Hi Brian,

I am happy to include the amazon link in my xmas letters too. Although, realistically, the address isn't easy to remember and I don't know how many of my friends and family will use it as I don't anticipate they will carry my letter with them. I know a lot of people shop from work and xmas cards generally get piled up or displayed at home.

Any chance you could put an amazon logo/link on the first page of the OCF web site. Then, they would just have to remember the oral cancer main web address (which is easy to remember) and the link would get them to amazon.

I'm not a techy, so I don't know if I'm asking for something that's an implementation nightmare. I'd just really like to see more people use the amazon link...especially for the holidays.

Or is there any other options for providing a link that's easier to remember?

I will check with Cester for options, but what this rather long link lends itself to is making it a hot link in the signatures of all our emails. In that respect no one has to remember anything they just have to click it.

I have the embedded links that you can use as an email signature on the front page of my website:

http://www.kevin.fastbytes.net

Kevin - this is really great, but you need to fix the OCF link as it goes to .com (not us) and should go to .org (main OCF site). Also would someone who DOES NOT currently have an Account with Amazon check the link that comes up when you clink of Kevin's Amazon link, and confirm that the link that comes up contains this piece of coding 1&tag=oralcancerfou- If it does not, OCF will not get credit for the purchases. Since I have an Amazon account stored in my computer it works for me, bringing up my specific OCF/Amazon account. I just want to be sure that it does it right for someone without an account.

Yes it works. It also has 1&tag=oralcancerfou-20 in it. Good work guys. And by the way Kevin, pretty neat web site you have.

Ooops,,, I fixed it

The amazon link is coded
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/oralcancerfou-20
which I copied from the forum site

Thanks Bill. Just something for me to play with.

Kevin

This last quarter of 2008 OCF has accomplished more in three months than ever before. We have reached more newspaper reporters who have gotten the oral cancer story out there. We have created a new TV PSA with Colleen Zenk Pinter, a new tongue cancer survivor and long time TV actress on As the World Turns, as well as worked to get her on morning talk shows and magazine article that are yet to appear. We have sponsored research in areas where early detection is a focus a three major institutions. I have testified before a congressional sub committee on oral cancer and patient issues. I have lectured at professional scientific symposiums, and to groups like the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics on the changing demographics of oral cancer. We printed our 750,000 copy of "What you need to know about oral cancer", a waiting room brochure for medical and dental offices. We purchased the software to put up a new more efficient web store for donations and more, due to go live in January (December if I can beg Chester to give up a few weekends.) We have formed an alliance with the Paltrow family to allow us to use Bruce Paltrow's name in a fundraising effort starting soon. I have, as the first non-doctor member of the American Academy of Oral Medicine, edited the first draft of that organization

Since I didn't get one email on this post over the weekend I am bringing it back to the top

You should have received at least one e-mail as I requested brochures from you this afternoon.

It's out of my comfort zone to try to solicit donations, but I'm happy to push my own envelope a little because I am impressed and grateful with all that you have accomplished. I'd really like to help!

Also folks

Use your MySpace, Facebook or other social networking site page to help spread the word.

A signature line in your email can help as well.
I have the embedded links that you can use as an email signature on the front page of my own personal website:
http://www.kevin.fastbytes.net

I know I used to think that these type of sites were just for kids, but in my computer consulting work I am finding more people "over 30" than you might think have these personal pages to try and "keep up with the kids".

Kevin