WebHosting UK T-Shirts

[James]

Dear Members,

We at Webhosting.uk.com are planning to send out Webhosting UK T-Shirts to all our customers. The front design of the t-shirt has already been finalized but back print design is still pending as we haven't been able to make a decision on a perfect theme for the t-shirt yet which would match our UK hosting business.

So we have decided to give an opportunity to all our forum members to participate in this and make a unique design for WebHosting UK T-Shirt. The member whose design will be chosen as the best design by Webhosting UK management will be offered a choice of free Linux VPS Starter with cPanel or WinVPS Starter with Plesk for a year.

The winner will also get a WebHosting UK T-Shirt with his own design creation printed on the back.

Here's wishing all the best to the participating members. Looking forward to see a great design showcase!

[optrex]

Great idea James, can we see a copy of the front design so that we can keep our design in context?

[Dan]

I'd definitely purchase one, always keeping WHUK at the front of the line

Not too good at designing, I will sit back and check out some of the amazing designs

[Administrator]

Following design was suggested by our designer for back side, but none of us liked it.

[Administrator]

Originally Posted by Dan

I'd definitely purchase one, always keeping WHUK at the front of the line

Not too good at designing, I will sit back and check out some of the amazing designs

We won't sell those. We will send T-Shirts for our customers as gift

[Dan]

Ah, very nice

Haha, that design made me laugh

[chris]

I guess the design which has been suggested is a lil common as I've seen the same design somewhere else as well, can't recall it though. But yeah will look forward for a T-shirt

Which color is it btw? hope its a black T...

[James]

The front design is perfect but we may change the text to WEBHOSTING.UK.COM

A complete domain name is always good to use on T-Shirts.

[James]

Originally Posted by chris

I guess the design which has been suggested is a lil common as I've seen the same design somewhere else as well, can't recall it though. But yeah will look forward for a T-shirt

Which color is it btw? hope its a black T...

lol not black it will be white T.

[chris]

Originally Posted by James

lol not black it will be white T.

Cool, cool, not a problem as long as its free...lol

[John]

I want a black one...

[black-dog]

Originally Posted by Administrator

We won't sell those. We will send T-Shirts for our customers as gift

Seriously bad idea. No, really, I mean it.

To get any marketing benefit out of a T shirt it has to be worn. That means it has to have perceived value and freebies just don't. People aren't stupid - they know you just want free advertising. Unless you have a brand that has real class (eg Ferrari, Gucci) that is. It may get worn as a nightshirt or used as a polishing cloth but that's about it. Either way you lose. And it could be worse. I'm sure people like Cassie would think you would be far better off investing the money in your systems!

I have some suggestions. One, redesign the logo to something more colourful, eyecatching and cool. It's very drab and uninteresting at the moment. See the Firefox logo for a good example.

Two, create a T shirt that geeks will want to wear. You could have a slogan competition to come up with something like 'Home sweet 127.0.0.1' or 'Sometimes I just turn it off and on again'. The slogan needs to be the main purpose of the T shirt with your branding as secondary. That way people will not feel like they are a sandwich board. You get a free ride on the back of people wanting to wear the shirt.

Create a shirt that people will WANT to have rather than one you have to give away.

[black-dog]

Here's a quick slogan idea:

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[John]

Hi,

We are quietly confident it will have the desired effect. It's not so much as a marketing gimmick (although that is also nice!), it's more of a way to get more of our customers onto the forum and just to show we are a little bit different. The cost? Negligible, compared to certain magazine advertisements

[black-dog]

Originally Posted by John

Hi,

We are quietly confident it will have the desired effect. It's not so much as a marketing gimmick (although that is also nice!), it's more of a way to get more of our customers onto the forum and just to show we are a little bit different. The cost? Negligible, compared to certain magazine advertisements

Well what do I know, I've only been involved in PR and marketing for about 30 years.

Ho hum. I won't get one anyway, I just manage the VPS I don't pay the bill for it. And I've never, ever seen my boss in anything other than a shirt tie and business suit so he'll never wear it.

No one wants you to be different. Unless that means being the best.