Remember when some guy got paid money to display a temporary tattoo for Golden Palace on his forehead? No? What about the woman who had a permanent tattoo put on her forhead for the casino? Oh yeah…
Has tattoo advertising died? Tattooing an advertisement on your forehead seems like a pretty dumb, and desperate measure. Especially for the amounts of money that were settled upon. If we were going to tattoo something on our foreheads, something that is permanent and will be there for life, hell we would want to be set up with income for life. Keep those cheques rolling monthly. Better yet, just one massive payout so the company can’t go bellyup a few years down the road and leave you with no money and an ugly tattoo on your head.
This article from the New York Times talks about the body as advertising, and tattoo ads are mentioned. The latest development are some people that were paid to shave their heads and display ads on the back of them for an airline. These were temporary tattoos, but close to tattoo ads.
What about the free advertising that people are doing with their tattoos? There are thousands of people getting logos and symbols tattooed on their bodies that represent their favorite brands, bands, and people. Free tattoo advertising at it’s best!
What do you think about it? Would you still find a girl attractive if she had a brand name tattooed on her somewhere? Or does the whole idea turn your stomach?
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