Can I tap into everyone's creativity for a meme?
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About a week ago there was an awesome YouMoz post entitled How To Use Memes to Build EASY Backlinks & Traffic. I was so inspired by this post to come up with something awesome. I have been thinking long and hard about it ever since then, even browsing meme sites, and I'm coming up with NOTHING. Our company, stadriemblems.com designs and supplies custom embroidered patches for uniforms, events, and things of that nature.
I know that I know the niche the best, but I'm not good at funny. So maybe someone who's good at funny can come up with something without having to know all the ins and outs of the niche.
I'd so greatly appreciate some suggestions. I'll give everyone who tries a thumps-up, even if it's not good!
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I know this isn't exactly what you're saying, but you indirectly gave me a good idea. I could find a good image and hold a contest to have our customers come up with a caption.
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When you say "meme" I think of something organic such as a funny or slightly odd photo or image, which serves as a canvas upon which others paint their creativity. There's no telling how one bad cartoon became "Pin ALL the Things!" or pic of a guy with his hat turned to the side became "Scumbag Steve" or an insane wolf became this wild and crazy reused advice image, or socially awkward penguin.
Reading what you're describing, it looks more like you're interested in a tag line, or a campaign concept, or am I misreading?
If you want a funny organic image, I'd try and get rights to an image of a girl scout or boy scout with a hundred badges, or some nerdy fellow in a weird location with a hundred unrelated patches on his jacket, maybe foursquare badges. Then let the crowd come up with why it's funny.
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It's much better than anything I came up with! I could actually use both on them, since one is from the standpoint of someone who needs them and one is from the opposite stand-point.That helps. Thanks!
It's something that will work great our our site. I'm looking for something for that and then something to spread all over the Internet, so I'm half way there!
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Patches?
We don't need no stinkin' Patches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7a9lMSwL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=LXZq9cl9P4Y
http://www.hark.com/clips/xgszgzrszs-patches
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/quotes?qt=qt0298119
Here is some rather demented inspiration...
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