UPDATE: Deadline has been extended to April 7th… see details here
Attention all marketers, agency creatives, and other media slaves:
From now until 11:59pm PST on March 31st The Daily Anchor is accepting submissions for the best killed ideas; creative ideas that never saw the light of day.
How many times have you thought up a great idea only to have it shot down by a client, a boss, or even another great idea?
Think of this contest as a homeless shelter for your killed idea… or maybe a final resting place, one that is oh-so-much-more dignified than the recycling bin next to the copier.
Here’s how it works:
- Send an email to editor @ thedailyanchor.com describing your killed idea in a few paragraphs – be sure to include any images (zip ‘em if they’re huge)
- Tell us if anybody else contributed to the idea
- Tell us why the idea was killed
- To have your idea considered for inclusion in Steve Hall’s forthcoming book, you’ll also need to submit your idea here
Just so you know:
- By submitting your idea you agree to have it published on TheDailyAnchor.com
- You can keep your/your team’s identity anonymous if you’d like, but now is your chance to get some overdue recognition
- You’re not required to disclose your client or their brand, but the more context the better
- The media you provide (images, storyboards, video, cocktail napkin sketches) must be owned by you, your team or your employer.
The contest is sponsored by Blurb
Blurb is a creative publishing and marketing platform that gives you the complete control to quickly and easily design the book you always imagined – with professional production values, and immediate global distribution. Blurb delivers the permanence and impact of commercial-quality books, with the speed and flexibility of the Internet.
The Winner will:
- Receive Blurb coupons to help you publish your own book
- Have your idea published as a featured article on The Daily Anchor
- Be given the opportunity to write a weekly guest column on The Daily Anchor for one month
- Instantly become very, very cool and very, very popular
2 Runners up will receive a Blurb coupon
Email your idea to editor @ thedailyanchor.com
We need your best idea by 11:59pm PST on March 31st, 2009… No Exceptions.
UPDATE: Deadline has been extended to April 7th… see details here
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Ireally need this-PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last year, we were going to exhibit at Salesforce.com’s “Sales Kickoff” in Las Vegas. We were going to promote our company with the “Gold Club” and hire a couple of “exotic models” to drive traffic to our booth. We got approvals up the chain until it hit an EVP that shot it down…