I asked the Twitterverse for ideas about how to market my books, and got lots of great answers. Here’s what I’ve figured out:
(note: these all relate to The Vector. Don’t ask me why)
- Branded surgical masks would be a great idea, especially around flu season. Just slap a “The Vector” on it and a URL and you’re done!
- Plush microbes are fun. Cuddle up with a deathly pathogen!
- Fake protest posters are easy and catch your attention. ”PROTEST THE ALBANIAN BLACK ZONE!” or “MEDICAL PATENTS KILL!” could be fun. Tho how to connect that to the book itself…?
- The ever-witty Chris Keyes suggests mailing in-story virus threats to major newspapers (“on september 20 we will unleash bonn-5 on the world… you have been warned!”), but I think he just wants me to get arrested.
- Flashmobs are vital. Get everyone wearing branded surgical masks, carrying plush microbes, and get them to dance to a variant of “Thriller”. This will take a lot of work to organize, I think.
- Blimp advertising. Drop branded syringes from the blimp? Or is that dangerous?
- Free t-shirts print with something like “I survived the Paris outbreaks (and all I got was this lousy t-shirt to cover my scars)”. Or something.
All in all, an excellent brainstorming session! I am going to research all the ideas and see what I can come up with. Victory is within my grasp!
And/or jail time.
Update: witness Praguey the Pathogen!
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Nice one.
You've gotten the wheels turning my head for things I can do to promote my serial.
Thank you!
For number three you'd have a URL for “The Vector” on the posters of course.
And I really did dream of Zombies in surgical masks dancing through the streets of London waving virii plushies.
Would zombies in surgical masks be scary, do you think? Not seeing their faces clearly might make them a lot more docile-looking. Cute, even!
I find the idea of cute zombies profoundly disturbing
However the ones in my dreams weren't cute.
Pish posh! Are you saying a pair of pigtails and a teddy bear on a cute little <shudder>
Yeah, you're right. Disturbing. My bad.
Yep. Mighty disturbing. You made me go to a bad visual place.
Can someone please hand me some mental floss?
You are a very strange man.
It's not me! It was… um…@shutsumon! Yeah, that's it.
Sometimes my brain goes places it's not meant to be. This was one of those times. My apologies
Hey, you made me laugh out loud, and that can only be a good thing
I just worry that someone might take this seriously… *shudder*
Ha! You included my blimp marketing suggestion. Classic!
It's not classic, it's EPIC!
Ha! You included my blimp marketing suggestion. Classic!
It's not classic, it's EPIC!