X-Message-Number: 903 Date: 14 Jun 92 15:12:17 EDT From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: Re: cryonics: #901 - #902 Commends to David about publicity: There is a problem here that you should know about. For a long time cryonics has actually got lots of publicity. And (although it's often negative) it HAS helped people find us. At the same time, we've been watching to find out just who gets attracted to cryonics and why. That is one reason we have cryonics on the net, in fact: the net is a source of members. And there are other sources too, each of which we've tried to access. Cryonics has been a difficult case. Fundamentally, although I don't want to knock you back, you're dealing with people who have tried everything conceivable to market their ideas --- only to see most of these attempts fail, for reasons we doubt very much have to do with the practical possibility of cryonics. At one time (many years ago!) I personally actually tried consulting a PR Consultant. That didn't help, except to waste some money. (Sure, I know there are lots of reasons why it might not have worked, beginning with fraud and ending with the incomprehension of the PR man for what we were tryng to say). So if you want to try again, that's fine. But I hope you also understand 2 things: we've been systematically trying to find the best markets since 1968 or before, and previous attempts at PR haven't worked (for unknown reasons). Best Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=903