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10 years ago

Thanks and congratulations.
I've always thought of going viral with this -- many people are doing it and it clearly works.

Here's my concern: Many of the "viral" things these days are pictures and text memes (funny quotes, etc). I have a real concern over infringement/copyright. So, how are you personally dealing with that? Are you printing image and text-based memes to your shirts without a second thought, for example?

Unless im 100% wrong and these silly memes have absolutely no infringing potential.

Thoughts?

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Thanks!

Pretty much 99% of memes infringe copyright. A simple still from GOT? Your own caption? Infringement.

When I talk about viral trends...

Think, instead, about trends where no copyright can be infringed. Examples: Clocking, Selfie Bombing, Sellotape Selfies, T-Rexing. Think fashion, sayings, think news items.

To create your tees, you have 2 options, well, 3 (but 3rd isn't accessible to all):

1. Public Domain Content
2. Hire a Designer
3. DIY Content

With this being more a hobby for me, I do mostly 1. I've tried 2, dabbled in 3 (where I make something from scratch), but the results really weren't any different. It helps to have a good mastery of photoshop. If not, then I can see how 2 and 3 will be instrumental to your success. The trick here is having a killer idea, a great caption or visual symbol / message, and knowing enough about Photoshop to get what you want out of freely available content.

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Thanks and congratulations.
I've always thought of going viral with this -- many people are doing it and it clearly works.

Here's my concern: Many of the "viral" things these days are pictures and text memes (funny quotes, etc). I have a real concern over infringement/copyright. So, how are you personally dealing with that? Are you printing image and text-based memes to your shirts without a second thought, for example?

Unless im 100% wrong and these silly memes have absolutely no infringing potential.

Thoughts?

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Update: TV Shows.

The last 48 hours have given me quite insane results with one campaign in particular. A certain TV show aired it's first episode of the new season on the 12th. In preparation, I'd created a campaign, not infringing copyright, that I knew fans of the show would like. The night the show aired, the campaign went nuts.

What I'm going to consider doing now (and what you could look into, too) is basing campaigns around upcoming TV shows and movies. The trick is not to infringe copyright, but to simply design a tee that the target audience for that show or movie will enjoy. You can allude to them and often poke fun. If you're doing this, I recommend reading up on parody law.

GRM

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HelpingYouBeAnExpert

10 years ago

Good post OP but 99% viral trends are celebrities, movies, games, clubs etc.. all limit us to not use them or get punished. I see people making money on Teespring with footbal clubs but they have to use huge imagination and hope the team lawyer doesn't crack down. I saw one guy sell mindcraft shirts by morphing the logo and saying it's mindcraft in description but not making it look exactly and not saying the words on the shirt i'm sure the lawyer can argue, but it's a fine line.

That leave 1 % viral trends like the selfie example which is still a potentially huge money maker.

I tried 2 shirt ideas and failed but I'm going to keep brainstorming it would be cool to get one to to work!

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Thanks for the compliment!

Most people I see trying to take advantage of viral trends - and, indeed, many people doing tees in general - are infringing copyright. This is something I would never do.

What you need to do in this instance:

1. Create original works.
2. Never use any copyrighted images or text.
3. Design tees based on trending themes.

I made the last point bold so I could address it here. I'll get a little specific. The Walking Dead aired on October 12th. I knew one of my traffic sources would be all over this show the moment it went out. So, in preparation for it, I had a design created around the theme of the upcoming show. "... around the theme." No copyrighted material was used. Simply: a product was created that would appeal to a target audience who was fond of a trending TV show.

Most people making tees are not professional internet marketers. This is a bonus for those of us who know what we're doing. You just need to be ethical and think out of the box and use what you know about the industry to get your edge.

The TV Show Tip can have a dramatic impact on tee sales, implemented in the right way.

Originally Posted by HelpingYouBeAnExpert

Good post OP but 99% viral trends are celebrities, movies, games, clubs etc.. all limit us to not use them or get punished. I see people making money on Teespring with footbal clubs but they have to use huge imagination and hope the team lawyer doesn't crack down. I saw one guy sell mindcraft shirts by morphing the logo and saying it's mindcraft in description but not making it look exactly and not saying the words on the shirt i'm sure the lawyer can argue, but it's a fine line.

That leave 1 % viral trends like the selfie example which is still a potentially huge money maker.

I tried 2 shirt ideas and failed but I'm going to keep brainstorming it would be cool to get one to to work!

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Avocado Plugins

10 years ago

It is not as easy as it sounds and might be very misleading to the newcomers, though very much possible if you are good with growth marketing or ALREADY have a following to get your initial momentum going.

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Avocado Plugins

It is not as easy as it sounds and might be very misleading to the newcomers, though very much possible if you are good with growth marketing or ALREADY have a following to get your initial momentum going.

I never said it was easy for newcomers. Hope I didn't give that impression.

Rarely is anything easy in IM - for vets or the beginner. Take me. I've been at this for 20 years and I'm still known to work 14 hour days.

Yes - about having a following. You're quite right!

This, of course, is the key with TeeSpring. You need an in-built audience, naturally, so you have a ready group of prospects.

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Chris-

10 years ago

Interesting idea, thanks. Glad someone brought up the point about copyright as that would have been my first question

Chris

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris-

Interesting idea, thanks. Glad someone brought up the point about copyright as that would have been my first question

Chris

Glad you like it, Chris.

Yes, copyright infringement is where most newcomers make their mistake.

What you need to do when creating designs:

1. DIY.
2. Outsource.
3. Public Domain Images (that give commercial, reuse, and modification rights).

And, of course, none of the above can infringe copyright.

I'm quite handy when it comes to design, so I've been known to throw together some myself quite a lot. Problem for me lately, though, is the time constraint factor. I get around that by coming up with the ideas myself now, but outsourcing the actual designs, and just monkeying around with my own in the evenings or on coffee breaks. With one of my other businesses, I'm lucky enough to have some designers. But if you need to outsource, Fiverr is your best bet. They have an entire section dedicated to this area.

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itsajeepshirt

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Get Rich Methods

Glad you like it, Chris.

Yes, copyright infringement is where most newcomers make their mistake.

What you need to do when creating designs:

1. DIY.
2. Outsource.
3. Public Domain Images (that give commercial, reuse, and modification rights).

And, of course, none of the above can infringe copyright.

I'm quite handy when it comes to design, so I've been known to throw together some myself quite a lot. Problem for me lately, though, is the time constraint factor. I get around that by coming up with the ideas myself now, but outsourcing the actual designs, and just monkeying around with my own in the evenings or on coffee breaks. With one of my other businesses, I'm lucky enough to have some designers. But if you need to outsource, Fiverr is your best bet. They have an entire section dedicated to this area.

Quick question for you though - so the design itself doesn't infringe, but are your descriptions still loaded up with the right keywords on TeeSpring to get the buyers' attention? (Or do you load the keywords up in the marketing/targeting?)

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10 years ago

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Tom Addams 10 years ago

Originally Posted by travlinguy

Thank you for a well defined, relevant, well thought out and intelligent business/marketing post.

That's really kind of you to say, travlinguy. I appreciate the compliment!
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Michael J Anthony

10 years ago

I've been thinking about delving into T-shirts but haven't wanted to waste any money trying this out and failing so its been nothing but a thought so far but I still love the idea since it obviously works for a lot of people.

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FarmerBlueEyes 10 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael J Anthony

but haven't wanted to waste any money trying this out and failing.

If one believes they are going to fail, they will.
believe in yourself believe in your business plan, believe and you WILL .
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Tom Addams

10 years ago

It's worth looking into, Michael.

I won't pretend it's easy money - but rarely is money ever easy, as I'm sure you know.

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Chris-

10 years ago

Good idea about using Public Domain images, thanks for that

Chris

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johnmags

9 years ago

Thanks for the share. Will give it a try

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godinu

8 years ago

I think, besides the design, the real way to be successful on Teespring is to have an audience. I think many people get frustrated because they create a design that they enjoy, but then no one ever seems to see it and it dies in its tracks. Really, the audience is key, much like in any kind of marketing.

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ED1190

8 years ago

Great value post for those into Teespring! Maybe sometime down the line, I'll look into this as well.

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