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dannyp's avatar
18 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
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
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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lucas
i ❤ demo
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)
 
18 years ago
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Trent
make a bumbersticker?
 
18 years ago
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dru
The Art of Subconscious Illusion
i could make vinyl stickers
dannyp's avatar
18 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
thats tight i'll pay!
 
18 years ago
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dru
The Art of Subconscious Illusion
i just need a design (preferably made in photoshop/Illustrator), and it can be done.
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18 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
What's a decent resolution for the machine?
phi_'s avatar
18 years ago
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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.
 
18 years ago
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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.
dannyp's avatar
18 years ago
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dannyp
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here's a backlink to a thread about ttf promotion shirts: http://www.thinktankforums.com/thread.php?thread_id=159
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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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.
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
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i'm still interested..
sriehl's avatar
17 years ago
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sriehl
surreal
I'd buy one.
Chiken's avatar
17 years ago
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Chiken
Don't Let Your Walls Down
hell yeah, ill sport the ttf
nny's avatar
17 years ago
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nny
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gimme an image to toss on my ut forum =P
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
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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's avatar
17 years ago
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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.
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
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: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's avatar
17 years ago
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nny
M̮͈̣̙̰̝̃̿̎̍ͬa͉̭̥͓ț̘ͯ̈́t̬̻͖̰̞͎ͤ̇ ̈̚J̹͎̿̾ȏ̞̫͈y̭̺ͭc̦̹̟̦̭̫͊̿ͩeͥ̌̾̓ͨ
Either or =P
phi_'s avatar
17 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
You should get ttf.com and redirect it here. Makes the bumperstickers shorter!
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17 years ago
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dannyp
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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.
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
ha, I like how it autolinked :) lovin' it.
phi_'s avatar
17 years ago
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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"
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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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
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
here's an 8 1/2" x 11 pdf flyer
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17 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
I'm actually using just word 2007 and printing to pdf via CutePDF Writer so here's the docx word file so you can change the quote as you like too.
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
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thinktankforums.com
↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ← → ↓



<3 UTF-8

even better:

♥ UTF-8

\o/
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
i ❤ demo

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
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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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.
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
i ❤ demo
yeah, i'll have to give it a try. props to phi_ and dp
phi_'s avatar
17 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
:)
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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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's avatar
17 years ago
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Chiken
Don't Let Your Walls Down
what happened to the shirts?
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
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's avatar
17 years ago
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nny
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How about Think Tank Forum pint glasses and switch blades?
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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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_'s avatar
17 years ago
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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.
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
i ❤ demo
i'm gonna make up some flyers and some business cards and start talking to bros about stuff
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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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 ;)
lucas's avatar
17 years ago
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lucas
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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_'s avatar
17 years ago
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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.
dannyp's avatar
17 years ago
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dannyp
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Poster ideas!

wheat paste

and here's the recipe
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17 years ago
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dannyp
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Chiken: what happened to the shirts?



good question!

is andyp up to some deal-making?
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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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.
 
17 years ago
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dbrown
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's avatar
17 years ago
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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's avatar
17 years ago
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andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
(I work at a screen printing company)

:o
phi_'s avatar
17 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Polos. T-shirts are for bums.
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
:( I hate polos. I'd prefer Ts, just not white ones.
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
t-shirts > polos for sure. my problem with most polos is they are patterned... i like patterned shorts so it cramps my style.
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
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_'s avatar
17 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
ttf wife-beaters. And ttf burqas.
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
hahaha @ ttf wife-beaters
 
17 years ago
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arun
keep smiling !
Will I get a T too ? :)
andyp's avatar
17 years ago
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andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
i need designs!
DaGr8Gatzby's avatar
17 years ago
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DaGr8Gatzby
Drunk by Myself
TTF Beanies.... that's where the money is at.
dannyp's avatar
16 years ago
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dannyp
dʎuuɐp
ready for round two!