Monday, November 06, 2006

Looking for Sponsors

This past weekend I was watching college football and came up with an ingenious idea. I need some sponsors for my life.

College football has sponsors for everything: there's the Southwest "bottom line" that gives you all the scores for the day...There's the Chevrolet "Player of the Game"...There's the Allstate "kick the field goal"...There's the Penzoil "halftime show"...There's the so-and-so "play of the game"...And naturally, in Utah for the BYU games there is even the Chuck-O-Rama (a buffet type restaurant) "choice of the game". I think you get the picture.

I'm thinking that if companies are willing to pay for advertising in such a manner, they ought to be willing to pay me for certain things, too. I mean, how about the Erin Neff Crest "toothbrushing of the day". Or perhaps the Erin Neff Advil "headache of the week". And, I wouldn't even think of going without the Chuck-o-Rama "choice of the hour".

Nick was quick to point out the flaw in my brilliant plan: they advertise on college football game days so that people will actually BUY their product. But, seeing the Southwest "bottom line" doesn't give me the urge to fly Southwest. The Chevrolet "player of the game" doesn't make me want to buy a Chevy truck.

What I'm thinking is that following around a normal person with a camera on a normal day (something that I am willing to do for the right price) would be more of an incentive to buy stuff...all kinds of stuff. I could actually fly Southwest and show how much fun it is (except flying into Albuquerque because that sucks). I could drive the Chevy trucks to show how manly they can be while also saving on gas (over other leading trucks). I could brush with Crest and then kiss babies to show that Crest really does freshen your breath for the "most important people".

Seriously. So, there is my proposal. I need some sponsors. If anyone is interested, give me a call at 1-800-CASH-4-ME.

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