Posts Tagged ‘ advertising ’

Aug
08/
09

Thinking outside the toilet

by Michael Buckingham
Schizophrenia awareness: "Schizophrenia can be treated. Seek help."

This post in the Church Marketing Lab reminded me of some very creative advertising located where else…the bathroom. A great example of looking at things from a different perspective. Who ever thought that you could use a urinal to sell a mini cooper or raise awareness with toilet paper? These ideas work not because they [...]

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May
07/
08

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…logo

by Michael Buckingham

Move over blimp, someone wants your airspace. Using a soapy foam type substance, Flogos, will launch your cloud-like logo into the sky. The flogo clouds currently come as large as 48 inches and they are working on a 6-foot cloud. The Flogo machine works much like a Play-Doh Fun Factory. A boxlike contraption produces a [...]

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Jan
11/
08

The billboard formula (hint: less is more)

by Michael Buckingham
The billboard formula (hint: less is more)

It doesn’t get bigger than a billboard in church marketing…well, unless you make the unfortunate choice of a giant Jesus statue…so what do you put on such a thing? It’s the size that gets many in trouble…more size, more content, right? Wrong. 7 words max. Your biggest challenge is catching people’s attention. You need come [...]

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