The 3/50 Project 2011 Holiday Campaign Name Contest

by Cinda Baxter on October 20, 2011

in The 3/50 Project

Feel like winning a little green? Getting a little time in the spotlight? Cool beans, baby. Fire up the right side of your brain and tell us what The 3/50 Project should call our holiday campaign this year.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 10 words or less
• Original content only
• Must be free of all TMs and copyrights

As examples of our past campaigns (both holiday and otherwise):
- Eat Down the Street
- Roll Local
- Big Things Come From Small Boxes
- Locals Love You More

Enter as many ideas as you like (no repeats, though, since it won’t help your odds…the final decision will be based on creativity, not the number of entries).

Full details and the entry form can be found here, as well as via the Survey Monkey link on our Facebook page (left column). You must use the entry form—ideas left here in the comments are not considered “entries.” [10.27.11 Editor's note: I've turned off comments on this thread since so many kind hearted folks were still putting their suggestions here...gotta use the official entry form, linked above, if you want to win the prize!]

Contest ends at 12:01 a.m. CDT on November 1, 2011.

Helpful hints as you put on your thinking cap….

• Avoid the words “shop” and “buy” since they exclude service providers, restaurants, and other non-retail store merchants

• Nothing political in nature, please, since that polarizes consumers. We don’t want to appeal to only one side of the aisle, as the saying goes–merchants need ‘em all. (Translated: The word “occupy” isn’t your best option.)

• To enter more than once, clear browser cookies/cache between visits. Survey Monkey uses them to avoid multiple survey responses in normal scenarios—our contest is a bit abnormal, which is completely normal if you’re an independent merchant. (Been there, done that, so I can call us crazy.)

Sharon Schneider October 27, 2011 at 6:50 am

“I’ll Be Shopping Hometown This Christmas”

Diana Prickett October 27, 2011 at 9:29 am

Spend the Holidays with your local retailers

Mary Sherman October 27, 2011 at 1:13 pm

Local Gift Bliss

deb October 28, 2011 at 9:45 pm

link to the entry form is not working…

Cinda Baxter October 29, 2011 at 11:36 am

It’s working, Deb…we’ve had a lot of new submissions in the past 24 hours, with no gaps in time stamps. If you’ve entered before and are hoping to enter again, please clear your cookies/cache first–otherwise, Survey Monkey recognizes you as having been there before, then shuts the door on a second attempt (as noted above, in the post).

Patty Donahue October 29, 2011 at 12:23 pm

“Close to home, Close to your heart. We’re your neighbors:)

David Peterson October 31, 2011 at 9:10 am

I’m so glad to find this spot. I live in an area near Denver with lots of stores, but virtually all of chains. I call our area SW Generica.

Alicia E October 31, 2011 at 4:48 pm

How fun! Just put my idea into the ‘hat’. :)

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