Merchandising the recession. Part 2.
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April 27, 2009
Humor, My story, Uncategorized
Tags: economy, laid off, recession merchandise, recession t-shirts, unemployed
A few weeks back I posted about the quintessential recession marketing tool — the T-shirt. You could argue that it’s the most egalitarian form of public self-expression. (Or perhaps it was until blogs appeared.) And that post had some examples that made me laugh-out-loud (like “Scumbag Millionaires”).
You don’t need to have big bucks to pay for media. You don’t have to rely on some editor somewhere to judge your letter as print-worthy. You just have to lay put on a shirt and take to the streets. Herewith, Part 2 of Merchandising the Recession with some more entertaining entries.
Click here Merchandising the recession Part 1for
Tags: economy, laid off, recession merchandise, recession t-shirts, unemployed
everysandwich said:
Apr 27, 09 at 6:37 amExcellent. I thought theIRS was especially brilliant.
bcoxmeister said:
Apr 27, 09 at 2:29 pmGotta agree with everysandwich, that theIRS idea is brilliant!
Karol said:
Apr 27, 09 at 2:49 pmIRS owned would have been a good one, too. MMM…Possibly because many owe them or is it the other way around? Ha. I guess, I am not alone in that boat either…I like them all. I am thinking about putting my own logo on a tee-shirt. Yes, to all … IRS owned; Unemployment Reality Right Here;AIG can you spare a dime?; rich but economy poor; If I were a robot, would you hire me?; Yep, I am unemplyed…You can laugh if like but you’re next! Just to name a few. And my favorit
Karol said:
Apr 27, 09 at 2:50 pmIRS owned would have been a good one, too. MMM…Possibly because many owe them or is it the other way around? Ha. I guess, I am not alone in that boat either…I like them all. I am thinking about putting my own logo on a tee-shirt. Yes, to all … IRS owned; Unemployment Reality Right Here;AIG can you spare a dime?; rich but economy poor; If I were a robot, would you hire me?; Yep, I am unemplyed…You can laugh if like but you’re next! Just to name a few. And my favorite, If you hire me now, you won’t have to look for or throw away my resume’ later.
BigDaddyCool said:
Apr 27, 09 at 4:35 pmI’ve been doing the same thing myself - making up logos to put on shirts. I’va actually got some up right now at http://www.zazzle.com/bigdaddycoolid/find/qs-/sd-desc/st-date_created
I’m especially proud of the one that reads…
“I went to a job interview and all they offered me was THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT!!!”
ffn said:
Apr 27, 09 at 7:04 pmNice BD — have you gotten any sales?
Dave said:
Apr 27, 09 at 7:08 pmGreat post! Thanks for giving me some ideas for my own *editorials* on underwear (or outerwear, for that matter).
BigDaddyCool said:
Apr 28, 09 at 4:32 pmNope, no sales yet - but I’m hopeful.
steve said:
Apr 30, 09 at 8:10 amMostly we miss offline advertising campaigns which can be very fruitful. Although our businesses are always being designed for global audience but I think we miss a large portion of business not to advertise offline. I am planning the similar campaign and thanks for sharing all those cool designs.
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May 12, 09 at 8:53 amgreat shirts, i love the one about being broke b4 it was cool.
ChicagoStorageDude said:
May 30, 09 at 8:44 amWell folks, those are definitely nice Shirts, I wonder If I could afford them.
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Learn How To Jump Higher Now said:
Jul 09, 09 at 9:50 amI like these, especially the Theirs one. I like the subject of the grad school T, too - I can sort of relate.
Martin said:
Aug 03, 09 at 4:34 amLike it, and you are absolutely right, it’s a great way of self-expression and who knows, people may want to buy one. My personal favorite from those above is the ‘I was broke before it was cool….’ t-shirt.
Kenlee said:
Aug 15, 09 at 6:22 ami can see some improvement in US economy. i just hope that we will be out of this economic recession soon.
folding chairs said:
Aug 21, 09 at 10:57 amIt’s quite amusing to know that enterprising people always have a nose on how to recognize opportunities. This is a perfect example of that. For sure, t-shirts such as these are always ringing the cash registers. Alvin
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Aug 29, 09 at 1:38 pmI like these, especially the Theirs one. I like the subject of the grad school T, too - I can sort of relate.
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Sep 15, 09 at 5:27 amLove them all but especially like ‘Friends without benefits’ and ‘I was broke before it was cool’, great stuff.
Phones said:
Sep 28, 09 at 6:59 am‘I was broke before it was cool’ is a classic !
Major Richard Sharpe said:
Sep 28, 09 at 7:01 amsome fun on there
hillary scott said:
Oct 25, 09 at 2:43 pmSurprisingly the uk economy shrank a further 0.4% between July and September (the last quarter that there are figures for), so the end of the downturn is a long way off yet - another 6 months at least i reckon, its the longest recession since records began 50 years ago and it wont be till years later the economy and property market recovers, it was’nt until the late 90’s that the property market recovered after the 89/90 recession.
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Oct 31, 09 at 10:08 pmIt’s quite amusing to know that enterprising people always have a nose on how to recognize opportunities. This is a perfect example of that. For sure, t-shirts such as these are always ringing the cash registers. Alvin
Jenna said:
Nov 01, 09 at 11:11 pmthe Economic recession made a lot of jobless people in my own country. We could only hope that our economy becomes strong again.
Evita lehti said:
Nov 11, 09 at 12:47 pmThose shirts would sell if the targeted people still had any money left to spare.
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Dec 04, 09 at 1:18 amThis is a great idea, I love all these design, they are very cool. by the way, are you selling them?
Janet Reyes said:
Dec 08, 09 at 12:05 amOur country was also hit hard by the Economic Recession. At least we are seeing some signs of economic recovery now. I hope that we could recover soon from this recession.
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Dec 08, 09 at 9:25 pmVery creative idea, how you come out these?
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Dec 22, 09 at 6:57 pmGreat T shirt and great designer!
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Dec 30, 09 at 12:26 pmThese are some funny t shirts!
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Arthur Smith said:
Feb 18, 10 at 8:21 pmduring the height of the economic recession, our online and offline business in the US have suffered some major drop in sales. now our sales are getting slowly back to normal.
Keiron said:
Feb 24, 10 at 8:38 amNice t-shirts. I have to say I like the idea of t-shirts being a tool to help stave off the effects of recession - they certainly are great bits of merchandising that can be used well for advertising is used correctly.
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Mar 16, 10 at 1:23 amIt’s quite amusing to know that enterprising people always have a nose on how to recognize opportunities. This is a perfect example of that. For sure, t-shirts such as these are always ringing the cash registers.
nicolas said:
Mar 21, 10 at 6:05 amI really loved the Goldman sacked T-Shirt. I guess I have to make one myself, as there isn’t a way to buy it?
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Apr 14, 10 at 12:53 amThis is a great idea, I love all these design, they are very cool. by the way, are you selling them?
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Apr 19, 10 at 11:12 pmthe Economic recession made a lot of jobless people in my own country. We could only hope that our economy becomes strong again.
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Apr 24, 10 at 12:20 pmGreat post. This could be a great way to use humour to introduce the problems facing our nation.
Nathan Lee said:
Apr 28, 10 at 6:07 amOur home business was really affected by the Economic recession, we have to cut jobs just to cover up our losses. fortunately, we have already recovered. ‘
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May 02, 10 at 9:38 pmAlthough our businesses are always being designed for global audience but I think we miss a large portion of business not to advertise offline. I am planning the similar campaign and thanks for sharing all those cool designs.
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Sep 02, 10 at 3:49 amYes I think this is great. the idea is gorgeous, to express yourselves using T-shirts. I think it will be worthy.