I'm on ttf promotion. Here to generate noise! I'm just brainstorming here, I'll revise later if any should be added.
links
-forums
-social networking sites
-search engines
handouts
-flyer: pdf 8 1/2" x 11
-rasterbated poster
-business cards
shirts
stamps
stickers
word of mouth
and i think that's just the first battle: getting the word out. here's the second:
retention
solid topics
all the necessary features
activity
roots (something to bring the group together)
make a bumbersticker?
dru
The Art of Subconscious Illusion
i could make vinyl stickers
thats tight i'll pay!
dru
The Art of Subconscious Illusion
i just need a design (preferably made in photoshop/Illustrator), and it can be done.
What's a decent resolution for the machine?
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Oh, snap. I'd pimp the bumper stickers. And some sort of polo/button-down shirt I could wear to work.
dru
The Art of Subconscious Illusion
highest resolution possible. It needs to be a vector file, where you can keep zooming in on the image and never get any pixels.
here's a backlink to a thread about ttf promotion shirts:
http://www.thinktankforums.com/thread.php?thread_id=159
Hi again, it's been a while.
since I started this thread there have been plenty of code improvements and developmental changes.
I am trying to get some ttf shirts lined up to be made during this summer. If anyone has interest I'd like to hear from you so I get an idea of how many to make.
i'm still interested..
I'd buy one.
Chiken
Don't Let Your Walls Down
hell yeah, ill sport the ttf
nny
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gimme an image to toss on my ut forum =P
come on, you don't need an image. i added an html comment to include_footer.php:
<!-- page generated in 0.00603199005127 seconds
by think tank forums v1-gamma
visit http://www.ttfproject.com/ -->
nny
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lucas i don't need one... but if you want to promote your mad forum skillz it might be wise to do so in a way people won't need neat firefox plugins like professorx and xray to read.
:D
dp does promotions, so maybe he'll set us up
but when we talk about promoting ttf, we generally mean the actual forum (thinktankforums.com) and not the software (ttfproject.com)
nny
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Either or =P
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
You should get
ttf.com and redirect it here. Makes the bumperstickers shorter!
So I'm thinking of making some very large banners to put in various places around the schools in my area. Should I hand select one-liners from the one liner thread to put under the
thinktankforums.com banner? If not, what would be more unique to ttf to write under the main text of the url?
I'm hoping to get approval from some locals to post these banners, or do a temporary thing over some freeways.
ha, I like how it autolinked :) lovin' it.
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
One liner quotes would make awesome banners.
"one hundred cans of diet coke later ...
thinktankforums.com"
pick your
favorites
I think most of these work, no?
thinktankforums.com
-half way home.
thinktankforums.com
-enough to curse any man who can't appreciate the depth of the ocean
thinktankforums.com
-I need to hear the words
thinktankforums.com
-the screen door slams, Mary's dress waves.
thinktankforums.com
-Home sweet home.
thinktankforums.com
-listen' to the falling rain
thinktankforums.com
-scotch mints are economical mentos
thinktankforums.com
-cover up the corporate
thinktankforums.com
-the burden is lifted, im free to be me again
thinktankforums.com
-reform the pejorative Other
thinktankforums.com
-i ought, therefore i can
thinktankforums.com
-Play your gloom axe Stephen O’Malley.
thinktankforums.com
-gassing me up about the love that i plucked and i've been stuck within
thinktankforums.com
-Keep smilling
thinktankforums.com
-her words made me realize
thinktankforums.com
-collateral damage?
thinktankforums.com
-killing lonliness with you
thinktankforums.com
-My fighting fame is fabled and fortune finds me fit and able
thinktankforums.com
-I wasn't drafted, I asked for the mission
thinktankforums.com
-look around you, there's angels amongst us!
thinktankforums.com
-you sweet talk like a cop and you know it
thinktankforums.com
-Up, down, up, down, up, down, left, right, and down. (note: maybe arrows?)
as for forms, and a bit of a design how do you think it should go?
big text quote, url below
big url text, quote below
here's an 8 1/2" x 11
pdf flyer
I'm actually using just word 2007 and printing to pdf via
CutePDF Writer so here's the doc
x word file so you can change the quote as you like too.
thinktankforums.com
↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ← → ↓
<3 UTF-8
even better:
♥ UTF-8
\o/
here's an 8 1/2" x 11 pdf flyer
i'm lovin' it! i wouldn't mind getting rid of some of that negative space. good job, though, dp! solid concepts
just a quick job, you can add different quotes for each print or make your own if you want. I might do a more dense b&w one that's more article-like! I'll add the arrows later I gotta jet to work soon.
yeah, i'll have to give it a try. props to phi_ and dp
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
:)
working on some bookmarks, dimensions anyone? 4"x1.5" approx? I'm thinking a bit of a harder stock with b&w and shrinkwrap. I can probably distribute this at 2-3 libraries a week :)
I was also thinking about gathering a lot of paper that either may be used on one side or none, and printing a grid of diagonal 25%-30% gray
thinktankforums.com over the used side, cut it up for scrap paper and stick it by all the computers at the library and other desks around the cities I go to. I wouldn't use too much ink this way and it would mostly just take the time of cutting, and remembering to keep paper. Oh shiz I have a bunch in my drawer!
Chiken
Don't Let Your Walls Down
what happened to the shirts?
nothin yet!
andyp says: I start work soon at a screen printing business that does shirts hats sweaters etc.. maybe i can get the discounts or something after a while
Here's the
backprint.pdf and the
backprint.docx for your use!
As a note you'll probably want to reduce the black to 25% or so in your printer settings.
nny
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How about Think Tank Forum pint glasses and switch blades?
I have a dremel tool but need acid for the blades. Hand engraved pint and shot glasses anyone?! :D actually I tried doing it by hand on flat glass and it sucked enough, I can't imagine doing it on a curved surface. Maybe if I had a different method, tape some words on and etch out the black parts. I know you can do it with a paste stuff but it would probably have to be really huge letters.
Actually that would look cool, I'm going to try a mock-up with some of that glass etch paste. ttf in a super-fatty font!
I had another idea, take all the business cards that I've collected and don't need, cross out any words with a single strike, and on the blank side stamp
thinktankforums.com YEAH!
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Viral advertising, dp?
I think I'll make a big stencil and start spraypainting
thinktankforums.com all over buildings.
i'm gonna make up some flyers and some business cards and start talking to bros about stuff
phi_ I'd be down with that if I didn't want to get sued :( apparently tagging is only cool if you don't get caught ;)
maybe we should hit the geocaches
stick a bunch of promo materials in them
but for that, we'd have to get better at geocaching
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Good idea, larz! There's actually a geocaching club at the college I used to go to ... see if I can hit them up.
Poster ideas!
wheat paste
and here's the
recipe
Chiken: what happened to the shirts?
good question!
is andyp up to some deal-making?
asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
one time in high school I made wheatpaste and left it sealed up in a piece of tupperware in my closet for like 6 months because I forgot about it. when I took it out and opened it it was probably one of the worst smelling things I've smelled in my life. I threw it in the woods, tupperware and all.
I'd totally rock a shirt.
i've got some paint for cloth and some fixer. i'd need blank t's and a template.
it'd be crude but i'm willing...
andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
well i need a design and the color preferences.. I would prefer to do just one color, and I'm not sure which kind of shirts.. would you want T's or polos
I personally like the designs on the left chest of polos, but that is just me. its pretty easy and nerd-tastic.
andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
(I work at a screen printing company)
:o
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Polos. T-shirts are for bums.
asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
:( I hate polos. I'd prefer Ts, just not white ones.
t-shirts > polos for sure. my problem with most polos is they are patterned... i like patterned shorts so it cramps my style.
plus t-shirts are the mo comfortable. and can have huge designs!
if there it to be text i want some input on design!
phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
ttf wife-beaters. And ttf burqas.
asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
hahaha @ ttf wife-beaters
Will I get a T too ? :)
andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
i need designs!
DaGr8Gatzby
Drunk by Myself
TTF Beanies.... that's where the money is at.
ready for round two!