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Outside the Box Marketing Day

Heidi Richards Mooney — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:42:30 +0000

In honor of Outside the Box Marketing Day (aka Quirky Marketing Ideas) I’d like to share a great YouTube Video from my friend Craig Duswalt, one of the leaders in Outside the Box Marketing Ideas.

In this video Craig teaches how to use outside-the-box marketing techniques he learned while touring with Guns N’ Roses and Air Supply to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.

Some of the ideas include:

Picketing your own business

Logo on Bank Stamp – go into Banks and stamp your logo in all the deposit slips at your bank

Rockstar Homeless Guy

Rockstar Doctor Visits

Run for Office (but don’t win)

And so much more!

Also on this day in history:

1958 – The first computer-arranged marriage took place on Art Linkletter’s show.

1977 – Reggie Jackson tied Babe Ruth’s record for hitting three homeruns in a single World Series game. Jackson was only the second player to achieve this.

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Today, May 23rd is Body Painting Day

Heidi Richards Mooney — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:12:02 +0000

Race car drivers do it, sailors do it and so do motorcycle riders. What do they do? They have tattoos painted on their bodys or their automobiles. Tattoo advertising has been around for years on cars, and in 2003 became a popular advertising medium on body parts. That’s when Dunkin’ Donuts became the first U.S. company to tattoo its logo on the foreheads of people, and the first to bring them into a sporting arena.

Fans were asked to wear the company’s logo on their heads for three hours around or inside the FleetCenter in Boston, for the first-round games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. In exchange they were paid minimum wage or more. Other fans in attendance were also handed Dunkin Donut tattoos and many of them put it on for fun.

Here’s one company who, in 2008 paid was paying 5,000 British Pounds for people to sport a tattoo on their foreheads:

In fact, tattoos have been around for thousands of years since the Pharoahs of Egypt use them for cosmetic purposes.

And Tattoos are used fun, for attention and as part of tradition such as when brides in India paint henna tattoos on their bodies in celebration of their new life as a bride.

But you don’t have to just paint a tattoo on a body part. If you prefer something that does not last as long and is just as effective, get a friend (or hire someone) to tattoo your company name or logo on the back fo their head. They do that by shaping/shaving the hair to the likeness requested.

Also on this date:

In 1785 Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocals
In 1922 Walt Disney started his first film company (Laugh-O-Gram Films)

In 1953 Schools frst use Cliff’s Notes

While you are thinking about ways to promote your business, check out Quirky Marketing Calendar ~ How to Use Zany and Non-traditional Holidays to Promote Your Business 365 Days a Year for More great marketing ideas.

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Today May 9th is Mother’s Day!

Heidi Richards Mooney — Sun, 09 May 2010 06:01:13 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day…

In addition to sending flowers, why not send this MOTHER OF THE DECADE Award video created by CNNBC for MomsRising

Here’s the one sent to me: http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/?nid=QEyFG0yOuakNtSa.0qXXwDE1MDAyMTY2&first=Heidi&last=&z=yes)

You can customize the video to send to Your favorite Mom’s here: http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/taf.html?id=&nid=QEyFG0yOuakNtSa.0qXXwDE1MDAyMTY2&z=yes

This definitely qualifies as a Quirky marketing idea! And a great way to get tons of traffic to your site. You can send this video to ANYONE with email. And the company creates them for other occasions, events, celebrations and special dates.

Also on this date

In 1960 The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the Contraceptive Pill or “Pill” as we know it. Makes you want to go hummm… maybe too many mothers having too many babies???

While you are thinking about ways to promote your business, check out Quirky Marketing Calendar ~ How to Use Zany and Non-traditional Holidays to Promote Your Business 365 Days a Year for More great marketing ideas.

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