Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 --- In , " Elma Rounds " You go girl... Mike - Bellevue, Washington 595/460/290 7/7/2003 - Dr. Watkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Elma that is so awesome. Congrats on being a star! I used to work in Irvine when I lived in California. Hope you had a good time while you were there. I would love to see you in the newspaper. Since I don't live in any of the areas you talked about would you send me a copy of the paper when your ad comes out. I will be down in Seattle at the end of April so hopefully I will see your ads. Your friend in Idaho Nina Nina Ayala Sr. Payroll Specialist BMHC 208 331-4337 208 331-4491 fax ayala@... Inamed Ads - XPost I am very honored to have been chosen to be a part of this ad campaign and hope that we reach many people who would benefit from LapBand surgery. The people at Inamed were absolutely wonderful. My husband and I were flown down there, got a rental car, hotel and per diem and had a wonderful dinner out with the whole group. They were all genuinely interested in what life is like with the LapBand, loved seeing our before pictures and hearing what a difference having the surgery and losing the weight has had on our lives. It's an experience of a lifetime and I would do it again in a minute. I just wanted to let everyone know that the ads are coming so be on the lookout. Elma in Graham, WA Banded 2/27/01 Dr Rumbaut 300/165/??\ Size 28/ Size 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Elma, this makes me so happy. I get so tired of seeing so many ads for the bypass surgeries at various hospitals and clinics. This will give the lap-band a chance now and get the information out there. Sounds like you had a one-of-a-kind experience for sure. gayle in seattle > Inamed is staring a 5 city, one-month media blitz on March 29th. The > 5 cities are: Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Tampa and Louisville. There > will be newspaper ads, TV commercials and billboards. Each media > will have a separate 800# (total of 15 for all) so they can track > where the best response comes from. > > The last weekend of February there six people who went to Irvine, CA > to do the filming for the TV commercial and photos for the newspaper > and billboards ads. The six were: Dr. Grossbard from Florida; > (don't know where she is from); from San Ramon, CA; Robin from > Santa , CA; from Georgia and me – Elma from Graham, WA. > > It was a fun and interesting experience. We all got there on Friday > and three people were filmed on Saturday and the other three on > Sunday. They had hair and makeup people there to fix us all up. > Wardrobe people picked out what they wanted us to wear. The clothes > I took were all " too springy " in color so they went shopping for me. > Each of us had three different things to say on a teleprompter. They > did close up shots and then full body shots while we said each > thing. We brought our " before clothes " too. They had me hold up > the " big dress " in front of me, drop it to the ground, and then say > my lines on one take. After they were done with the filming part > then I had to pose, twirl, pose some more. Then on to a still > photographer for close ups and whole body shots. I held a " before " > pair of jeans beside me for some of the still photos. > > We will each receive a copy of the finished commercial as well as > copies of the professional photos. I would imagine if they get a big > response to this media blitz they would expand it into other areas. > If you live in one of the cities mentioned above, the ads are > supposed to start on 3/29. I would love to receive a copy of a > newspaper from each city and even a picture of a billboard in each > area. If you live in one of those cities and would be willing to > send me a paper – let me know. They told me there are going to be 60 > billboards in the Seattle area. > > Part of the criteria for the city selection included: " large " > population of obese people, Drs. who are doing the surgery and > insurance coverage. I am excited that Inamed is doing this pro- > active advertising. This is a huge expense to them so I hope the > response is huge too. > > I am very honored to have been chosen to be a part of this ad > campaign and hope that we reach many people who would benefit from > LapBand surgery. The people at Inamed were absolutely wonderful. My > husband and I were flown down there, got a rental car, hotel and per > diem and had a wonderful dinner out with the whole group. They were > all genuinely interested in what life is like with the LapBand, loved > seeing our before pictures and hearing what a difference having the > surgery and losing the weight has had on our lives. It's an > experience of a lifetime and I would do it again in a minute. > > I just wanted to let everyone know that the ads are coming so be on > the lookout. > > Elma in Graham, WA > Banded 2/27/01 > Dr Rumbaut > 300/165/??\ > Size 28/ Size 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Congrats Elma I am so proud of you and excited to see the ad's too. Thanks for helping to get the message out to the " masses. " I will have my camera poised and I have told my husband too as he is all over the Seattle area for his business. I will watch the papers too and have a few friends watching their area (Detroit Free Press) It was nice to hear that the group and company was receptive to hearing about the monumental life changes that this operation/device assists with bring about. You are a wonderful spokesperson for us all. On a personal level thanks for all your support. You are a gem! See ya on Wed and I want an autograph ;-) Judy NWWLS - 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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