Have you ever Noticed how some of the Best ideas get Doodled on Napkins?
 

And Even though many businesses use custom printed Napkins...

Tons of businesses Don't and still use plain Boring white Napkins... Including Franchises...

Supply them for FREE... With a Paid or a “twisted” business model... :)

So many other Businesses would Love to get their messages up Close and Personal...

Ads on Napkins... More Doodled on Napkin ideas in Google...

Napkin man
http://www.abc.net.au/catapult/stories/s1783823.htm
http://www.napkinad.com.au/whynapkinad.html

In Defense of a Low-Tech Secret Weapon...
http://www.killianadvertising.com/wp8.html

How about Napkin Hotsheets... ;)

Hey Don... This one's right up your Alley...

Phil

The idea for Southwest Airlines was conceived on a napkin...
 

Thanks Phil... Great idea!

By the way, did you know, the idea for Southwest Airlines (a no-frills, low-cost airline) was first conceived on a napkin?
http://www.southwest.com/programs_se...southwest.html

Also, Richard Branson's scrawled "Virgin" logo was also first created as a hasty doodle on a cocktail napkin.

In my history as a physicist, I can attest that many physics ideas are doodled on napkins (and brown paper bags, table cloths, and whatever is handy at the time!). At one university I know, one on-campus restaurant covers each table with a with plain paper tablecloth, so all the academics can doodle on it to their heart's delight while eating lunch. (There's probably a business idea in there somewhere...)

The word "napkin" comes from the French word "nappe", which means a cloth covering a table, plus the suffix "-kin", which means a small version of it. So a "napkin" literally means a "little tablecloth"! I think it's because - in the old days - everyone would just wipe their mouth and hands with the tablecloth!

Thanks for posting the advertising "twist" on napkins, Phil!

- Dien

Re: The idea for Southwest Airlines was conceived on a napkin...
 

[Posted by Phil:]

In a nice Hot marketplace... :)

http://www.springwise.com/marketing_...ow_at_the_bar/

As Jaber says... It's a big world out there—so many bars, so many patrons, so little time… ;-)

Easy business idea to Borrow and Duplicate.... Great Growth potential with an Unlimited supply of Niche Advertisers and Re-workable into Many other businesses, industries & marketplaces...

High Definition Napkins...

The company plans to place 10 million high definition napkin advertisements in the coming months operating under the brand names NapAds™ and HDN - High ...
http://www.jiworldwide.com/

Not a bad little business... ;)

Phil

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