Money spinner?
Today's random news:
ST. LOUIS (AP) - If the human body is the last frontier for advertising space, then St. Louis resident Asia Francis is helping chart new territory - the big, pregnant belly.
Francis, 21, auctioned off the advertising rights to her pregnancy on eBay. The winning bid of $1,000 went to a California Internet company, giving it exclusive rights to temporarily tattoo its brand-name on Francis's belly and broadcast the birth of her daughter live on the Internet. The baby is due any day.
The concept of a human billboard is hardly new.
Twenty-one year old Andrew Fischer of Omaha, Neb., earned more than $37,000 last year by bearing a corporate logo on his forehead for a month. Michele Hutchison of Lanhorne, Pa., auctioned ad rights for her baby's clothing on eBay last year, seeking $1,000 for a months' lease.
I'm not too sure if these folk are sharp as a knife or a few sarnies short of a picnic, but it seems selling off your dignity to the highest bidder can be quite profitable. But what to market? Perhaps I could sell my arse to Mcdonalds (fair-sized ad!)? Have Stella tattoo my beer belly? Wear a NOVA cap to work?
Hmmm, this is gonna require a little more thought.
Woman Sells Ad Rights to Pregnancy on eBay
ST. LOUIS (AP) - If the human body is the last frontier for advertising space, then St. Louis resident Asia Francis is helping chart new territory - the big, pregnant belly.
Francis, 21, auctioned off the advertising rights to her pregnancy on eBay. The winning bid of $1,000 went to a California Internet company, giving it exclusive rights to temporarily tattoo its brand-name on Francis's belly and broadcast the birth of her daughter live on the Internet. The baby is due any day.
The concept of a human billboard is hardly new.
Twenty-one year old Andrew Fischer of Omaha, Neb., earned more than $37,000 last year by bearing a corporate logo on his forehead for a month. Michele Hutchison of Lanhorne, Pa., auctioned ad rights for her baby's clothing on eBay last year, seeking $1,000 for a months' lease.
I'm not too sure if these folk are sharp as a knife or a few sarnies short of a picnic, but it seems selling off your dignity to the highest bidder can be quite profitable. But what to market? Perhaps I could sell my arse to Mcdonalds (fair-sized ad!)? Have Stella tattoo my beer belly? Wear a NOVA cap to work?
Hmmm, this is gonna require a little more thought.
posted by BB @ 10:31 pm
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