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Blood Ties Executive Producer Peter Mohan sent the Variety.com Ad Committee an email regarding the recent ads. The committee was kind enough to allow us to post it here…

Hi Guys,

Peter Mohan

In case you haven’t seen the ads yet here’s what the ads looked like when I visited the Variety.com home page this morning.

I had to scale the screencaps down quite a bit to get them to fit here on the blog but below each screencap is a link to see the full size image.

Top of the page horizontal banner…

You can see this ad full size by clicking on this link.

In page vertical banner that appears about half way down the home page…

You can see this ad full size by clicking on this link.

Here is a copy of another official message that the folks at the Variety.com Ad Campaign that was posted on some of the Blood Ties fan email lists and forums earlier this evening…

To All Blood Ties Fans:

The Count down for Monday’s Launch is on to the Variety Ads

As we approach the evening of the launch for the Variety.com “Blood Ties Ads“. We would like to encourage all “Blood Ties Fans” to take advantage of this opportunity to view the Ads, as they run on Variety starting tomorrow (Monday) in all their splendor.

This is the fans finest moment, as well as, the shows, and the actors.

We would also like to take this final moment to let everyone know, an official notification was released from the chairman to all the actors representation announcing the Variety Ad run dates. We wanted the actors to be aware, and to be able to rejoice along with the fans in this very special moment.

In closing , We would like to say “Thank You to One and All for Your Support of the Variety Ads“. This will be our finest hours as “Blood Ties Fans”.

Take a bow you’ve earned it!

When the static page is received from Variety, I will post the link for everyone to view.

There will be an additional posting for the donation made in the name of the actors to: “Best Friends Animal Society“, as soon as, it is completed.

A special “Thank You” to Nuef for the design of the ads.

Again, We Did It!

As always yours in the cause,

Katieore, Ad Chairman
Kel, Co-Chairman

Below is a copy of the official message that the hard working folks at the Variety.com Ad Campaign shared on several of the Blood Ties fan email lists and forums earlier this evening…

Greetings To All Blood Ties Fans

This is an official announcement on behalf of the Ad Committee.

We are elated to be able to make this announcement to all “Blood Ties Fans”. We did it! The Ads will officially begin running on Variety.com for five consecutive days, with the launch beginning on June 9 and continuing through June 15.

The ads will be programmed to run intermittently in the following three sections of Variety: to appear on the home page, in the film section and additionally, in the awards section. While we realize that Blood Ties was a television production, we were advised that in order to reach TPTB in the biz…these were the best fit options for maximum exposure. In addition, this week was chosen primarily because it is an ideal week for the daytime Emmy’s. Our consultant considers this an ideal week for the ads to garner maximum attention, exposure and coverage for the business.

Please, remember the ads will be running online, they will not be stationery, they will be programmed to alternate either between one another, pop-up together, or to appear between the three pages together or apart of one another as listed above for viewing, so you may have to watch the screen(s) a bit for the appearance of one or both.

We will place the static page of the ads, as soon as, they are received from Variety for viewing. There will be a link provided to revert all inquiries directly back to: BloodTies.tv. We are also, including the link to the Variety site for your convenience: Variety.com. We additionally, increased the impressions to a reasonable maximum, thanks in part to the generous donations of the fans.

This has been a long and arduous endeavor, but it was also a labor of love. The total amount raised from the campaign for the ads came to: $4,500.00. The Variety ads were purchased at: $3,700.00. The remaining balance of $800.00 will be donated to the “Best Friends of Animals Society”, in honor of: Dylan, Kyle and Christina.

We are excited and sincerely hope, that everyone enjoys the Ads. Lets keep our fingers crossed that the Ads can work a “Bit of Magic” for the actors and the show. All of this could not have been accomplished without ALL THE DEDICATED AND DEVOTED BLOOD TIES FANS…remember “Blood Ties Fans” can still bite back!

Again, to all Blood Ties Fans “Thanks So Very Much for Your Support” of the Variety Ad campaign. We are extremely proud of the ads, we also, think you will enjoy seeing them run next week on Variety.com.

Sincerely,

Katieore, Ad Chairman
Kel, Co-Chairman

and the remaining Ad Committee

The Blood Ties Recycle for Sight Campaign ran during the month of May. The hard working folks over there have posted an entry on their site with a recap about all the generosity of the Blood Ties fans.

You can check out their latest posting here.

The Variety.com Ad Campaign committee recently posted a message on several of the Blood Ties fan forums and email lists with an update about the Variety.com ads.

Below is a copy of that message…

While the support and donations have been greatly appreciated, and have surpassed our expectations; we must ask everyone to please stop any and all donations at this time. We are currently waiting for recent donations to clear in Paypal, AND, we are waiting for Some checks that are in transit {mailed} to arrive and clear.

With much gratitude,
THE AD COMMITTEE

The Variety.com Ad Campaign has announced that they have not only reached but actually exceeded their goal for donations!

Thank you to every person who was able to contribute some of their hard earned cash towards this campaign.

To check out the details of how much was raised please visit this page on their website.

The Variety.com Ad Campaign is getting down to the final hours.

At last check we were only $800 short of the goal of $3,500 so we’re not quite there yet. Now is a critical time for us to be able to fund the ads since Blood Ties future is very much uncertain so this is a very important campaign. The deadline is May 15th so if you can please help make a difference!

As many of you are aware there has been an ongoing campaign to call Lifetime regularly to tell them how much we enjoy Blood Ties and to ask about it’s renewal status. Well this week a couple of long time fans were told by Lifetime that they will NOT be renewing the show.

We haven’t received any official confirmation from Lifetime as of yet but the folks who are sharing this information are well known and hard working members of the Blood Ties fandom.

You can check out the discussion threads at Bloodlines and Kyle’s Korner for more details.

There are many TV networks out there and there’s still a chance that another network will pickup the show. Blood Ties fans are already starting to plan campaigns to help the PTB (Powers That Be) at other networks realize what a great idea it would be to pickup the show.

As soon as we get more details on all these developments we’ll be sure to share them right away.

The team over at the Variety.com Ad Campaign have updated their donations honor roll page and as of April 28th they have over $1,450 in donations.

It’s great to see the donations still coming in because the goal is $3,500 to be able to fund the ads.

Donations are being accepted through May 15th, 2008.

Like many other Blood Ties fans I took part in the Lifetime Monday Phone Calls campaign this week. I called on Tuesday and left a voicemail message.

I just received a call back. The rep was very nice to talk with and she said the same kinds of things that other fans have mentioned before.

She said the show is still in limbo and it’s fate is undecided.

When I asked if there was a time frame for when a decision might be made she said there wasn’t a firm date.

Kudos to Lifetime for responding to my call in a very timely manner.

The Variety.com ad campaign that we told you about in this posting is going strong. The organizers have created an ‘Honor Roll” page listing many of the donors so far. You can find that page here.

While we all enjoy participating in the many charity campaigns that Blood Ties fans run we also sometimes need to put funds towards a campaign that will make an impact in places where the entertainment PTB (Powers That Be) hang out to help us get Blood Ties renewed!

Now would be a great time to donate whatever amount you can to help the cause. All the details are listed here.