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Old 07-05-2010, 06:10 PM



Get your marketing mojo on and drum up some notice for your street circus!

Your goal is to complete all of the strategies before the other teams do! The team that finishes first gets the most money.

First team to finish: $500
Second team to finish: $300
Third team to finish: $100

JULY 13: Extension of rules. Read it. Believe it.


HOW TO SUBMIT!


All submissions must be posted using the form below:


HTML Code:
[B][COLOR="navy"]PROMOTION STRATEGIES:

Team Name: 
Task #:
Strategy:[/COLOR][/B]


ROUND 3 (7am--7pm CST, July 14): Going Virtual

1. Choose 3 NPCs and write them each different “e-mails” asking them to promote your circus around Menewsha, and explaining why it would be worth their while. Do not actually send these “e-mails.” In 300 words, tell who you chose and why. Then quote the “e-mails.”

2. Your team has decided to launch a website promoting your street circus! Design the home page (can be drawn, digital, etc). Include the team name and “links” to other site pages (ex. About, Contact, etc). In 300 words or more, describe why you chose to integrate the different elements of your homepage (ex. Color, font style, images, etc).

3. Create 5 different 200 x 40 pixel banners that other sites can use to link to your team’s website, either drawn or digital.

4. Look at 5 other well-known businesses, shows, etc. Find their websites and give 3 reasons each why and how the sites succeed at marketing their products.

5. While online you get distracted by a website. In 300 words tell us what site it is, why you got distracted by it, and how you came upon it in the first place (no, Menewsha does not count).



ROUND 2 (7am--7pm CST, July 13): Expanding Outwards

SPOILERX

1. With real items, construct a miniature-scale billboard promoting your street circus with both a framework and ad. Make the ad simple but eye-catching… Remember, it has to catch the attention of people driving by, and then stick in their memories! For the structure and frame, use popsicle sticks, toothbrushes, etc… be resourceful and creative! Photograph the billboard when it’s complete.

2. Describe where you would put the billboard in your town to have the most people see it, and why this is a good place. Descriptions do not have to be specific; “near the supermarket” or “outside the high school” is fine. 200 words.

3. Think of the forums as streets. Now describe where you would put the billboard in Menewsha to get the most people to see it. In 200 words, tell us why you placed the billboard there.

4. Make a TV commercial to promote your team’s street circus. You can write a script or make an actual video. It must not be longer than 30 seconds, whether the actual video or read. Post either the script or the link to the video here.

5. You decide to sabotage the other teams’ billboards. In 200 words describe how you would do this, and how you would get away without getting caught.

6. Design a banner advertising your team’s street circus to hang on a blimp. Draw, traditionally or digitally, the banner on the blimp.


7. A fast food chain has agreed to make a meal to promote your team. Draw a meal that represents your team. It must include the food and the packaging.


8. Draw a promotional toy design to be given out to kids in the fast food meal. It must represent your team and include a tag that shows the date of the performance. In the “blueprint,” include 1 nifty feature to be integrated into the toy (I.e. electronic sounds, moves its arms, etc).


ROUND 1 (7am--7pm CST, July 12): Around Town

SPOILERX

1. Go through your team members’ friends lists and write a PM to 1 person from each list (7 people total), telling them about your street circus. Do not actually send the PMs. Each message must be different from the next. Quote each PM you write and indicate who it was written to and whose friends list you found them in.

2. Create a 100x100 pixel avatar icon, 1 for each member of your street circus team. Each icon must be unique and reflect some aspect of the member it represents, whether something you’ve noticed, knew beforehand, or had to ask about. Your team mates do not have to use the icon in any way.

3. Write and record a short radio advertisement motivating people to attend your team’s street circus. It can not be more than 1 minute. It can be a skit or a jingle. Link to where the recording can be heard.

4. On paper, design 3 unique fliers advertising your team’s street circus. Use markers, glitter, stickers, etc. to make them eye-catching. Include your team’s logo, brief description of the show, location (Menewsha’s Town Square, etc.) and the date of when the show will premiere (the end of this event). Photograph\scan the fliers when complete.

5. Write a press release about your upcoming street circus. Make it no more than 2 paragraphs long. Include 2 images (drawings, photos, etc) that are pertinent to your circus.

6. You decide to get crafty. Make a craft (bracelet, puppet, etc) that promotes your show in some way. Photograph it when it’s complete.

7. A team member volunteers to become a moving billboard. Create 5 different designs promoting your team’s circus in some way for them to use as forehead-stickers, car decals, etc. Note: they won’t actually be using them.

8. You are feeling evil. Write a 200 word chain letter and submit it here. The catch? Try to make it connected to your team’s street circus, but at the same time try to make it NOT obvious that you, a member of the team, wrote it. Do not send the chain letter to anyone.


Last edited by Goblin Maiden; 07-14-2010 at 12:07 PM..