Dr. Ebull's Super-Meme Advertising Challenge sponsored by paintedcows.com Welcome to the 'Super-Meme Advertising Challenge! If you were fortunate enough to receive Dr. Ebull's letter, Add-on Dollars, Marketing Memes of Mystery, then you have been specifically chosen to receive this offer by virtue of your demonstrated web abilities. If you did not receive the letter it's not because we don't think that you are great, too. Because we do! Please click the link above and catch up. On to the challenge... Meme (meem) something that virally infects the human brain with a sound, a phrase, or an image. In our world of advertising, meme = excellence, and excellence = success. Coca-Cola's, 'Coke, The real thing.', Mcdonald's, 'You deserve a break today!', and Alka-seltzer's long running favorite, 'Plop, plop. Fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!' are all superior examples of advertising memes. Super-Memes, if you will. Now we challenge you to show-off your talents for all of the industry to see! In order to create an opportunity for individuals and companies of all sizes to creatively compete, paintedcows.com has developed the 'Super-Meme Advertising Challenge'. This advertising talent show is NOT, as Dr. Ebull would say, for the quasi-creative, creative-lite, or the merely creatively cute. Each entrant's meme campaign will appear in a rotation on every page of our site, including our extremely popular Toon pages! In addition, here's where the competition comes in, each ad will be featured on Dr. Ebull's 'Super-Meme Advertising Challenge' home page. Thousands of your peers will see your work and will be asked to vote for their favorites! Be a part of something seriously fun and here is what you will receive: Four talented 'challenge' winners will receive the 30,000-100,000 ultra-high quality exposures earned during the 90-day challenge. Their company featured in an 'Adventures of Brandman' clay-toon, handcrafted and written by paintedcow's top team. A collector's, custom designed, 'clay-toon' character from your company's 'toon'. The recognition and vote of confidence from your peers. And the fun you get out of kickin' someone's creative butt! Each and every entrant to the challenge will receive those same 30,000-100,000 'highly-targeted' exposures, the motivating acknowledgement of their peers and the fun and thrill of competition. All challengers will pay one low amount for identical advertising packages. Standard advertising rates (table below) do not apply to challenge entrants! Dr. Ebull's Challenge: Submit your best examples of meme advertising in the following formats: 1 Banner (468 pixels wide x 60 pixels high; 15K maximum file size;
GIF or JPEG; animation acceptable within file size limit) To be received by paintedcows.com by December 15, 2000. Ads will be accepted for the challenge after December 15, 2000. These ads will be full- priced and will run for the portion remaining of the 90-day challenge. All three ads will run from December 31, 2000 until March 30, 2001 for an unprecedented low $199.00. Yes, a full 90 days of quality advertising being seen each day by the people and companies that are looking for you! Only $199.00. Four 'Super-Meme Advertising Challenge' winners will be chosen by a combination of votes cast and paintedcows.com judges. All decisions of the judges are final. The typical internet banner ad now costs an average of 33.30 per thousand exposures and is too widely targeted. Now for only $2.21 per day, you can have fun, compete, and reach the people you need to reach. Please fill out the the challenge entry form below and print one to mail to us at: paintedcows.com E-mail us at scott@paintedcows.com with your intentions to enter and we'll reserve your spot. Forward all artwork to: shelley@paintedcows.com Thanks for joining! And Good Luck! paintedcows.com is proud to announce
YES! Count us in. We can win this thing! Company___________________ Street Address________________________ City______________________ State___________________ zip__________ ph#_______________fax #__________________ e-mail __________________________
For 90 days beginning on December 31, 2000 paintedcows will run the following ads/sizes 1 banner (468 pixels wide x 60 pixels high; 15K maximum file size; GIF or JPEG; animation acceptable within file size limit) 1 Big Button (72 pixels square; GIF; 10K maximum; animation acceptable within file size limit) in a rotation, on each of its web site pages including a special challenge competition home page. Also, an enhanced logo button will be added to the clients link on the appropriate pages within paintedcows.com. In consideration for this highly valuable advertising space, being offered at a ridiculously low cpm, I agree to pay paintedcows.com the sum of $199.00 (US funds). This amount will be paid promptly as follows. One-half ($100.00 US funds) due upon ad submission, and the remainder ($99.00 US funds) due one week after the challenge ends on March 30, 2001.
Authorizing signature:
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make all checks payable to paintedcows.com. phone: 505-466-2355
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The Fine Print: File size: maximum file size12k Or, let us design a banner for you. Contact us for details. Closing: 5 days before calendar month's end for banner ads and 14 days prior for claymation ads. Ad sales contact: Scott Karlson or Shelley Delayne Production contact: Shelley Delayne or Scott Karlson Payment: New advertisers are requested to pay 50% in advance and 50% at the end of the banner/etc. month served. Established accounts payments are due 10 days following the end of each banner month provided. Additional terms negotiable. Your page traffic statistics mailed with your billing. We reserve the right to reject any advertising.
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