 The Famous Pet Rock
|
Want to get rich quick? It’s best to have a blockbuster product. But in case there’s no flash of inspiration, don’t worry. There’s still hope. A few lucky inventors, entrepreneurs, and marketers have hit the jackpot with silly ideas that have just the right combination of humor and utility to move tons of units and bring in piles of revenue. Here are 11 ideas that made the cut, and the cash.
Be sure to check them all out.
Thanks Bobbo.
For Kindle and with free ePub version. Only $9.49 Great reading.
Here is what Gary Shapiro CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said: Dvorak's writing sings with insight and clarity. Whether or not you agree with John's views, he will get you thinking and is never boring. These essays are worth the read!
Subscribe to Main Blog feed here:
Subscribe to Comments too (below):
Bad Behavior has blocked 5320 access attempts in the last 7 days.
I’m upset about two things: One–I had nothing to do with this. I am anti-consuming. We should make our own pet rocks, not buy them. You must have gone from my link to Newsweak and found this yourself?
And two: where is the green snot you could slam against the wall and watch it ooze down? I used to make that myself too.
Ha, ha. That website Idea was/is a killer. I wonder how often it could work?
Yeah, I followed your link and found that.
When Star Wars first came out the first thing I did was go out to the garage took a golf
tube out of my dad’s golf clubs taped it to a flashlight. ( my dad was pissed)Who knew?
Hopper, I am honored and appreciate the kudo, just need the stroke to be closer to what I value. Had the same problem with the ex.
Where does one send posting suggestions. I’ve seen the question asked several times, never seen an answer. Might be posted to the left or right sides? Could even make your jobs as eds easier?
Many commenters post links in the comments. Sometimes they are good articles.
This must be a white thing, to buy pet rocks and such idiotic materials. I really don’t get it.
I had a pet rock once. We had to get rid of it though, it kept having pebbles.
Some kinds of industrial waste make the very best product.
Silly Putty, Play Doh, etc.
You have to walk around factories with an open mind to be a truly great toy innovator.
Why isn’t Facebook on the list?
It’s a completely useless, silly product, and it’s made Zuckerberg millions.
What are you talking about? A pet rock is the perfect pet for many people. I can even remember telling one parent that the next time his girl friend wanted to give him something it should be a pet rock, not a kid. It met his needs perfectly. He could ignore it all he wanted to. It didn’t have a single need that he could fail to meet.
Besides they make great nut crackers and can be used to take out an intruder. Something about the size of brick is about perfect though I do admit to likely the rounded ones best.
For all of us walking down memory land, here is the pet rock manual.
It’s still hysterical.
http://wikihow.com/Care-for-Your-Pet-Rock
And for all those still clinging to “Hope and Change”
http://petbarock.com/
“A fool and his money are soon parted!!!”
Give your head a shake. We all have pet rocks.
I wonder if Michael Vick could be trusted with a Pet Rock? Or would he go off and start training it for fighting?
Just about every “exercise” protect ever made is silly. To say the least. Every six months or so, a new variation appears on Tv. And the new protect has no better chance of helping anyone lose weight, than what preceded it. But it’s usually novel enough to fool the gullible, and desperate. I just have to wonder if they’ll ever run out of ways to design things to swivel, tilt, and/or swing that still can be patented as unique? Or has the US Patent Office simply given up on requiring “inventions” being functionally unique? And have just left the food gates of garbage products, wide open?
The dumb bell with a springy handle product, is a late night show joke. Shaking a hand weight, rather than lifting it, doesn’t burn more calories or tone arm muscles better. It’s just a silly gimmick. I made two hand held weights by filling empty spice bottles with steel nuts. But sand, BB Shot, or small pebbles, would do. Large weights can be made from filling empty milk jugs. Tape them to an old broom handle, and you have free weights.
But wait, there’s a stupid overpriced product featured on Tv, that does the exact same thing. Buy it!
Whether it’s Pet Rocks, Pet Sand, or Oprah Magazine. It’s pretty much the same deal. Taking your money, for little or no real value. But convincing you, that you can’t live without this crap.
BTW, there’s this clown who makes millions, just by selling his books that generally claim to have some special secret knowledge, “They don’t want you to know!” And yet they do nothing to stop him from promising to selling to you in his books. But as you eventually discover, isn’t anything so secret that you couldn’t learn it online or at your public library. And you’ll maybe only learn the really secret stuff, if you give him your credit card number on his website. For which he’ll bill you for a ton of crap, all promising answers, but without delivery any. Quite a rack! And he’s only a little less notorious than Bernie Madoff. But gets away with it, under the protection of Free Speech. Only, none of what he sells or promises, is free! Where does it say that “Profitable Speech” is protected? Especially when it’s false, or pure nonsense?
Something that was never mentioned in the product manual, was how to make Stone Soup using your Pet Rock. Think of it as just giving it a very hot bath. It’s not being cruel. And it can be quite tasty, if you add enough ingredients.