As our firm was preparing for our display at the State School Board Association Convention in OKC, we had been told that many of the booths had give-aways as inducements for people to stop and view the displays. Inducements such as free yardsticks, register for a 15 inch flat-screen tv, pencils, note pads, register for gift certificates or dinners for 2 were the common fare.
I had the great idea: Give away 2 tickets to the sold out Eagles Concert in Tulsa! I mentioned this to a few friends and the remarks were all the same: Cool idea but give them to me! I knew this was a good idea.
We had large signs saying: Register for 2 tickets to THE EAGLES in concert at the BOk Arena in Tulsa September 6.
Friday at the Conference one of the common questions was: Which Eagles? I had not realized that at a school event they were thinking of the Eagles as a TEAM name!
Many did not know who they were! We would name song titles, "Hotel California", "Life in the Fast Lane", "Desperado", "One of These Nights"! Oh them! I don't know? Tulsa is a long way from my home!
It made me wonder if these educators weren't just a little behind their computer savvy students. The term EBay comes to mind.
Of course, there were some that knew all about the concert and were eager to sign.
Saturday was a different crowd. A fair crowd! We could have been giving away a virus and many would have signed up. These people (most without convention badges) never even looked at our displays!
Overall it was a great event. The person that won the tickets really wanted to see the Eagles.
We had a great time, and time was well spent.
But next year:
If I could get 2 tickets to the OU/Texas game to give away, I could rule the world!
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