Yesterday, I was contacted by the creator of Admyster.com and was asked to check out their site - they knew I had an interest in marketing / advertising, so I thought that was cool and figured I would check it out…
After reviewing the site (I sent some basic comments over to the owner, namely about loading time), I thought it might be a cool thing to post about it here - so here goes… The concept behind the site is to have users/readers create a commercial of their own for a product, upload it onto the site, and have viewers “rate” it as part of a monthly contest. The contest will offer cash prizes to the winner, and some site proceeds from advertisers and remaining entry fees will go to the Angel Network that Oprah Winfrey runs. And on top of that, you have a site where people can view your stuff in one place, rather than you have to pony up for the bandwidth.
Kind of look at it this way - there’s always going to be advertising/marketing of some sort, no matter how many black spots are found around town. Why not have the advertisements fit what you’re looking for if you’re going to have some ads in front of you. The goal here seems to be centered around humor, and I think you can handle that. Funny commercials tend to get remembered a lot longer than deadpan ones. So get on it. It’s $15 to enter (for each entry) and the first deadline is April 30th. Feel free to send me an email or post a comment here if you come up with something.
My challenge to you is to do an advertisement for “string” - yes, you know - string. I once saw comedian Steven Wright do a sketch about advertising, and how you don’t see any for certain products - “string” being one of them.
Good luck!
