A wacky marketing test... UPDATED

I'm juggling about four different ventures right now if you count my day job, and all of them will involve a heavy dose of marketing. (Look for an upcoming pitch, all you house flippers--need some copy written? I'm your man.) One quirky "offline" idea I had was to stick refrigerator magnets to the side of my truck. They're like magnetic business cards, and people are always commenting on my truck signs in parking lots, so why not stick a bunch of magnets on the side that say "take me!"?

We'll see how it goes. Feel free to steal my idea and pay for the idea via a PayPal link soon to be added to the site. ;-)






UPDATE: By the way, VistaPrint's free fridge magnets are really crappy. Maybe they do a better job with their regularly priced items, but the print was blurry and the logo so fuzzy that I could barely read it.

You didn't live up to your hype, VP...

UPDATE II: Almost forgot to mention it, but I was in the McDonald's drive-through and some guy came up and asked if I moved slot machines. I told him I moved just about anything--bedroom sets, couches, blow--and he said he might need my services. "Grab a magnet," I said, and he did.

Later that evening, I helped someone move a chair to his daughter's place. (Easy money, that). I was out of business cards, so I just peeled a magnet off the truck and handed it to her.

Then, after I'd gotten home, I had to go out to my truck for something. One of our neighbors was getting out of her car next to mine. She stopped and stared at the magnets on the side of the truck. "Great idea!" she said when she saw me.

"Thanks!"

"I've really enjoyed seeing all of your new ideas..."

Then she gave me the keys to the city because she was really the mayor. They're having a parade in my honor next Tuesday and I owe it all to the magnets.*


*Not true.