Re: More ideas

> The more I think about it, I think you should look into trade shows,
> possibly.
Your above comment is what got me thinking about the whole idea really.
We goto our states fair almost every year.
And one setup there is what made me think about this whole concept of promotion rather than selling them at retail.

Every year that I have been there, they have a HUGE childrens playground set-up to promote the company and its products. The idea is to have the kids play and fall in love with them and want one for themselves. Well there are sales people there that don't do alot and are avoided by the parents waitingfor their kids to get done playing.

Now this is setup is designed to show the parents how much their kids would enjoy having one of these play systems at home.

So I thought why not give them a reason to talk to the salesman....
I could take a photo af their child having fun on the play set and the parents will have to wait and have no choice but to talk to the salesman while I finish makingtheir keychain.
I could make the process take 10 minutes (on the long side) if I had to.
SO really, the company would be paying me to coral the parents so they cannot walk away for 5-10 minutes.

How much is 10 minutes of your target markets undivided attention worth?
Alot more than the 50 cents in materials that it would cost me to make the keychain.
I haven't explored this as of yet because it is hard for me to get free for 11 days (length of state fair) to be able to do it for them.

> Forget trade shows and women in next-to-nothing for now. What about
> tailgaters(sp?) at a major sporting event? I guess that the bud girls come
> into play here as well, but not necessarily, maybe. People just might want
> a picture of themselves with their friends having fun tailgating.
The Badger football team has a HUGE following, and most beer distributors sponsor events for all home games, this could be a market to go after.
Thanks for the tip!

I would bet that a "border" with the beer company and the bar where they hold the event may even pay me to go to the surrounding parking lots with the tailgaters and try to get them into their event by giving them a photo and having them pick it up at the location.

You see this is what I am looking for, and everyone here can take it and run with it if they want.

Ideas are like a.......els ( ah you get it) They are nothing more than an idea.
Action is the key.

I have told several people that if I were interested in making money selling a how-to manual on business, it would contain very little.
In fact not enough for even an ebook really.
Here is my free advice to see if you are ready to start ANY business!

Go grab an ink pen or just a pencil.

Your mission is to go out, RIGHT NOW, and sell it to someone for $1.