Did you happen to sign me up for a raffle for the Royal Oak gym?
I apparently won a raffle for a free (minus 8 dollar maintenance fee) gym membership.
That said, I am, as you may know (stop laughing Lucy) highly suspicious of weird advertising.
It appears to be on stephenson. Does anyone go to that gym? Does anyone remember entering me into a raffle? I haven’t put my business card into a fishtank or anything for well over a year, so I doubt it is from me, cheesy as my memory may be.
As long as I’m using this post to talk about marketing, let me talk about something good and something bad.
First bad.
IF you own a business, do NOT use these words in your advertising:
Revolutionary, amazing, groundbreaking – if it is any of these things, your critics will tell me. Until then, this is your notice that the words are played-out; when every product is revolutionary, none are.
At no cost to you, almost too good to be true, can’t-lose – Informercial Alert: I don’t believe you. In fact, your proposition is almost certainly a scam somewhere, and if it isn’t, you’re talking like a scam.
“Millions of people use it”, Limited supplies – not only is it unprovable, it’s irrelevant to your value to ME. I’m sorry, just because millions of shmucks have bought, for instance, your p***s-enlarging pills does NOT mean I will suddenly be swinging from the treetops from it.
on the other hand:
With no warning, I just received an awesome package of swag from Nerdcore Rising. Stickers, pins, and a CD of music from the documentary. I’ll take my favorite sticker and probably donate the rest To The Cause. Thanks B-Side Records!
If it is the gym I think it is, it is at Stephenson and 12 Mile and certainly not attractive from the outside.
Something more awesome about your Nerdcore swag, in a weird, small world way?
I know Negin Farsad, who made the movie, from my old job.
How fun! Still in contact with her?
I’ve got an email addy somewhere but it’s been a few months – we met at an Arab American arts conference.