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		<title>ADVERTISING SUPPORT: RSI Alarm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PRESS CLIPPING: RSI Alarm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PRESS CLIPPING: PROTECT Security Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>FACT SHEET: Security First Alarm Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Security First Alarm Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: PROTECT Smoke Cannon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_79" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 241px"><a href="http://www.roballin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sia-protect-release.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-79" title="sia-protect-release1" src="http://www.roballin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sia-protect-release1-231x300.jpg" alt="When PROTECT Security Systems announced an unprecedented warranty plan, we made sure the news was posted on the Security Industry Association's web page, the main trade news source for members.  " width="231" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">When PROTECT Security Systems announced an unprecedented warranty plan, we made sure the news was posted on the Security Industry Association&#39;s web page, the main trade news source for members. </p></div></p>
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		<title>TRADE SHOW SUPPORT: Smoke Cannon on The Tonight Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_74" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 242px"><a href="http://www.roballin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tonight-show-protect.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-74" title="tonight-show-protect" src="http://www.roballin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tonight-show-protect-232x300.jpg" alt="On the floor of a major security industry trade show, we attracted the attention of news and entertainment television producers.  One appearance was a sketch on The Tonight Show, and the PROTECT Smoke Cannon product was featured on the show's main web site, captured here. " width="232" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">On the floor of a major security industry trade show, we attracted the attention of news and entertainment television producers. One appearance was a sketch on The Tonight Show, and the PROTECT Smoke Cannon product was featured on the show&#39;s main web site, captured here. </p></div></p>
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		<title>FIELD MARKETING: Whole Foods</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: PROTECT Smoke Cannon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fast press release I came up with to take advantage of a unique situation for a burglary deterrent product.  The release generated a full trade show media reception and a taped segment on a national morning show.]]></description>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Rob Allin Marketing Communications Writing Sample</em></span></p>
<p>A client of mine was presented with the type of PR scenario security businesses dream about; he received a surveillance video of his product physically preventing a customer from being effected by a break-in.  Unfortunately, he did not have permission from the customer to release the video publicly.  I quickly came up with the below press release, which we distributed to members of the trade media.  The result was increased awareness of the product at a subsequent trade show, as well as a taped segment on The Today Show.</p>
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<p style="margin-right: -3.25pt; text-align: left;"><strong>VIDEO DELIVERS LOSS PREVENTION LESSO<em>N</em></strong></p>
<p style="margin-right: -3.25pt; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Smash-and-Grab Intruder Thinks Twice </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>When Confronted By Harmless Fog</em></strong></p>
<p>NEW   YORK, NY  (October  24, 2006)&#8211; PROTECT Security Systems of America President Frank Arlotta received an interesting DVD in the mail last week.  It was shot from four different angles, presenting the story of an active main character with a dubious goal: break the glass of a closed retail store and steal as much as possible before the arrival of law enforcement.  After facing an intriguing conflict, the main character ultimately chose to forego his malicious intentions.</p>
<p>It sounds like a fable, but it was actually video surveillance footage of a verified smash-and-grab crime prevented by the PROTECT Smoke Cannon<sup>TM</sup> in a United   States retail store.  Portions of the footage are being displayed throughout ISC East at PROTECT&#8217;s booth in the lobby of the Javits  Center.</p>
<p>&#8220;The video was sent to us by a security director who has been testing our product,&#8221; Arlotta said.  &#8220;The fog was effective because it created a sudden, distinct defense against the crime.  The guy in the video broke in to steal in a hurry, acting on instinct and adrenaline.  But the minute he saw something new, a defensive cloud of fog filling the air, he just wanted to get out of that store.  He just left.&#8221;</p>
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