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[Alessio]

Do we have any stickers or car stickers or something? Could be an interesting idea for us to give out at events or something, because if I know anything about people they love free stuff =D. A couple of stickers (especially car stickers in back windows) could go a long way.

Also, Locky suggested a while ago that we could try getting some 'stilts socks' made for the springs, so that they dont look so ratty when we take them to events and suchlike. I'd be very happy to pay for a pair and if several people requested them we could probably get several made in bulk for a little bit cheaper.

Any comments or suggestions would be very welcome =]

[Locky]

The problem with window stickers is that even on vistaprints many free offers, its going to cost about £15 for a window decal 48 x 32 cm. This is what we got the window sticker printed on that's in my front room and was on my car. We could probably get quite a few window stickers on that and cut them up but I dont think it would be enough to be able to give them away. I'll have a play and see how many we could get on the sheet. What do you think would be a good size?

To get a few hundred of them printed would cost us a few hundred quid and we decided a long time ago that rubber wrist bands would be a more effective way of advertising for us, which I still agree with. [See this old thread]

We have a lot of leaflets coming soon which we can dish out to anyone.

We also have the portable pogo printer that prints a business card sized photo or sticker that we can sell at events. It can print from any SLR or any bluetooth camera/phone or any camera that supports pictbridge. Each print costs us about 20p so I wouldnt wanna sell them for less than 50p, probably a quid.

Edit: just had a look at the large window decal and had a play with the template we used for vistaprint when we ordered.
We'd get 8 car stickers on 1 sheet and 6 smaller ones. The larger ones would be approx 15cm x 5 or 6 cm so they are not that big. if 8 of them cost £15 thats nearly £2 each :/ (pic attached to show)

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[Locky]

Just a note on wristbands...

if we ordered 100 as per the design on the old thread it would cost £75 delivered (75p each)
200 would be £130 (65p each)
300 = 60p each and so on.

It's still a lot to fork out but I think people at festivals might pay a quid for the wristbands and at least they would pay for themselves then and its an item they are less likely to bin.

[ToniBlair]

Matt there is a guy in Newport that does window stickers alah Motor trade ones.
Just get your name n phonre number maybe a web addy wont be anything like £200
unless prices have rocketed in 12 years!!!!

[Alessio]

'Kay, stickers are pretty much out, what about the socks? I have no idea where we could get them done or what the design should be like (though I have half a dozen or so ideas) but I believe that a couple of them for performers at demos would make the club look pretty professional =D

[Locky]

Yeah I liked this idea too. All you would need is some rather thick material running the length of the spring that velcro's together on the inside.
I just dont have any real idea how you do that. Thought ricky was our resident seemstress!

You could then have an array of different coloured socks, or even style them appropriately for different events.