There are lots of methods used to sell products to the likes of you
and me. I have a book called the brand glossery and it is jam packed
with marketing phrases which give me a little view inside the world of
marketing. Big brands use techniques to get us to buy so what would
happen if us as artists play around with some of these techniques? Just
for a laugh and to highlight some of things which go on every day in the
worlds of brand and big business.
Create a Buzz around your object bigger than the things itself
Talk
about it anywhere, create blogs, tweet about it, facebook it, get other
people talking about it. See if you can get celebrities or people
"cooler" than you or I to endorse it. Create a word for it and see if
you can get other people saying it. What is pro bifida, bb cream or Pro
keratine anyway? Do I really need or want them?
Create merchadise which shows your object in its best light.
Things
like t-shirt, stickers, mugs, miniature models, big models, T towels
anything with the image of your object on it. The limits are your
imagination and your budget.
Advertise it
All
the usuals like posters, spoof adds, online viral ads, radio ads,
magazine articles and spots of TV talk shows. Get people to feel like
they are missing out if they aren't part of it.
Have
fun and remember its only art so see how far you can push it, how
ridiculous can it become. You can get away with a lot more in the name
of art than in the real world. Just ensure that what you do does no halm
to anywhere, anybody or anything.
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