Posted on 05/07/2006 12:02:59 PM PDT by freepatriot32
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey: We're Not So Good With Slogans.
The state has jettisoned "Come See For Yourself," its second attempt at a tagline in less than a year. It was the product of a statewide contest set up by then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey last fall, after he rejected a consultant's offering: "We'll Win You Over."
State tourism officials said legal issues led them to scrap the latest slogan, explaining that West Virginia and other states previously used "Come See For Yourself."
"We are proceeding without the slogan. We will revisit the next steps at the end of the year," Karen Wolfe, a spokeswoman for the state Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission, told The Press of Atlantic City for Saturday editions.
Codey, now state Senate president, dismissed "We'll Win You Over" because he said it reminded him too much of when he was single and asked girls out on a date.
"Come See For Yourself" was the top choice among more than 11,000 telephone and online votes cast by residents for five finalist entries in the contest. Codey unveiled the slogan with great fanfare in January, saying the Garden State's catch phrase "should hint at our true beauty."
But at an annual tourism conference in Cape May County last month, the slogan was absent from all state promotional materials. The slogan is also missing from this year's tourism television commercials, featuring a song by rocker Jon Bon Jovi.
Tourism officials said they won't pick from any of the four other finalists: "Love at First Sight," "The Real Deal," "The Best Kept Secret" or "Expect the Unexpected."
"Come Smell For Yourself"
"where corruption lives"
"avoid like plague"
"Hey, what 'chew lookin' at?"
Nobody can beat Washington's new slogan: "Say WA?"
"New Jersey: We suck so damned much that we spent $300,000 on a slogan campaign, and picked one in the end that we couldn't even use."
“If yuh godda pass troo dis dump, don’t say we didn’t wawn yuh.”
"Bring your money, and take a rat home"
New Jersey: Smells better than it used to!
It might be good to tell the ad agencies not to even consider slogans that are half-hearted, or that essentially say "the state is really ok, even though you might think it sucks." Go back to the old "NJ & You Perfect Together".
That's it.!!!!!!!! How will NJ survive without a slogan? < /Sarcasm>
The next politician that spends a nickel coming up with a new slogan should be shot.
Sorry, but can't take credit for this one.
New Jersey: Where Dreams Die Slow and Painful Deaths
"New Jersey: Way Better Than Old Jersey."
"Stay outta Newark."
"New Jersey: We've got to have something worth bragging about."
"Come see Corzine for yourself."
"New York... Now with 15% less running urine
I guess "Home Of The Universal Fart" is out of the question, then.
Apparently there are only 11,000 people in the whole state who care about having a slogan at all, and they voted for the one they wanted, so let them have it. I think it's stupid too, but it's the one they picked.
meant Jersey....
NJ: "We'll tax the crap otta' youse"
Well, this is the sort of thing that happens when you are trying to conceal who you are and have no idea where you're going. Pretty damned transparent and pretty damned sad in my opinion.
Since it's a motto sponsored by the government of NJ, how about just:
"We'll Win."
How about:
You from Jersey? Hey, I'm from Jersey!
New Jersey: "You Want A ##$%##! Slogan? I Got Yer ##$%##! Slogan Right Here!"
New Jersey: "Tell 'em Guido sent ya"
New Jersey: "Ya Got a problem with dat?"
New Jersey: "Now with 10% less toxic waste!"
New Jersey: "We'll look the other way."
New Jersey: "We had a gay governor, so what?"
New Jersey: "Be sure to pick up a complimentary chemical drum on your way out."
New Jersey: "Politicos and wiseguys -- badda-bing!"
New Jersey: "Cuz New York sucks."
New Jersey: "Shoot squealers, not bears."
New Jersey: "Suburb of not one, but TWO big cities"
New Jersey-If you are lucky you might make it out alive
"where the sewer meets the sea."
Fuhgetaboutit.
Come for the toxic waste. Stay for the tumors.
"We are proceeding without the slogan"
'Tis a slogan in itself.
How about: "New Jersey. Hey, bury him over here."
""Now with 10% less toxic waste!" "
Somebody should Photoshop a NJ license plate with this one!
The Palm Springs tourist bureau really wanted to use "Give in to the desert - you're surrounded"....fortunately they decided to drop that idea.
New Jersey selects new tourism slogan (Come see for yourself)
Reuters ^ | 1/12/06 | Inspector Clouseau and Pepe LePew
Posted on 01/13/2006 7:52:05 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey announced a new tourism slogan on Thursday in an effort to shrug off the state's grim reputation for traffic jams, mobsters and toxic waste dumps.
"New Jersey: Come See for Yourself," was the winning entry in a statewide contest that attracted some 7,800 entries. The public was asked for suggestions after Acting Gov. Richard Codey rejected "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over" -- a slogan devised by an image consultant at the cost of $260,000 -- as too negative.
State officials earlier rejected sardonic entries including: "Come Out to New Jersey: It's Not as Bad as it Smells" and "New Jersey: Hey, at Least it's not West Virginia."
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To: Diddle E. Squat"New Jersey: Our new governor only acts gay."
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To: Diddle E. SquatI Came, I Saw, I Left.
-- snip --
To: MurtyoHow about:
"New Jersey: Who farted?"
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To: Diddle E. Squat"Joisey, come smell da wawdah."
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To: trickyricky
New Jersey where the State Tree is the Toll Booth
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"where blue staters rule"
"what the country is in for in 2006"
Indiana has a new slogan too.
Restart your engines.
No, I'm not making that up.
"Welcome to New Jersey.......Take the cannolis."
"I'm From new Jersey -- Squeeze My Tomatoes."
"Joisey: Ya can't put it in woids."
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