Comments on: The Lessons of T Shirts to Marketers http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: suma valluru http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28136 suma valluru Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:35:43 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28136 Hi, the lesson given on the t-shirts is really very amazing and cute...<br><br>cheers<br>suma<br>----------------------------------------------<br><a href="http://www.rhinestonetshirts.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rhinestonetshirts.net/</a><br><br> Hi, the lesson given on the t-shirts is really very amazing and cute…

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suma
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]]> By: Terri http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28135 Terri Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:57:04 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28135 Great team t-shirts are great for sport fans and for team spirit! <a href="http://www.thespiritzone.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.thespiritzone.com</a> Great team t-shirts are great for sport fans and for team spirit! http://www.thespiritzone.com

]]> By: Fractals http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28134 Fractals Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:57:37 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28134 I never really thought about it like that, but you are correct. T-shirt giveaways are more popular than giveaways for bigger things. People are just crazy like that. <br><br>People also pay way too much for shirts with cool sayings...They are still tshirts! I never really thought about it like that, but you are correct. T-shirt giveaways are more popular than giveaways for bigger things. People are just crazy like that.

People also pay way too much for shirts with cool sayings…They are still tshirts!

]]> By: Sal http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28133 Sal Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:25:31 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28133 It\'s funny how people can wear a sport or group t-shirt and you know who exactly they are rooting for! Take our school for example. We had some t-shirts printed up by, <a href="http://www.thespiritzone.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.thespiritzone.com</a>. We had our custom wording with our school colors etc. Everyone knew what we were all about with saying a word! It\’s funny how people can wear a sport or group t-shirt and you know who exactly they are rooting for! Take our school for example. We had some t-shirts printed up by, http://www.thespiritzone.com. We had our custom wording with our school colors etc. Everyone knew what we were all about with saying a word!

]]> By: Frank Nevins http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28132 Frank Nevins Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:10:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28132 Custom t-shirts offer the biggest bang for your promotional buck. Offer a t-shirt giveaway at a tradeshow and I am always amazed to see successful, time-starved business execs waiting in line to bring home a FREE t-shirtbranded with your logo. <br><br>Note to marketers. If you are going to print t-shirts for an event, make your t-shirt design more impactful by utilizing the new technology out there.<br><br>Our new MicroSite, CustomShirtsFast.com, offers an Online Designer, thousands of custom t-shirts templates and affordable ways to produce high-quality, professional looking FULL color printed shirts and totes. <br><br>With the advent of digital t-shirt printing you can now print any digital photo or graphic design you create on your computer directly on a t-shirt--with no minimum order or setup requirements. <br> Custom t-shirts offer the biggest bang for your promotional buck. Offer a t-shirt giveaway at a tradeshow and I am always amazed to see successful, time-starved business execs waiting in line to bring home a FREE t-shirtbranded with your logo.

Note to marketers. If you are going to print t-shirts for an event, make your t-shirt design more impactful by utilizing the new technology out there.

Our new MicroSite, CustomShirtsFast.com, offers an Online Designer, thousands of custom t-shirts templates and affordable ways to produce high-quality, professional looking FULL color printed shirts and totes.

With the advent of digital t-shirt printing you can now print any digital photo or graphic design you create on your computer directly on a t-shirt–with no minimum order or setup requirements.

]]> By: Toly Shilman http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28131 Toly Shilman Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:38:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28131 Mark, I could not agree with you more. I am 25 and an entrepreneur in waiting. Everything I have ever started has always been augmented with a marketing campaign that featured t-shirts. <br>In college, I founded a fraternity chapter. We were just a bunch of misfits, but upon getting our first batch of shirts an amazing amount of excitement spread across the group and the campus. Everyone saw the shirts and wanted to know what we are all about. I think sometimes something as simple as a t-shirt gives the business an identity, and countless hours of free advertising if the person actually chooses to wear them.<br><br>When I started my own business while in college. It was a real challenge. I started a juicebar called Shaker\'s Blends and it was started on $4,000. We found that as soon as we got t-shirts and began giving them away to some of our customers the excitements and in effect the sales went up. Four months later I went from having no employees to having nine employees. A few months later I sold the business at a profit and graduated. Now I am in business school, and working full time, and the t-shirt lesson continues to serve me well.<br> Mark, I could not agree with you more. I am 25 and an entrepreneur in waiting. Everything I have ever started has always been augmented with a marketing campaign that featured t-shirts.
In college, I founded a fraternity chapter. We were just a bunch of misfits, but upon getting our first batch of shirts an amazing amount of excitement spread across the group and the campus. Everyone saw the shirts and wanted to know what we are all about. I think sometimes something as simple as a t-shirt gives the business an identity, and countless hours of free advertising if the person actually chooses to wear them.

When I started my own business while in college. It was a real challenge. I started a juicebar called Shaker\’s Blends and it was started on $4,000. We found that as soon as we got t-shirts and began giving them away to some of our customers the excitements and in effect the sales went up. Four months later I went from having no employees to having nine employees. A few months later I sold the business at a profit and graduated. Now I am in business school, and working full time, and the t-shirt lesson continues to serve me well.

]]> By: Adam Whitney http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28128 Adam Whitney Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:12:58 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28128 I know firsthand how great a t-shirt launcher can be because I sell them. In fact we sold two to the Dallas Mavericks, which they are currently using at their arena.<br>I worked with the Denver Nuggets for four years and observered thousands of fans. Mark is right on about the excitement of fans for a free T-Shirt. Why? Because it is more than just a t-shirt;it is a memory! <br>It is a memory of something that someone won and others didn't, making it special, like a foulball or homerun ball caught at the ballpark. It is the shirt that reminds you of the event everytime you wear it. Much like a song that can remind you of a certain event in your life, a t-shirt will be a reminder of a fun experience in your life. You will remember what you were doing, who you were with, and all of the other moments which will bring a smile to your face as you reminisce about that happy moment. I know firsthand how great a t-shirt launcher can be because I sell them. In fact we sold two to the Dallas Mavericks, which they are currently using at their arena.
I worked with the Denver Nuggets for four years and observered thousands of fans. Mark is right on about the excitement of fans for a free T-Shirt. Why? Because it is more than just a t-shirt;it is a memory!
It is a memory of something that someone won and others didn’t, making it special, like a foulball or homerun ball caught at the ballpark. It is the shirt that reminds you of the event everytime you wear it. Much like a song that can remind you of a certain event in your life, a t-shirt will be a reminder of a fun experience in your life. You will remember what you were doing, who you were with, and all of the other moments which will bring a smile to your face as you reminisce about that happy moment.

]]> By: Jarrod Morgan http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28130 Jarrod Morgan Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:55:42 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28130 I really liked this post Mark. I am going to pass it along to the guys I work with so we can keep these types of things in mind. Observation almost always beats surveys. I really liked this post Mark. I am going to pass it along to the guys I work with so we can keep these types of things in mind. Observation almost always beats surveys.

]]> By: Caroline Melberg http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28129 Caroline Melberg Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:03:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28129 Amen! Customers will not come right out and tell you what they want - that's why focus groups are a bunch of BS. Watch their actions, and you'll get the whole story. Note to CMO's everywhere: that means leaving your office and going out to actually interact with your customers. Watch how they buy your products, shop in your store, talk to your sales people and use your products. Find out what questions they have - only then will you know what your customers truly want. This is one of the reasons small businesses are in such a great position to serve their customers - they typically interact much closer with their customers every day and therefore know better what they actually want.<br><br>And about the lighting - I thought I was nuts ... went to a T-Wolves game the other night (first one this season) and I was convinced that Target Center had something wrong with their sound and lighting system. Glad to know I wasn't imagining things!<br> Amen! Customers will not come right out and tell you what they want – that’s why focus groups are a bunch of BS. Watch their actions, and you’ll get the whole story. Note to CMO’s everywhere: that means leaving your office and going out to actually interact with your customers. Watch how they buy your products, shop in your store, talk to your sales people and use your products. Find out what questions they have – only then will you know what your customers truly want. This is one of the reasons small businesses are in such a great position to serve their customers – they typically interact much closer with their customers every day and therefore know better what they actually want.

And about the lighting – I thought I was nuts … went to a T-Wolves game the other night (first one this season) and I was convinced that Target Center had something wrong with their sound and lighting system. Glad to know I wasn’t imagining things!

]]> By: ollie http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28127 ollie Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:19:34 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-lessons-of-t-shirts-to-marketers/#comment-28127 People get excited by the adrenaline of the possibility of catching a prize. Not by t-shirts! I guarantee that you would have the same reaction if you were throwing almost anything in the crowd!<br>This is a great but ironic example of the point in this blog. we see what we want to see! I see a different customer message then the love for t-shirts! And would look deeper into it before increasing my t-shirt promo's at the games! People get excited by the adrenaline of the possibility of catching a prize. Not by t-shirts! I guarantee that you would have the same reaction if you were throwing almost anything in the crowd!
This is a great but ironic example of the point in this blog. we see what we want to see! I see a different customer message then the love for t-shirts! And would look deeper into it before increasing my t-shirt promo’s at the games!

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