Anyone use any interesting marketing techniques?

[Poiuyt]

either traditional or gorilla?

[MGKrebs]

1. We sell trade show/convention supplies.

Including wingnuts, among many other things.
We have the wingnuts plated green (the company logo is green). Presumably, eventually, anyone working on setting up a trade show anywhere in the country that sees green wingnuts will know where they came from.
We basically sell them for cost, but we consider it part marketing.

[SiouxJ]

2. Hmmm. I'll have to look for those at my next show. n/t

[SiouxJ]

3. I have a hidden "vip" page on my website

that only customers who have spent money with us can access. We offer them rare items and special pricing now and then. This works well for two reasons, it makes the customer feel special and also, it keeps our competition from copying everything we do on our website (matching our sale prices etc.), which was a problem in the past.