I got this masterpiece in the mail today, as a person that has worked in advertising and direct mail, I don’t even know where to begin.

First off, it is obvious there wasn’t much planning done before mailing this out. Notice the smear at the top, red ink, if not dry, smears easily especially on gloss cover stock. This mailing was probably sent out right after the piece was printed. The text under his 3 p’s is way to small. He also seems to be taking credit for what ALL of the council did together. Also notice on the perforated tear off part, it is not a BRE, so you have to donate postage to Vernon’s campaign in order to send him his concerns. He should have made this postage paid and he would get a bigger response, I’ll be surprised if he gets any.

Like I said above, little planning went into this mailer, notice the barcode sprayed across it. There should have been a wider margin to accomodate for the barcode, looks very sloppy.

9 Thoughts on “Vernon Brown for Mayor sloppy, sloppy mailing

  1. Ghost of Dude on March 10, 2010 at 2:39 pm said:

    Guess he should have hired a better graphic designer. Know any?

  2. l3wis on March 10, 2010 at 2:52 pm said:

    Or at least someone who knows something about direct mail

  3. Credit or blame?

  4. Plaintiff Guy on March 10, 2010 at 6:17 pm said:

    He’s taking credit for everything but had nothing to do with any of it. The council has no vote or power in Home Rule government. The mayor might take their opinion into account but the dictator mayor makes all the decisions.

  5. redhatterb on March 10, 2010 at 6:33 pm said:

    I got one of these today, and being all I have on hand is first class stamps, I don’t think I will be returning the “cute” little cards.

  6. l3wis on March 10, 2010 at 9:51 pm said:

    Sweet Vernon The Velvet Hammer Brown, as his wife calls him. Did you hear that in the Argus Forum today. I died laughing.

  7. i got two pieces of mail from him today – the one you featured (without the smudge) and an invite to “coffee and conversation”.

  8. At least Costello would have paid the postage to reply back to him!

  9. I’ll give him credit for that.

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