New Slogan & Homepage Paragraph
#91
Posted 28 July 2006 - 07:27 PM
Also, the terms "survival", "continuation", "continuance", "journey", "permanence", "eternally", "sentience", "survival", "life cycle", "longevity", "endless", "boundless", "perpetual", "prolonged", "unceasing", "undending", "uninterrupted" may be of use mixing and matching to make a good phrase.
#92
Posted 28 July 2006 - 07:39 PM
For Unlimited Lifespans
#93
Posted 28 July 2006 - 07:39 PM
Life Without Limits (no, again, too ambiguous)
Ambiguity is good because it allows each person to attach their own meaning to the slogan.
A more direct/precise slogan is constricting.
Again, we are looking for a slogan...not a mission statement or a shorter version of the DoP.
#94
Posted 28 July 2006 - 07:54 PM
The word "existence" could be subbed for just about all of the places that "lifespans" or "life" is currently.
Nice suggest, Nate. I have also thought about incorporating the term *existence*. It is more philosophical and less "bio-centric". However, the pragmatist in me says that this institute's purpose, at least in the short term, is to push a "traditional biotech" agenda.
Ambiguity is good because it allows each person to attach their own meaning to the slogan.
Ambiguity is not a good thing. People need to know we stand for something.
#95
Posted 28 July 2006 - 07:54 PM
For continual lifespans
For undending survival
For perpetual existence
For boundless lives
For endless life
For prolonged life cycles
Some not starting with "for":
ImmInst - Fighting for life
ImmInst - Promoting Life Extension in all forms
ImmInst - Life Extension Community
ImmInst - Working to extend lives since 2002 (ok, a bit silly)
ImmInst - Propagating unending existence
#96
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:07 PM
Again, we already have a DoP. Why rehash it in the slogan? Seems like a waste of marketing potential.
#97
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:09 PM
People need to know we stand for something.
If they can't figure it out from the rest of the homepage and the DoP, then they are pretty dense people you are talking about Don.
#98
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:21 PM
"Nike - We are a shoe company and we make the best shoes in the world".
Lame, lame, lame.
Our how about gatorade. Isn't their slogan "It's in you". I wonder why their marketing pros didn't go with "Gatorade - scientifically proven sports drinks for the world"? Because it sucks.
How about Budweiser's slogan: "True" (simple and ambiguous)
A slogan is more about attitiude and marketing.....not purely information.
#99
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:36 PM
I happen to agree with you. A slogan is a contrived meme designed to infect not communicate.
It is supposed to encapsulate what we stand for but not necessarily explain everything we stand for. Basically it is a coment that is meant to become a cliché.
New Hampshire for example:
Live Free or Die
My personal construct:
Live to learn and learn to live.
All corny but consistent with for example the *Right to Lifers* that say:
Choose Life
I think we need something to grab attention like:
First Live and Never Die
These aren't suggestions as much as examples.
A slogan needs to be compact and concise, clear and definitely unambiguous IMHO. I cannot agree with Mind more about the role and function of the slogan.
#100
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:42 PM
[>] You are a terrible thing to waste!
[>] Immortality, git-r-done!
[>] No one dies with dignity
[>] Cause death sucks!
[>] For Radical Life Extension
[>] Deathist? Here's your sign!
[>] Promoting a long and healthy life
[>] What's your hurry?
[>] We value life
[>] Stay as loooooong as you like!
Some might be useful, some are just for fun. [tung]
#101
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:15 PM
Live Long.
Don't Die.
Choose Life.
We don't die.
Love Life.
Cherish Existence.
Taste life.
Pure passion.
Death thrashers.
Beat death.
#102
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:32 PM
We are here to affirm a positive idea about living not trash a negative about dying.
Stay focused on living, like First Life
To that extent most of the list you provide LF are on target but a few are off the mark and while passion is always a good idea when experienced it can (and frankly often should be) distracting.
#103
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:38 PM
[lol]
#104
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:44 PM
Anyway, that said, my main reason for not liking "For Infinite Lifespans" is because it's too easy to write off as a wacky claim. We need a slogan that makes a more reasonable claim, and the best slogans are also simple and memorable.
#105
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:46 PM
Duke (Scott), I quoted you here (I think I've quoted you more than anyone in my entire posting history).
http://www.imminst.o...=0
I kind of like these:
You are a terrible thing to waste!
Immortality, git-r-done!
No one dies with dignity
Cause death sucks!
For Radical Life Extension
Deathist? Here's your sign!
Promoting a long and healthy life
What's your hurry?
We value life
Stay as loooooong as you like!
Live Long.
Don't Die.
Choose Life.
We don't die.
Love Life.
Cherish Existence.
Taste life.
Pure passion.
Death thrashers.
Beat death.
You don't think any of these would work? Maybe a mix of them? Stir some more of your creative energy for us, bro!
#106
Posted 28 July 2006 - 09:49 PM
/Earth trembles
#107
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:28 AM
Ok, here is a list of the slogans that have been suggested so far (in the order they were received):
for open-ended lifespans
For Extended Lifespans
For Infinite Lifespans
For unending life
For unending lives
Beating the shit out of aging
For life without limits
Life Without Limits
More Life
Join Us or Die
Immortality Institute - Advocacy and Research on the Attainment of Indefinite Lifespan
For Continuing Lifespans
Please make any additional suggestions very soon. We will be holding a full member vote on the slogan - whether to change or keep it the same (for infinite lifespans).
Dude, I need to get OUT of the habit of not reading every post before commenting. I started this topic today with quadclops comment (that's where I thought it started) and didn't notice that Mind is the one put it all together for us...
Mind: sorry about that if it seemed rude. I just clicked on the topic from outside the forum so it took me to this page...
I like Life Without Limits...I think it is T-shirtable even.
I've called Opales and left him a message...I hope he does not get angry at me for taking stuff out of a PM, but this is pretty funny I think:
PS: I have to admit you sounded a little different than I had imagined, I thought you might be a little hyperactive but you sounded all Californian laidback [lol]
#108
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:35 AM
#109
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:36 AM
A variation on "Join us or die" might be a good saying for a flyer on US college campuses...but not as our official slogan. It needs to be media friendly...Duke? Mind, Lazarus Long: what do you guys think?
#110
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:48 AM
Immortality Institute - Advocacy and Research on the Attainment of Indefinite Lifespan
If we are going to have a new flashy homepage with striking graphics why have such a mundane byline. Sure it is technically correct but no one will ever remember it. It doesn't fit on a t-shirt or coffee mug or roll off the tongue. It is not the best suggestion from a marketing standpoint. To me it seems more like a mission statement than a "slogan".
I couldn't agree more.
Advocacy and Research on the Attainment of Indefinite Lifespan
is WAY too geeked out.
#111
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:49 AM
I think I was a bit intoxicated when I suggested that one. It was, of course, not meant to be a serious suggestion, haha.Beating the shit out of aging! LOL.
...or, was it. [sfty]
#112
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:53 AM
#113
Posted 29 July 2006 - 01:43 AM
#114
Posted 29 July 2006 - 01:55 AM
Hey, if only we could be so lucky to be pulling in the money that dude does.Sounds like a Tony Robbins infomercial. [sfty]
#115
Posted 29 July 2006 - 02:20 AM
Beating the shit out of aging
Man that completely cracked me up [lol]
I read it like 15 minutes ago and I still can't stop laughing
#116
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:11 PM
For unrestricted lifespans
Longer lifespans through science
Longer living through science
Advocating the fight against aging
Waging the war on aging
Come with me if you want to live
The research is out there
FATALITY!!!!!!
Aging Must Die
Strapping peter pan to a table and probing him for answers
Immortality needs YOU!
Forever young
#117
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:30 PM
#118
Posted 29 July 2006 - 12:55 PM
Nice. [thumb] I was a big fan of the X-Files.Promotional poster
#119
Posted 29 July 2006 - 02:21 PM
Don't let aging kill you.
#120
Posted 29 July 2006 - 03:45 PM
This could be a realistic approach that will not put off to many potential interested people. It also addresses the issue of self development opposing the couch potato lifestyle. IMO it's not just a matter of contributing to or waiting for new technologies to appear.
Edited by brainbox, 29 July 2006 - 03:55 PM.
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