A Beaver Plane
Horizon Airlines, which is based out of Seattle, has decided to paint four of their planes to match the four major universities in Washington and Oregon. I’m most excited about the Beaver plane, and very uncertain how I would feel if they asked me to get on a duck plane. I know that there are people that give much more money than I do to their respective schools and I wonder how they would react to being asked to board their rival schools plane.
Now if I could request to fly from PDX to SFO on the Oregon State plane to watch the Emerald Bowl I would love it.
So is this a worth while marketing move by Horizon or will the painting and eventual repainting (and a few upset customers) be more than the stunt was worth? It shows that they’re a Northwest brand and says that they support the Northwest, but to me it seems to be a little to much effort for how uch positive PR it will produce. Of course, I don’t know how much painting a plane like this costs and maybe it’s not that big of an effort.
Why I can’t get into soccer
And people call NBA, MLB, and NFL players bad fighters?
Perspire Soda?
Okay, as I’ve said before I’m a big fan of Jones Soda. I was just the hawks game on Sunday and got a few samples of their delicious cream soda, which took me back to senior year of high school (Yea, I drank alot of Jones then).
Jones has never been one to pass on a weird tasting soda to get some pr. A few years ago I bought their holiday pack which included Turkey, Smoked Salmon, Green Bean Casserole, and Pecan Pie. Nobody wanted them with their Thanksgiving dinner, so a few weeks later I tried one of them. It’s safe to say I didn’t drink the rest of the holiday pack.
Well to one up the holiday pack and to tie in their sponsorship of the Seahawks Jones Soday today announced their new “Seahawks Collector Pack” which includes these fine sodas
Dirt Soda, Sports Cream Soda, Perspiration Soda, Natural Field Turf Soda, and Sweet Victory Soda.
Mmmm, sounds delicious. When two things you love combine to make something so horrible it just doesn’t seem right.
Business Idea.
Event planning for tailgaters. Would it work? I’m currently planning a tailgater this coming weekend and am having a good ammount of friends in from out of town. I’m looking forward to hosting my friends, but if it weren’t for family in Corvallis, the logistics of planning this event would be very tough.
Could you setup an event planning business that specializes (or just add it to a major event planning companies services) in throwing tailgate parties. Think about everything that could be worked out. Places to stay, a mobile home rental, catered food, drinks, barbeques, tv’s, satleite dishes, music, decorations, etc. The best part would be they could reserve spots close to the stadium early, get everything up and running, so all you need to do is roll into town, show up, and start tailgating.
I think it could work, but the key issue is that there are usually only six or seven home games in each city. Makes it hard to cover your initial costs. Why not launch it some major cities as a side business to your event planning business. I know Seattle has some good event planning shops, and being ranked the worst tailgating city in the NFL having someone else take care of logistics for you could really help out our rankings.
What do you readers think? Is it a business? Would it work?
More rare than the 4 strikeout inning…
Is this clip that I just saw earlier.
Looks like something out of Donnie Darko.
For those that don’t understand what I’m talking about. Look at the bat standing straight up after he drops it.
Seahawks investment…
So the thing to wear to Seahawks games here in Seattle is a jersey. Now jersey’s aren’t cheap, and in particular, authentic jerseys are not cheap. I have this dilemma of buying a pro players jersey. With free agency, cutting players due to salary reasons, and the amount of trades these days, it’s hard to know how long your player will be on your team.
I think I need to bite the bullet this year and buy a jersey, but I am having a hard time figuring out which jersey to buy. The most popular jerseys here in Seattle are Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck. I like Matt, and think he’s a great QB, but I’m not going to buy a guys jersey who is over 30 (getting up there for the NFL) and kinda boring, plus it’s just way to popular. Shaun, nope I’m not going to buy his jersey. I love Walter Jones, but he’s been in the league 11 years, his career could soon be ending (although I hope not) So that leaves me with a question for you readers. Which Seahawks jersey should I buy?
The possibilities: Lofa Tatupu (maybe the third most popular jersey choice), Julian Peterson (will he stay here awhile?), Darryl Tapp (2nd year player who just earned the starting DE role 2 weeks ago), Joe Newton (Can you buy a practice squad players jersey? He’s a former Beaver and I just think it’s to risky as he might be traded off.), Seneca Wallace (backup qb, but may be getting some time in at wr soon).
Here are 4 jerseys I wish I could buy (I won’t get into specifics, but all 4 of these people could be and SHOULD be Seahawks): Steven Jackson, Chad Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, or Mike Hass.
About Otis
I live in Seattle, Washington. I am passionate about working with and interacting with others. My work experience includes marketing, account management, and sales.
I am a huge sports fan who on top of cheering for my favorite teams (Go Beavs!) also appreciates coaching strategy, as well as the marketing behind teams, players, and events.
Personally, I enjoys exploring new cities and areas (particularly small towns) and getting outside and playing.