Author: Simon Perry
Skill Swap: Plumbing For Advertising
10:04 am Wednesday, 25th November, 2009, Isle of Wight
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Here’s an idea that’s as old as the hills on the Isle of Wight, but new for VentnorBlog – barter.
We thought start it off simple. We’re looking for a plumber in the next week or so to replace our toilet cistern with a new one that we’ve bought.
We’ve got loads of people visiting VentnorBlog on a daily basis, as our advertisers are finding out.
So we’d like to propose a skills swap.
In exchange for the incidental parts and labour, we’ll provide an advert that will appear on every page of VentnorBlog for a month – and as it’s a new idea, we’ll even include the artwork.
If you’re a qualified plumber that does quality work, or you know one, and like the idea of this exchange, get it touch on 898 777. It could be the start of an interesting new direction.
image: J D Mack under CC BY 2.0
Cant help you on the plumbing, but had to post and let you know that we made a site for exactly this a few years ago, only the screenshots are left now as the site died a slow death, seems like people really liked money more in the end :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s0ulsurfing/260711579/
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Remember it well, such a shame it never took off.
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Yes, brilliant idea and a great execution.
Still got the code in the back of the cupboard? Its time might come yet.
S
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I would love to see it make a comeback, we weren’t web novices or particularly naive, but we did think it would get a bit more traction than it did. Let me know if you’re interested in a collaboration, perhaps the VB community is the right place for something like this to grow?
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early saturday morning would be a good time for me to come and titivate your toilet.
about 02.00 hours if that’s ok.
i haven’t actually got any experience or qualifications but i’ve always fancied having a go.
no need for small talk – when i ring the doorbell just point me in the direction of the cistern and i’ll get started straight away.
the first thing i’ll do is get to work with a pneumatic drill and remove the toilet completely from floor and wall.
then i’ll think about what to do next.
p.s. i’ll be modelling myself upon robert de niro’s repairman in BRAZIL
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early saturday morning would be a good time for me to come and titivate your toilet.
about 02.00 hours if that’s ok.
i haven’t actually got any experience or qualifications but i’ve always fancied having a go.
no need for small talk – when i ring the doorbell just point me in the direction of the cistern and i’ll get started straight away.
the first thing i’ll do is get to work with a pneumatic drill and remove the toilet completely from floor and wall.
then i’ll think about what to do next.
p.s. i’ll be modelling myself upon robert de niro’s repairman rôle in BRAZIL
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brazil – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wh2b1eZFUM
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Hi Ventnor Blog
Add your job on http://www.wightquote.co.uk for free!!!
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