and summarize, but here is what some viewers are using to write to newspaper columnists across the country:

Each week, Veronica’s writers create a complex, intriguing mystery for the title character to unravel. Juggling high school and personal relationships, Veronica solves her cases with wit, determination, and a multitude of snappy comebacks. The show’s noir-infused universe illustrates life lessons, such as the corrupt nature of power and wealth and the sometimes harsh but empowering consequences of loyalty to loved ones and to your own values, without ever becoming trite or didactic. In addition to the case of the week, Veronica dedicates herself to a season-long mystery (this year a bus crash that killed 6 of her classmates) that fans of intricate plotting can take comfort in knowing will be solved satisfactorily by the end of the year.

Please check out Veronica Mars, Ellen. After tonight's episode, there are two episodes left in the season. I would be happy to fill you in, lend you my Season 1 DVDs, send you links to great websites for beginners, or whatever you need to get caught up. Heck, I am even going to be in CA visiting friends for the May 9 finale and could update you in person (hee)! I (and the rest of the fandom) will do anything to get more people watching this fantastic show and would be much appreciative of your support.

I did this rather quickly and hope I did it justice. If you would like to tell Ellen to watch VM, click here.

Target has the Veronica Mars DVDs listed in today's ad for $22.99. That is a fantastic price and a great opportunity to pick up a set for your friends, family, and everyone else. Go forth and spread the word!

This is the sixth year running of this campaign. Four of the five shows that have won this campaign did get saved for the next season (including Veronica Mars, last year).
For more information about the campaign and the shows you can vote for, see Kristin's column about it.
To vote for Veronica Mars, send an email to tvdiva@eonline.com with "Veronica Mars" as the subject line.

ETA: If you vote multiple times from the same email address, she will only count the vote once. So if you want to help more, get your friends to vote, rather than sending in multiple votes yourself.

Go vote Kristen as sexiest female vegetarian! Crazy poll but hell.. why not!

http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-sexyveg06.asp?c=p2sv86