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		<title>Email your Friends and Spread the Word</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each of us sit in front of our computer, sorting out spam from 'good-mail' and replying to our close family and friends.  Over time, we each have amassed a considerable number of email contacts in our address book - and what a better way to use them than to tell your friends about <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org">Pink Friday</a>.

We have provided a number of 'sample' emails below with different themes and topics, allowing you to click or 'copy and paste' into your email client and send your contacts the message of hope - the message of Pink Friday.

Open a new e-mail and invite your friends, family and colleagues to get involved. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each of us sit in front of our computer, sorting out spam from &#8216;good-mail&#8217; and replying to our close family and friends.  Over time, we each have amassed a considerable number of email contacts in our address book &#8211; and what a better way to use them than to tell your friends about <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org">Pink Friday</a>.</p>
<p>We have provided a number of &#8217;sample&#8217; emails below with different themes and topics, allowing you to click or &#8216;copy and paste&#8217; into your email client and send your contacts the message of hope &#8211; the message of Pink Friday.  </p>
<p>Open a new e-mail and invite your friends, family and colleagues to get involved. </p>
<p>Then, <b>highlight, copy and paste</b> the text from one of our sample messages below into an email message.<br />
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<h2>&#8216;My Mother has been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer&#8217;</h2>
<blockquote><p>For those of you who has a mother who has or survived breast cancer, sharing this personal information and your support of Pink Friday can make a lasting impression.  Copy and paste the letter below, then personalize with you own touch &#8211; and send off to your family and friends.  </p></blockquote>
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Subject: Pink Friday &#8211; Shopping for a Cure</p>
<p>Dear Friend,</p>
<p>You know what I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot lately? Those pink-ribbon stickers on cars, with the word &#8220;Survivor&#8221; on the ribbon.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ve seen far too many of them. My neighbors, my friends have all been affected by breast cancer. Ask any woman you meet if she knows anyone who&#8217;s had breast cancer and she&#8217;ll give you a list.</p>
<p>And now it&#8217;s my turn. My mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer. I&#8217;ll spare you the details of her illness, but I will say that I wish there was a cure. So I&#8217;m encouraged that TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA is supporting Susan G. Komen for the cure. In fact, they&#8217;re extending it through the end of the year. Instead of just a month of awareness, now there&#8217;s three. </p>
<p>TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA are changing &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; (retailers call the shopping day after Thanksgiving Black Friday) to &#8220;Pink Friday.&#8221;  By shopping <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com">Tigerdirect.com</a> or <a href="http://www.compusa.com">CompUSA.com</a> from November 28th through December 31st, a portion of all proceeds will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the cure. And TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA  will be donating a minimum of $100,000 to the foundation. In addition, you will be able to make your own personal donation upon check out.</p>
<p>So this year, instead of just shopping, shop for a good cause…</p>
<p>We&#8217;re shooting for a quarter-million dollars in donations. With your help we&#8217;ll get there&#8212;and that means we can help save lives and end breast cancer forever.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d appreciate your help. And if you would, please forward this message to someone who you love.</p>
<p>You help is appreciated beyond words. Have a happy holiday.  You can learn more here: <A HREF="http://www.pinkfriday.org">http://www.pinkfriday.org</A></p>
<p>Thanks!</font>
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<h2>&#8216;40,000 Women Will Die this Year &#8211; Please Help&#8217;</h2>
<blockquote><p>Annually, breast cancer will result in 40,000 deaths this year &#8211; and until we find a cure, they cannot be stopped.  Forward this message to those on your email list and ask them to help make a difference.</p></blockquote>
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<b>Subject:  40 Thousand women will die this year &#8211; can you help?</b><br />
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Dear Friend,</p>
<p>This year, more than 40,000 women die from breast cancer. </p>
<p>But YOU can make a difference. I will be! I just visited <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org">PinkFriday.org</a> and learned all about TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA&#8217;s efforts from 11/28/08 through the end of the year to donate a minimum of $100,000 to Susan G. Komen for the cure in their efforts to eliminate breast cancer.  Shoppers will be able to make contributions with any order, plus during the 18 hour live broadcast on 11/28/07 (&#8220;Pink Friday&#8221;), TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA will offer up great products with values of up to $1200 for donations equal to 50% of the items&#8217; price.  So far, over $100,000 in products have been donated for this Charity Auction &#8211; but you can only get these great deals if you tune in between 8AM and 5PM EST on Friday, November 28, 2007.</p>
<p>All of us, united together, can make a difference in the lives of women and families facing breast cancer.    You can learn more here: <A HREF="http://www.pinkfriday.org">http://www.pinkfriday.org</A></p>
<p>You help is appreciated beyond words. Have a happy holiday.<br />
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<h2>&#8216;My Mother is a Breast Cancer Survivor&#8217;</h2>
<blockquote><p>Many individuals have a mother or other relative who has survived breast cancer &#8211; and it has touched more lives than you realize.  Your friends are probably already aware, but let them know that this year &#8211; doing things they intend to do anyway &#8211; can help save someone else&#8217;s relative from succumbing to this horrible disease.</p></blockquote>
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<b>Subject: Breast Cancer has Touched my Life &#8211; and You Can make a difference</b></p>
<p>Dear Friend, </p>
<p>As the holiday season approaches, it&#8217;s time to count our blessings.  And one of those blessings is that my mother survived breast cancer &#8211; a terrible disease that affects thousands and thousands of women across the world &#8211; and a cure is still not within our reach.</p>
<p>You have probably already started to hunt down the &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; deals that are starting to hit the newspapers and internet &#8211; but the day after Thanksgiving is much more to me this year.</p>
<p>TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA are turning Black Friday into &#8220;Pink Friday&#8221; this year &#8211; and they has made a commitment to donate a minimum of $100,000 to Susan G. Komen for the cure &#8211; an organization formed by a woman who made a promise to her dying sister to try to help others survive breast cancer.  On Pink Friday, TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA will have a 9 hour live broadcast starting at 8AM through 5PM EST offering up the best deals &#8211; but it&#8217;s much more. </p>
<p>Through the end of 2008, TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA will ship their orders in pink boxes, stuff them with pink packing peanuts, have a pink packing slip &#8211; and even more &#8211; our catalog, website and newspaper inserts are also turning pink &#8211; all in support of breast cancer.  During the live broadcast, over $100,000 of products will be offered in limited quantities to individuals who make a donation equal to 50% of the &#8216;regular price&#8217; of these items.  Items like HDTVs, laptops and more.  You can literally save over $500 on some of these products.</p>
<p>TigerDirect and the All-New CompUSA will continue these efforts through the end of the year &#8211; and you are going to be shopping anyway &#8211; so why not shop to make a difference?</p>
<p>Tune in to <a href="http://com.puter.tv">ComputerTV</a> on 11/28/08 and help make a difference by doing something you are already going to do anyway &#8211; and save a bundle.</p>
<p>To learn more about Pink Friday, visit <A HREF="http://www.pinkfriday.org">http://www.pinkfriday.org</A> &#8211; and on 11/28/07, tune into http://com.puter.tv.<br />
I wish you a very happy holiday season!</p>
<p>Thanks!</font>
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<img src="http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/themes/beauty-bling-10/images/kiss.jpg" style="float:right"><H2>EMAIL SIGNATURES</H2><br />
<i>What about a cool email signature for your email?  <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org/spread-the-word-with-email-signatures/2007/11/15/">Get yours and show your support of <strong>Pink Friday</strong></a>!</i>
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		<title>Spread the Word with Email Signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Send emails?  Who doesn&#8217;t these days?  Well, email is a GREAT way to spread the word about Pink Friday, without making a big fuss.  It&#8217;s easy to do if you are using Outlook or Outlook Express, let us explain exactly how.
First of all, what&#8217;s it going to look like?  Well, the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Send emails?  Who doesn&#8217;t these days?  Well, email is a GREAT way to spread the word about Pink Friday, without making a big fuss.  It&#8217;s easy to do if you are using Outlook or Outlook Express, let us explain exactly how.</p>
<p>First of all, what&#8217;s it going to look like?  Well, the image below is a sample of how the signature provided here will look once inserted into your emails.  </p>
<p><center><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sample_sig.png' alt='sample_sig.png' /></center><br />
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<h2><b>How To:</b>  Outlook 2003 Users</h2>
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<li>First, download and save the Pink Friday Signature template at <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org/internal/pinkfriday_sig.htm">this link</a>.  </i>(Right click, choose &#8220;Save Target As&#8221; and save to your desktop.)</i></p>
<li>In Outlook, choose &#8220;Tools&#8221; from your main menu, then &#8220;Options&#8221;.  A screen like that shown here should appear. <BR> <img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/outlook-1.thumbnail.png' alt='outlook-1.png' />
<li>From the Options Dialog Box, choose &#8220;Mail Format&#8221;
<li>On the lower portion of the Dialog Box, choose &#8220;Signatures&#8221;.  A new dialog box will appear as shown here.<BR><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/outlook-2.png' alt='outlook-2.png' />
<li>Click on &#8220;NEW&#8221; to create a new signature.  The following dialog box will appear.<BR><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/outlook-3.png' alt='outlook-3.png' />
<li>Enter a new name for your signature, like &#8216;Pink Friday&#8217; in Step 1.
<li>Click to select &#8220;Use this file as a template:&#8221;
<li>Click on &#8220;Browse&#8221; to choose the html file you previously saved on the desktop.  <i>(The filename is &#8216;pinkfriday_sig.htm&#8217;)</i>
<li>Click on &#8220;NEXT >&#8221; to continue.
<li>A preview of your signature will appear in the window as shown below.  You may add your name, phone number and email address to the top of the Signature by simply moving your cursor to the left, entering your information, then press &#8220;Enter&#8221; &#8211; this will truly make this signature your own.<BR><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/outlook-4.png' alt='outlook-4.png' />
<li>When satisfied with your new signature, click &#8220;Finish&#8221; then &#8220;OK,&#8221; then &#8220;OK&#8221; again.  This will return you to the main Outlook screen &#8211; and your signature is ready to use!</li>
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<h2>How to insert your signature in an email</h2>
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<li>When you are done composing an email &#8211; simply choose &#8220;Insert&#8221; &#8220;Signature&#8221; then choose your &#8220;Pink Friday&#8221; signature.  It will be inserted ahead of your cursor.  That&#8217;s it!</li>
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<p><em>Now &#8211; you&#8217;ve learned another easy way to help spread the news &#8211; about Pink Friday!</em></p>
<p><font size="1"><b>NOTE:</b>  Examples and screenshots are shown using Office 2003.  Your menu options may vary on other versions of Outlook or Outlook Express, however the procedure is basically the same.</font></p>
<h2>Microsoft Office 2007 Users</h2>
<p>We apologize for leaving out the increasing number of Outlook 2007 users.  The procedure above will <b>not</b> work for Outlook 2007.  Instead, the process involves a bit of a work around since the newest version of Outlook no longer provides a user interface to import a HTML signature template.  The below procedure assumes you are using Windows XP as an operating system. </p>
<ul>
<li>First, download and save the Pink Friday Signature template at <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org/internal/pinkfriday_sig.htm">this link</a>.  </i>(Right click, choose &#8220;Save Target As&#8221; and save to your desktop.)</i></p>
<li>Double click on &#8220;My Computer&#8221;
<li>Double click on the primary hard drive of the computer.  <i>(This is generally &#8220;C&#8221;.)</i>
<li>Open the Documents and Settings folder <i>(<b>Note:</b> Vista users must navigate to the path Drive:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Stationery  and should skip ahead to copying your html files into the directory.)</i>
<li>Open the folder with <u>your username</u>, <i>ex., &#8220;Randy&#8221;</i>
<li>Open the Application Data Folder  <i>(if this folder does not appear in your directory, use the View options to display &#8216;hidden folders.&#8217;)</i>
<li>Open the Microsoft folder
<li>Open the Stationery folder
<li>Copy your signature files <i>(previously downloaded above)</i> to the Stationery folder.
<li>Open Outlook 2007</li>
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<p>If you only wish to insert your new signature manually, you can do that by using the &#8216;Insert Signature&#8217; command.  (ALT-I S) then choose from the appropriate signatures displayed.</p>
<p>If you wish to make this your default signature, continue with the following procedure:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose Tools from the menu</p>
<li>Select &#8220;Options&#8221; in the drop down list
<li>Select &#8216;Mail Format&#8217;
<li>Select &#8216;Stationery and Fonts&#8217;
<li>Email signature
<li>Theme
<li>from Choose a Theme, highlight to choose the appropriate signature file.
<li>Click OK 3 times to return to the main Outlook screen.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Mozilla Thunderbird or Mozilla Suite Users</h2>
<ul>
<li>First, download and save the Pink Friday Signature template at <a href="http://www.pinkfriday.org/internal/pinkfriday_sig.htm">this link</a>.  </i>(Right click, choose &#8220;Save Target As&#8221; and save to your &#8216;My Documents&#8217; folder.)</i>
<li>Next, Open Thunderbird
<li>Choose &#8220;Tools&#8221; from the Menu, then &#8220;Account Settings&#8221; as shown here<BR><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/tools_inset.png' alt='tools_inset.png' />
<li>Then, in the middle of the Account Setting Dialog Box, you will see a field &#8220;Attach this signature&#8221;. &#8220;Choose&#8221; button, navigate your way to your &#8216;My Documents&#8217; folder and choose the file you previously downloaded and saved.  The filename should be <code>pinkfriday_sig.htm</code>.
<li>After selecting the file and clicking on &#8216;OK,&#8217; you can then click on &#8220;OK&#8221; on the bottom of the Account Settings dialog box and your next new email message will promote our upcoming event -Pink Friday!</li>
</ul>
<p><i>Sample Thunderbird Client Signature</i><BR><br />
<center><img src='http://www.pinkfriday.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sample_email.png' alt='sample_email.png' /></center><br />
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<h2>Feedback</h2>
<p>If you have any feedback regarding this procedures or have a different email client you need help with, feel free to email our tech support team at <a href="mailto:admin@pinkfriday.org">admin@pinkfriday.org</a>.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><font size="0"><i>Updated 11-15-07 20:42 with Office 2007 procedure.</i></font></p>
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