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It’s a very clever Advertising device for Adidas
And it’s a great example of how you should look around you for attention grabing opportunities upon which to park you promotional material. Sure, this may be a little beyond most budgets, but there are lots opportunities that fit any budget.

O.K. I admit it I stole the headline from Seth Godin (but he’s been borrowing a bit himself)
The whole point of the photo below is: it grabs our attention with a healthy degree of good humor. It is a very powerful social comment, and with just a bit of thought could be transferred into a promotional device by attaching a well thought out poster Advertising your business. The trick is WHAT MESSAGE would be appropriate? what can you come up with?

I am about to do something very drastic…
Last week I decided to do some housekeeping on this blog and update my software. (It seemed like a good idea at the time) However, the data Gods showed their disapproval by munching up all my subscriber links, which means you are probably no longer receiving the daily email updates (and maybe, not even reading this)
If my site statistics are any indication, I am now writing this blog to myself and my Mother in law (who only reads it so she can make disparaging remarks about my spelling and grammar)

I need your help to spread the word and re-register using your favorite method.
SORRY! (I am however very glad you can not hear my true language)

I think this sums up the current sentiment much more eloquently than mere words…

The picture say’s it all…
What a great value add when serving drinks.
It may be a good idea to get a drink company to share the costs because, Yes, they will be stolen/taken home!! Just think, they will then be seen by friends family and work mates. I bet that doesn’t happen with your standard Advertising.

Maybe this is simply an inflationary tale…
but if you are trying to develop or expand your activities into the wedding market, here is a promotional idea that will grab some attention and generate a whole lot of FREE publicity.

This is yet another great way to use carry bags to grab attention and promote your business.

I simply can not understand why some businesses continue to use boring bag designs when there are so many brilliant ideas around.

Once again, it’s simply a matter of converting an existing, non productive, cost into a supercharged Advertising and promotional tool.

O.K. I know all this is a bit low brow and horribly kitsch,

But the fact is, people (especially the one that leave Lego blocks all over the floor) love this stuff and love to spread the word about it…

This is the U.K’s effort, c’mon world lets show them what the rest of us can do…

I eagerly await your George W’s and Obama’, But please, NO Palin’s, it would be just too hard to swallow.

Robbie Burns

Her Maj

The divine Camila, looking extra SPECIAL in green.

The Becks

Wayne Rooney

Those with children will know only too well just how dangerous these little chunks of plastic are…

You know the pain of discovering these sharp little beasts during a late night, barefooted, tip toe through the darkness.

Well now I can help you solve the problem, show this photo to your kids, and bribe or threaten them into producing a similar set of characters for your next promotion. they certainly will grab some attention and get rid of those colorful little minefields off your floors.

This promotional stunt was for a gymnasium, but you too could use it tomorrow…

The power of this promotion is in the Something for FREE factor plus it’s a highly visible public event, plus, the business name features on every pic and is included in the background of the caricature. Very clever thinking and would be surprisingly low cost.

This is so clever and so humorous it can be forgiven for being so blatantly sexist…

and I defy you to ignore it!

Somehow I don’t think so…

Call me a little old fashioned (my son does) but this is not my idea of a great meal. Yeah, yeah I know they eat this stuff in some places and even regard it as a delicacy. In fact I have even suppressed my desire to throw up and partaken in some of this stuff myself in an effort to appease my hosts whilst visiting India and China.

BUT, despite the trendy packaging and elitist claims of servicing large niche markets, I don’t really think we are all going to rush to buy this stuff.

That is, unless the mind numbingly squillions of lost dollars manage to destroy western civilization and send us to the jungles to eek out our remaining years. If so, I’m going for the Vodka.

For the last 10 or so days I have hair been pulling my (fast graying) hair out…

The web demons have been doing strange and mysterious things to the site and the data base that drives this stuff, has been farting and burping out strange messages that tell me that my mere mortal brain is not built for all this technical mumbo jumbo.

Anyway, it looks like it has healed itself, or at least decided to be a little less petulant. So, with a little luck and the support of the appropriate heavenly bodies, I should be able to continue posting regularly again (from tomorrow). Sorry for the inconvenience and thankyou for sticking with me.