In my career I have become increasing involved in my
company's marketing and
advertising initiatives. Although I'm no expert, one of the seemingly obvious observations about
advertising is that
quality really makes a difference. This has made me especially sensitive to noticing
really bad advertising campaigns, especially locally. Therefore, I have decided that whenever I see some kind of home-made, low-budget,
advertising, I'm going to post pictures of it on my blog.
Below is the van for a company named
Extreme Clean Services. I know this because it was
written on the door in Sharpie and stenciled on the side panels in spray paint. I really like the way the black Sharpie ink contrasts with the white, spray-can, paint job. I don't know much about this company other than they clean the
Piggly Wiggly store windows. I didn't stick
around to see if they concluded by writing "
Piggly Wiggly" on the windows in Sharpie.
I saw this pickup truck tonight while driving home from a church meeting. I've started keeping a camera in my car for just such opportunities, so I snapped a quick photo at a traffic light. Two facts are clear:
