Making Noise! Bringing Attention To Your Missing Loved One

According to the FBI, there are as many as 100,000 active missing persons cases in the United States everyday. Having a loved one go missing is a nightmare. After you report your case to the police, your options are not limited. Take action! There’s a lot you can do to find your missing person.

Make Noise! In 2007, when Lisa Stebic, the mother of two disappeared from her Plainfield, Ill. home, her family and friends took action immediately and made her story a national obsession. They were so successful that people from across the globe have become involved. If someone you love disappears, make as much noise as possible to keep the focus on finding them. Here are a few critical tips which could help you in the campaign to bring your missing loved one home.

• Report your case to the police.
• Choose a confident spokesperson who will always be available to the media.
• Establish an online presence with a website, a blog, a Facebook group or a MySpace page.
• Keep putting up new information online.
• Gather clear, high-resolution photos and videos of your loved one which you can post online, share with  the media, and use for posters, flyers, or other handouts.
• Create a press release.
• Set up a press conference. Contact all local media outlets, invite them to events you host to promote your case.
• Focus on the visual.
• Wear bright colors when appearing on camera and make eye contact during interviews.
• Create posters and banners to hang during your media events.

Click here for a downloadable guide with the above information and more, to help you make noise, and keep the focus on your missing loved one.

Watch the videos for an in-depth guide. They will walk you through the process with Melanie Greenberg, Lisa Stebic’s cousin a stay-at-home mom who had no experience with the media but did a professional job of bringing world wide attention to her family’s quest to bring Lisa home!