Have you ever thought about giving out "Certificate" awards to area businesses? When I go in some fast food places they are proud to show their awards and those awards could be free advertisement to the message board.

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That is a very good, well thought out, idea.

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dang, that is a good idea, bout to head out for tonight, will def give it some thought!

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Rough outline here all

we can do the

"TalkDelaware.com Posters Choice Awards" (or make a better title)

I can make a section

put one thread in there where we can brainstorm categories, or steal someone elses

then get a nomination thread together for each category OR PM me nominations and ill keep a list till XYZ date/deadline

then we can make a thread for each category with the top 5 or so nominees and we vote

simple enough?

MAKE SUGGESTIONS! this is YOUR choice awards

O and I made a proto-type award too

I like the one on the bottom...

Just not Malin's as the "Best Cheesesteak"...

Cleveland Ave USED to have the best cheesesteak......

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Looks a lot like the "Readers Choice" awards that other place gives out.


I'm just sayin

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Here's a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners, searches, pat downs, etc. Have an appropriate booth that you can step into that will not X-ray you, but WILL detonate any explosive device you may have on you.

They get their wish and we get ours!

What great idea to get some attention to our site.

well i never designed a award, im looking out our readers choice award....lol

ill google up some other styles though

I tht this looked pretty good.

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I hope this uploaded

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lol, yes!...

seeing what i can do

im not that imaginative... Thats a good one.

or this

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Maybe "Posters' Pick"?

I'll even throw out a first nomination. Since we always go there for our outtings, I say Stewarts Be our First Award.


just a thought

Black and white with a splash of color, plus a font that's easily readable is your best bet. That's the MOST attention getting color scheme in advertising. The color splash should be different for different places though, like, you don't want to use blue for a restaurant, ever see a big chain use blue? If it's an award for best food, the splash should be red, best bar, gold, best flower shop, plant place, nursery etc, green. Same design all the way around though. Put the same award on the homepage with a splash of blue and "Home of the Talkdelaware Posters Choice Awards" so people can relate it to the signs they're seeing everywhere.

Simplicity is a key factor as well. Something a where a mere glance could say everything. Don't make it too busy.

Just a thought, been in marketing for ten years now, signs, ads, sites, etc. I've had to do a lot of research on these things.

Edit: I've searched out a few restaurant awards in Google:



The one above is good, but it needs color. I like it because you know everything it says at a glance, plus the name is at the top AND the bottom, people will see it when they start reading, and when they end, it'll be the main thing they remember. This is how I do our display ads in the classifieds.



This one, I like the color scheme, not too busy, but attention getting. I dont care for the word "Winner" being the most prominent though, the award itself just being there should point that out. People would walk away from this, with their eyes being drawn only to the big red word and remember 'didnt that place win something from somewhere?"

I'll try to come up with something too, maybe I can enlist the help of a couple people I know in a composing department who like me, lol, and are much better at doing this stuff than I am.

what if we were to take the TD bubble with the state in it and blow it up to full paper size as a background and then put Talk Delaware's Poster Choice Award in the foreground. I think having our logo front and center would be impactful.

rought concept of GL's idea? colors need work i know...

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but you're going to put the state in the bubble as well, right?

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I think it's damn fine idea for some subtle advertising, kudos on that aspect. I would try some variation of the third one Chaser threw up, pictured below, and rather than the standard 8x11 have it larger so it stands out. Have them framed and deliver them, try to have them hung, maybe provide the hardware too ...

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