Penned In

From the fingers of Jon Greenberg:

In the March issue of Team Marketing Report, I wrote a column and a short story on the Class AAA Memphis Redbirds' "schedule pen." Sounds exciting, right?

I compared myself to Seinfeld fan favorite Jack Klompus, because I was excited about such a simple item.

But in truth, it is an exciting product. The pen has a pull-out sheet of high-quality paper that unfurls from the middle. It's a full-season schedule with room on the flip side for a sponsor.

It's a simple idea and one that would work for any team or college. Imagine dropping a pen into every incoming freshman's mailbox at your university to advertised either your football schedule (if you're say, a Mid-American Conference school that has trouble drawing the requisite fans to meet new Division I requirements) or your Olympic sports schedule (if you're a Big 10 school, etc.). Think that wouldn't pay immediate dividends?

Unlike a mini-fridge, you can take this pen everywhere, so the schedule goes everywhere as well.

And trust me, it's impossible to resist pulling out this schedule every time you pick up the pen.

Check out the Web site and talk to Jeff Bouchy (former GM Orlando Predators)...

http://www.destroyerpp.com/index.html

Contact Kerry Sewell, VP Marketing, Memphis Redbirds

http://www.memphisredbirds.com/

FINAL SHOT
For the Jack Klompus fans, or those simply interested in a man who loves his pen...

http://www.seinology.com/scripts/script-20.shtml