BlondeFishGal
04-28-2010, 03:35 PM
Today I heard a commercial on the radio with the premise of it being fish-focused. :runnningaround:
It was about 3G network, and the concept was that a guy was looking to add fish to his aquarium (saltwater), and he couldn't get a lionfish b/c it would eat the others, he couldn't get an angler fish b/c it would be eaten, and he couldn't get a clown fish b/c he didn't want one. So he used his AT&T network to call a pet store and in the end he was happy he was able to get the right fish...... it went something like that.
I was jumping for joy when I heard that commercial!
I think anything that uses our hobby in the media helps to promote fish keeping.
A few years ago, I was on the phone chatting with David Boruchowitz, TFH Editor, discussing ideas to promote the hobby. One I offered for the magazine was to write up articles/features on celebrities who kept fish, like an article every other month or so, on some famous person (athlete, actor, etc) who kept fish in her/his home.... what they kept, size of tank, get a story line, show pictures, etc. I thought it might help others to see our hobby as "really cool" and that might spark an interest in them keeping fish.
I know for example, I always get excited when a TV show or a film has a fish tank as part of the living room, or something like that. Just seeing a tank in a film, even slightly, always makes me shout out, LOOK THEY KEEP FISH! :becky:
Anyway, David shot down my idea :sad-smiley-002: but I still get excited when I see or hear fish being used in the media.
The radio commercial today had me on :cloud9:
It was about 3G network, and the concept was that a guy was looking to add fish to his aquarium (saltwater), and he couldn't get a lionfish b/c it would eat the others, he couldn't get an angler fish b/c it would be eaten, and he couldn't get a clown fish b/c he didn't want one. So he used his AT&T network to call a pet store and in the end he was happy he was able to get the right fish...... it went something like that.
I was jumping for joy when I heard that commercial!
I think anything that uses our hobby in the media helps to promote fish keeping.
A few years ago, I was on the phone chatting with David Boruchowitz, TFH Editor, discussing ideas to promote the hobby. One I offered for the magazine was to write up articles/features on celebrities who kept fish, like an article every other month or so, on some famous person (athlete, actor, etc) who kept fish in her/his home.... what they kept, size of tank, get a story line, show pictures, etc. I thought it might help others to see our hobby as "really cool" and that might spark an interest in them keeping fish.
I know for example, I always get excited when a TV show or a film has a fish tank as part of the living room, or something like that. Just seeing a tank in a film, even slightly, always makes me shout out, LOOK THEY KEEP FISH! :becky:
Anyway, David shot down my idea :sad-smiley-002: but I still get excited when I see or hear fish being used in the media.
The radio commercial today had me on :cloud9: