A Very Strange Way To Raise Money

This man wanted to raise money for his business. So he had an idea. He logged on to eBay, and auctioned the right to have a company's logo tattooed on the back of his head. He has to keep the tattoo there for 5 years, and received $7,000 - and now has the tattoo to prove it!

Well, that's what the story says. Read it for yourself below (with a picture).

So if you are ever short $7,000, and looking for a way to raise money....

;)

- Dien


Man Gets Company's Logo Tattooed on Head

I think I was recently reading about a company in London that was getting teens to advertise their company on their forehead's "ad space" in the same manner. The only difference was--the company's having them get the tattoos done with a henna-type product, where it's temporary, and lasts only a couple of weeks.

From what I had read, it was pretty popular among the college students, and they had the students have people take pictures of them in various locations with the tattoo visible, so the company would have some kind of "proof" that their ads were getting exposure.

It's funny what people will do for a few extra bucks, isn't it? :)


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Hi Kelly,

> I think I was recently reading about a
> company in London that was getting teens to
> advertise their company on their forehead's
> "ad space" in the same manner. The
> only difference was--the company's having
> them get the tattoos done with a henna-type
> product, where it's temporary, and lasts
> only a couple of weeks.

That sounds like an interesting concept.

I decided to do a search, and came up with this.... Maybe this is what you are talking about?

Students cash in on 'human billboards' plan

Instead of using their brains to better themselves, students are being encouraged to use their heads to alleviate their debts. Or, more precisely, their foreheads.
A creative marketing agency, best known for projecting an image of the television presenter Gail Porter on to the Houses of Parliament, has embarked on an initiative to turn students' foreheads into billboards.

The agency, Cunning Stunts, is offering students up to £88.20 a week to wear a corporate logo on their head for a minimum of three hours each day. The brand or product message will be attached by a vegetable dye transfer and the students will be paid to leave the logos untouched.

The "lads" magazine FHM and the youth pay-TV channel CNX, have signed up, and there is a recruitment drive for students at Oxford, Umist in Manchester, Leeds, and Roehampton in London.

Read the the rest of it here... from The Guardian newspaper in the UK.

You know, many men hate to go bald. But I wonder if baldness will become more popular, if it means more money from forehead advertising? ;)

I once knew a girl who had a "thing" for balding men. She was gaga over Captain Picard on "Star Trek".... Maybe she saw his increased earning potential?

Thanks Kelly!

- Dien
(Getting ready to shave my head, to get some of those profits!)

And then there's the guy who got a tattoo of a radio station logo on his forhead because he "thought" they said they would pay him.

He is now suing them for not paying.

Michael Ross