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Have A Great Weekend!

Posted by Anonymous on 7/16/2004 at 7:39 PM ET 500 Points
I hope everyone has/had a great weekend::::::::::

I would like to know the greatest marketing thought/idea that you came up during the two days of rest.............

I want to know how great marketing minds think when they are free to just think.................
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  • Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 7/16/2004 at 7:53 PM Member
    Kwinters,

    I'll have to catch you after the weekend. I think if I understand you correctly you are asking what is the greatest marketing thought/idea that we have come up with after two days of rest. i.e. (the weekend) Is this what you mean?

    Your Servant, Deremiah, *CPE
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/16/2004 at 8:07 PM Member
    I have been trying to develop a strategy to market and sell the weeds from my flower beds and fountains. They just keep coming back, only to get sprayed, chopped, pulled and tossed by my lawn service.

    I figure there has to be a use for them. I think I will ask Maricio to save them this weekend so I can put them on ebay.

    Also, I have a filbert tree that accidentally "mated" with a nearby silver maple - creating 3 different Filbert/Maple Hybrids. The Filbert is non-producing, but 2 of the hybrids have maple shaped leaves, with the fuzzy/soft texture of a Filbert leaf, vigorous upright branches (as opposed to the knarledand twisted branched of the Filbert) AND they are growing clusters of white nuts! Very strange....

    OSU has an outstanding agriculural department here. I think I will take a few samples to them have it analyzed and identified. If it's new, I will place a patent on the gene, name it, and start growing them.

    Imagine a silver maple with soft, fuzzy, "peach-fuzz" leaves, log clusters of golden chain flowers in the spring that turn into clusters of white nuts! Oh yeah, they grow about 12" per month!!

    Anyway, that's what I'm thinking about right now.
  • Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 7/16/2004 at 8:26 PM Accepted
    Kevin,

    My greatest idea is to take my positive motivational songs and market them to negative sexually violent hip hop recording artist with the hope that they want to broaden and bring diversity to their songs. Is there anything else I can do for you Kevin?

    Your Servant, Deremiah, *CPE
  • Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 7/16/2004 at 10:20 PM Member
    Cal,

    I knew there was something about you that I liked. You've been posting those subliminal messages in your email too...come on tell us the truth. I know I heard it last time you sent me an email...( ((Cal is the greatest)) ) of all times, ( ((((Cal is the greatest of all times)))) ).

    Hey Jett, maybe we can invent the subliminal audio attachement that plays when people open up your email. This is sure to advance sells and help you to do the Dale Carnegie "How to win friends and influence people...through subliminal email campaigns".

    This would be almost like marketing "The Emperors Robe" on line. People will be talking about how great your emails make them feel and send you payments by Pay Pal. That's it! Positive Subliminal Email Messages. Come on Jett, help me launch this campaign tonight. I'm sure you can help me design this. Is there anything elsed I can do for you Cal? You just gave me a new idea and don't go claiming that you won't some royalties for intellectual property.

    Your Servant, Deremiah, *CPE
  • Posted by telemoxie on 7/16/2004 at 10:33 PM Member
    I hvae haerd taht it deos not maettr wchih oerdr the leterts in the wrods of a snenetce are, as lnog as the frist and lsat lterets are ok, (is taht ture?) - wloud that mkae a good dceirt mial piece?

  • Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 7/16/2004 at 10:41 PM Member
    Cal,

    I can't here you. Are you trying to send me subliminal messages again.

    Your Servant, Deremiah, *CPE
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/16/2004 at 11:13 PM Member
    I wonder if there have been any studies on how many people who fly look down?!?!?

    I know the cop helicopter pilots and passengers are contantly looking down. In addition, low-flowing hobby pilots may do so as well.

    Hmmmmm. Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?

    We could buy some land, and turn the field into a giant ads for airlines, gun shops, dramamine, flight mechanics etc. Use reflective paint so it can be seen at night...

    You could charge by the acre and air traffic over certain areas. One ad would pay the land off!

    Now, does that classify as exploiting Mother Earth's resources, or putting wasted land to good use?

    My idea! I said it first.
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/17/2004 at 3:46 PM Member
    jose04 - Interesting. Very passive-agressive, yet poetic.

    Please don't confuse stating one's opinion or taking a strong stance as arrogance or delusions of divinity.

    It's all too easy to call someone arrogant, egotistical, etc. if they prove you wrong.

    This is my response to my interpretation of what you are trying to say. If I am wrong, then nevermind! LOL!
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/19/2004 at 7:29 AM Accepted
    I was just thinking about the brilliant marketing of Walgreen's Pharmacy. They strategically place themselves near neiborhoods and busy intersections...much like McDonald's.

    To top it off, they are more of a mini grocery store. No produce- but canned, boxed and dairy goods. Photo labs, magazines, movies, cigarettes, cosmetics, toys, seasonal products, greeting cards, you name it...no to mention the 24 hour pharmacy.

    Their prices are about 10% higher than the most expensive grocery store in town, but their convenience is overwhelming. Call me lazy, but I go to Walgreen's several times a week...despite the fact there is an ALbertson's the same distance from my house. I pay more so I can be in and out without having to walk around a 15 acre store for 15 minutes, stand in line for 10 min, then walk a quarter mile to my car. Is it really that bad? No. But
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/19/2004 at 7:31 AM Member
    I accidentally erased about 15 minutes of typing. I was complaining about how orthopedics surgeons and their staff can be very cold and dry.

    Anyway....
  • Posted by SRyan ;] on 7/19/2004 at 8:14 AM Accepted
    I got my daughter a kitten for her birthday about 10 days ago. Now and then she pounces on my laptop and garbles or erases what I'm typing. (The cat, not my daughter.) She's determined to catch the cursor moving on my screen. No mouse jokes, please...

    Blaine, now I can blame everything on the cat.

    Hmm, weekend marketing thoughts, Kevin? My kid's friends are never around for her birthday, which is heart-breaking for a six-year-old. Our target market is typically on vacation, so I might reposition her parties in the fall from now on. ;]
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/19/2004 at 12:56 PM Member
    I like your copyright Kevin. LOL. Unfortunately, there can be many variations, just like marketing books.

    Cal is right, every can grow weeds, but not everyone can make money from them. My proposition was not to sell them to grow..rather for some other use.

  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/19/2004 at 1:02 PM Member
    Oh yeah, Kevin...don't feel so guilty about using a reference. Very few of us remember EVERYTHING. It's beeter to check to make sure than post incorect advice.

  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 7/19/2004 at 8:50 PM Accepted
    My thought from Friday evening came from WALKING BACKWARDS. (why I was walking backwards is a short uninteresting story).

    The thought is to do something THE OPPOSITE everyday (I know, this is not original, Seth’s purple cow and all, it’s just my thought as experienced on Friday)

    In addition to walking backwards or printing left-handed or whatever, creating an ‘opposite doing’ list is part of the exercise. It’s about the process and putting myself in position to think differently, to see differently. I guess it’s more about creative generation than a marketing thought/idea.

    Enjoyed the discussion in this post, thanks for the question Kevin.

    - Steve
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/20/2004 at 1:05 PM Member
    Unfortunately, "Thinking outside the Box" is no longer "outside the box". So many people are doing it (or trying) that is has become an inside the box practice.
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 7/20/2004 at 3:59 PM Member
    Kevin,

    I get it. Maybe the term is just getting beat to death! We need a new coin.

    Marcus is on vacation for the next week or so.
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