Great Marketing
Whenever I see some brilliant marketing I’m compelled to make a note and post it here.
I was getting my car washed yesterday and before you pull around to the entry there’s a self service kiosk where you can grab a trashbag or a heavy duty paper towel. There’s also a sort of gumball machine that has peanuts in it with a dopey slogan “We’re nuts about our customers!”. Don’t be fooled by the idiotic tagline. Easy marks (aka suckers) like myself grab some, soccer moms with kids in the minivan probably do the same to keep the kids quiet.
But what happens next? You start cracking open and peeling the peanuts. So unless you are compulsive like I am, eating right over your new free trashbag, you finish the carwash and look around the inside of your car, filled with peanut shells, and say “Damn, we should vacuum this mess out!”
And, lo and behold, there’s the vacuum right next to the exit.
Have a good weekend.
Posted: August 10th, 2007 under Great Marketing, Swipe File, The Marketeer.
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