COLLECTION: Making Money the Easy Way
Before we get started, you’re going to need to meet a good friend of mine: This is Toilet-paper Head. He must live within feet of my apartment because he pretty much spends his day guarding my door. What does such high-end service cost me, you ask? Not a dime! Nope, TP’s sole source of income seems to come from asking for change from passers-by.
But did you notice how much money he had in his hand? Those are all quarters. And this was taken at about 10AM yesterday morning. Best I can figure, either someone was on their way to do laundry and TP jumped him—highly unlikely, the guy’s a big teddy-bear… unless you try to break into my building, then the claws come out—or homeless people are uncanny salesmen. Who knew?
If only there was some way to harness that awesome power.
And that’s when it hit me.
Bum-Boards.
Much like billboards, Bum-Boards are intended to capture the imagination of consumers while they walk from point A to point B.
Hell, every other inch of Manhattan is covered with advertising, why not?
The string goes around the neck so as not to inhibit the “change hand,” but while TP was willing to help me test my product, the marketer inside him quickly realized the advertisement would be far more effective if he held it out toward it’s intended audience.
The profits would be shared, obviously, and the ads could even be targeted. I mean, why put an pitch for a Bentley around the man’s neck… he has toilet paper on his head, HE ALWAYS HAS TOILET PAPER ON HIS HEAD, surely there’s no better man to sell a Kleenex product.
Thrilled with my latest million-dollar-idea, I rushed back to my desk to make some more.
Obviously this one would work for just about anyone…
As would this one…
But this would probably be best for a drunk of some sort…
Hell, you could even do higher-end products so long as the slogan makes sense…
Anyway, I was about to start placing them, or “putting more street-side contractors on payroll as part of my Beta-group” as my business plan would no doubt call for, when I got an even better idea.
Having read the comments at the end of my last post it seems there are some people out there who think they could do this kind of stuff better than me. Competition, as is always the case in a free-market economy, only makes for a stronger product, so I invite you to try. Below you’ll find a link to download your own full-size set of Bum-Boards. Print ‘em out. Pass ‘em out. Take some pictures and email them to me (the address, as always, is Jakehimself@hotmail.com). Let’s see what’cha got. Best one wins, um, something… but really, as a man of my word, I promise it’ll be something good.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN FULL-SIZE BUM-BOARDS.
Ooh, double bonus points if you use this for something I can use as an ad for the site. Doesn’t have to be a homeless person. Who knows… Get creative.
Good luck.
But did you notice how much money he had in his hand? Those are all quarters. And this was taken at about 10AM yesterday morning. Best I can figure, either someone was on their way to do laundry and TP jumped him—highly unlikely, the guy’s a big teddy-bear… unless you try to break into my building, then the claws come out—or homeless people are uncanny salesmen. Who knew?
If only there was some way to harness that awesome power.
And that’s when it hit me.
Bum-Boards.
Much like billboards, Bum-Boards are intended to capture the imagination of consumers while they walk from point A to point B.
Hell, every other inch of Manhattan is covered with advertising, why not?
The string goes around the neck so as not to inhibit the “change hand,” but while TP was willing to help me test my product, the marketer inside him quickly realized the advertisement would be far more effective if he held it out toward it’s intended audience.
The profits would be shared, obviously, and the ads could even be targeted. I mean, why put an pitch for a Bentley around the man’s neck… he has toilet paper on his head, HE ALWAYS HAS TOILET PAPER ON HIS HEAD, surely there’s no better man to sell a Kleenex product.
Thrilled with my latest million-dollar-idea, I rushed back to my desk to make some more.
Obviously this one would work for just about anyone…
As would this one…
But this would probably be best for a drunk of some sort…
Hell, you could even do higher-end products so long as the slogan makes sense…
Anyway, I was about to start placing them, or “putting more street-side contractors on payroll as part of my Beta-group” as my business plan would no doubt call for, when I got an even better idea.
Having read the comments at the end of my last post it seems there are some people out there who think they could do this kind of stuff better than me. Competition, as is always the case in a free-market economy, only makes for a stronger product, so I invite you to try. Below you’ll find a link to download your own full-size set of Bum-Boards. Print ‘em out. Pass ‘em out. Take some pictures and email them to me (the address, as always, is Jakehimself@hotmail.com). Let’s see what’cha got. Best one wins, um, something… but really, as a man of my word, I promise it’ll be something good.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN FULL-SIZE BUM-BOARDS.
Ooh, double bonus points if you use this for something I can use as an ad for the site. Doesn’t have to be a homeless person. Who knows… Get creative.
Good luck.
In other news, I’d hoped date number 1 of my 50DATESin50STATES would jump off in or around Miami this weekend, but so far, no entries have come from that neck of the woods. Anyone interested? Now is the time…
posted by Jakehimself at 5:27 AM
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