Agency Uses Guerrilla Tactics At Guerrilla Seminar

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Dayton, Ohio ad agency The Next Wave launched a guerrilla marketing campaign targeting attendees of a Dayton Ad Club seminar at which the author of Guerrilla Marketing, Al Lautenslager spoke. With sidewalk chalk slogans such as "You can read a book about 'Guerrilla Marketers' or you can hire one- www.thenextwave.biz," Big ideas, so little sidewalk" and "it's only chalk-not like we spent thousands to get your attention. You probably can’t imagine what we'd do with real money," The Next Wave attempted to persuade attendees books and seminars are not the answer to successful guerrilla marketing. While their messages were ultimately hosed off, they did receive a new business call during the event.

by Steve Hall    May-26-05   Click to Comment   
Topic: Guerilla   

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Probably should start by spelling Guerilla correct...

Posted by: RC on May 27, 2005 9:06 AM

It is spelled correctly:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=guerrilla

Posted by: Steve Hall on May 27, 2005 9:14 AM

Ya big Ape, ya.

Posted by: KRank on May 28, 2005 11:13 PM

Isn't the author of Guerilla Marketing Jay Conrad Levinson and not Al Lautenslager?

Posted by: Tino Buntic on May 28, 2005 11:48 PM

See httP://www.thenextwave.biz/tnw for the full release. The book was "Guerrilla Marketing in 30 days" by Jay Conrad Levinson and Al Lautenslager.

Posted by: David Esrati on June 1, 2005 9:45 AM

I think this was a classic example of good guerilla marketing, Cheap, and effective. I bet more people read that than many of the more expensive ads they passed by that day!
Not sure if a competing message is in the best of taste, but effective it was.
Certainly reinforces the guerilla way doin' thangs. But I am not sure that ad agencies could get paid by doing chalk, unless they were getting a bonus or pay by sales performance or something.
But how many ad companies do you know if that are gettgin paid for results, bot a percentage of sales?

Posted by: Steve Media on November 1, 2005 7:06 PM