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VECTOR 101/INSPIRATION
Where do you post your Broadsided? Here are a few ideas brought to you by Vectors.
Ding Dong: Evangalists and take-out joints do it... why not Broadsided? Print out a few broadsides and slip them into door jambs around your neighborhood. Or under the mat. Or in that little handy nook between the knob and the jamb. You get the idea.
The Classic Office Door: Who knows what passing fellow-employee or visitor might be arrested, surprised, and delighted to find something non-corporate in the hall?
In Conversation: A Vector in Detroit posts his own poems alongside Broadsided each month—we love this idea! The international conversation of Broadsided on local streets. Poetry from people who walk those streets sharing the conversation. Yes.
Bathroom Stalls: One Vector carries a few Broadsides with her (along with tape) and puts one up each time she's in a public restroom. Why not? It beats uninspired phone numbers and insults.
Bloggers: A low-tech option? Just link to us!
Vehicular Vectors: Having trouble finding the perfect, easy spot to post your Broadside? Why not tape it to the inside window of your car? Quick. Easy. Mobile. Vectorize the interstates and byways, the parking garages and meter spots!
Frame-Up: One Vector worked out a deal with a cafe owner. She created a laminated frame that hangs in the cafe, and each month, the new Broadsided goes there.
Stickers!
Want one? Or two? They look great on water bottles, computers, bumpers, bikes.
Email us at broadsided(at)gmail.com to tell us how many and where to send them... as long as supplies last, we're more than glad to pass them out!
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Direct Marketing: An Alaskan Vector who lives in a town of 300 takes a different tack. She puts a couple of Broadsided publications in the mail each month, sending them to various folks she knows who might be glad to receive literary news.
In-Flight Vectorizing: "I was in an airplane this last week and brought along a few copies of Broadsided to put into the in-flight magazine. It was simple—I just slipped them in next to the crossword puzzle or the movie options. Who knows, they might find a poetry-loving traveler or someone who, trapped on a plane for five hours, will read anything."
Doctor/Dentist/DMV Waiting Rooms: Slip a Broadsided into the magazines there, too.
Libraries: "I bring them to local libraries and leave them with the free weeklies and real estate brochures in the lobby," writes a Vector in Connecticut.
Party Favors: Our Vector in Berlin writes "I have a show coming up and thought about printing a stack and handing them out at the door, included in the price of admission (don't worry, not adjusting the admission price to compensate, more like a free gift for attending....is that cool with you all? On the one hand, it means increased exposure, on the other, it may go against what I think is the spirit of hanging them up in public places...please advise....)" Is that cool with us? VERY! The spirit of the project is getting words and art out into the world. We're not fixated on tape/tacks on a vertical surface.
Web Networking: Broadsided is up on GoodReads, Twitter, and FaceBook—there, we link to books by Broadsided authors and artists, post upcoming publications on our calendar, and more. We'd love to be friends with you. (GoodReads) (FaceBook) (Twitter)
Have you got a hot Vector spot? We'd love to list it (we'd love to put up pictures even more). Write to us at broadsided(at)gmail.com.
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