Observations about merchandise
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I was listening to a podcast from TWiT and they were explaining how income from merchandise is about the only way most podcasters will ever get ahead financially. That was one observation that must have pissed off 3 million podcasters at once.
A sound piece of advice I heard from another source that may save the day - if you run a tech (ie boring ) blog (or podcast), just get some funny t-shirts designed, with logos or quotes not related to your blog/podcast in any way, and point your viewers/listeners to them.
Talk about inappropriate merchandise - I remember seeing a sheath knife, a small hunting knife, that had the words, "Glasgow Rangers F.C." stamped professionally on the handle. Knowing what Scottish soccer fans get up to on a Saturday night after a few beers, I wouldn't be surprised to see rival supporters wielding a souvenir claymore or mace.
A "Scottish" quote to put on your standard issue mug: Jesus Saves, and Dalgleish scores off the rebound. Kenny Dalgleish is a soccer legend
In case that went straight over your head, here is an "American" quote to put on a Bank of America mug: Here, noone saves.
The Pisstakers has a shop, supposedly open for business. Judging by the sales, however, clearly the merchandise needs the same level of work over as my jokes. (For the benefit of people like my wife, unaware that the average savings rate in the USA is -1%, that Bank of America quote was funny!!!!!)
And finally, on this site I have a page called Shopaholics, which is like a front for shop-related info. The internet is full of ways to get you to part with your money and I found a few different on-line store options to show bloggers who might be looking for monetizing ideas. Shopaholics is here if you are interested. It is of no interest to me, because if the economy depended on my spending habits, it would collapse.
OK, time to go and enjoy the sun with my second hand Pisstakers cap on.
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