Advertising Strategies

[thedebutante]

Guys, I need to come up with a list of advertising strategies and ideas. Besides the usual flyers and banners, do you guys know of anything else?

Things like parties, BBQs, or other kinds of fundraisers. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm also open to Armenian focused strategies.

This is very very important as all the money collected will be donated to Armenian scientific organizations. I'll let you guys know more about it as we get closer to the event. But for now, I just need ideas. So let's see what you guys can come up with. Anything creative and kind of "out there" is totally fine.

[Logic]

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[Anonymouse]

Guys, I need to come up with a list of advertising strategies and ideas. Besides the usual flyers and banners, do you guys know of anything else?

Things like parties, BBQs, or other kinds of fundraisers. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm also open to Armenian focused strategies.

This is very very important as all the money collected will be donated to Armenian scientific organizations. I'll let you guys know more about it as we get closer to the event. But for now, I just need ideas. So let's see what you guys can come up with. Anything creative and kind of "out there" is totally fine.

Emails? Are those possibilities?

Or word of mouth.

[thedebutante]

Emails? Are those possibilities?

Or word of mouth.

Yes, we got that covered. We need something creative though. Even extreme dating auctions and such.

[spiral]

I remember there was this thing with Carousel restaurant where a certain percentage of the proceeds made on Thursdays would go to some sort of Armenian fund raising org, or was it an ASA thing...

Anyways, maybe you can make a similar deal with an Armenian restaurant. It'll serve as a benefit for both you and them. For them it will be a type of promotion due to the hype you can spread about it, and for you, you get a cut from the proceeds.

[thedebutante]

That's a great idea. I should look for Armenian restaurants around San Fran. I know that there's the Armenian Gourmet, but that's relatively small.

[spiral]

Or you can even do that whole bracelet-band thing, like the Lance Armstrong ones to support cancer research;The yellow bands that say "Live Strong". Or the new red "hope" ones. They've become quite a 'trend'...Though they're getting old.

Come up with a symbolic Armenian related phrase have em' printed onto the bands, and sell them. Make a big hoopla about how proceeds go for the Armenian research foundation, or whatever it is, and sell them for $10 a piece... or more. Armenians will buy them.

There's some sites you can order them through.


A bit unoriginal, but hey.

[loseyourname]

I'm confused. Are you advertising or fundraising?

[thedebutante]

I'm confused. Are you advertising or fundraising?

Both. I'm advertising a fundraising event.

[loseyourname]

So do you want ideas for how to advertise or how to raise funds?