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First, notice my beautiful Easter bonnet with the little bunny juggling Easter eggs? How cute is that? The graphic artist is Hilary Rinaldi, who creates all of hats I wear on this site. Thank you Hilary! You are the inspiration for today’s post. One of Hilary’s site’s, Dog Names Woof, is where you can go to help find a name for your new pet.
I think it would be fun to come up with ideas for pet sites, since we have Hilary’s little bunny up there to inspire us (and me in the Easter bonnet, of course).
My idea is quite simple, really.
What if (which is a GREAT way to start idea generation, btw) Martin created a little technical gadget for us on our pet Web site. Our visitors could simply fill in the blanks.
This idea is all about your dog’s bark.
My dog, __________’s, (dog name) bark (and leave a lot of blank space for the person for fill it in). ________________ (dog name) is a ________________ (dog breed).
For example:
My dog, Captain Hook’s, bark could be bottled and dropped off in Iran as weapons of mass destruction. Captain Hook is a Miniature Pincher.
My dog, Tinkerbell’s, bark reminds you of the Energizer Bunny. Once she gets started, she won’t quit . . . ever. Tinkerbell is an English Bulldog.
Have a contest, send out a press release, have winners and give them gifts, but give everyone who enters a 10% discount to products you sell, etc. Let everyone send in pictures of their pets to go along with their contest entries, etc. This would make it even funnier. This little technical gadget becomes content, viral marketing, traffic, a hook, builds link popularity, adds cash to your back pocket, etc. Wasn’t the gadget worth building?
Now, tell me about YOUR dog’s (or dogs!) bark. I have six dogs, so I have a lot more to go.
You can also give me more ideas for pet sites, whichever way you want to go. I’m open to any and all ideas. Just keep those ideas coming!
Robin