Got the following email from a visitor with the photo below:
"Just browsing in sams club. I didn't know hall was sponsored by vizio. Is this common knowledge?"
http://www.letsrun.com/2012/images/hallvizio.jpg
I don' think its common knowledge so I'm posting here. I personally have never seen the boxes.
It was posted here, but I agree that it isn't common knowledge. (It's probably not common knowledge that Ryan Hall exists, for that matter!)
Shouldn't you have said "Ryan Hall is sponsored by Vizio." then stared at your monitor waiting for our reply?
Man Hall know how to get sponsors... Nick Symmonds could really learn something from Hall,Meb,Cox
NS could also work on running a distance that mainstream consumers are aware of.
I work at a running store and maybe 5% of the people who come in know who Hall is.
Probably only people who check this site know about the vizio thing.
I saw vizio boxes yesterday with pictures of hall running the marathon trials on them and was like, "hey that's kinda awesome". It definitely caused me to look again at the tv box.
I think it's great.
Seems an expensive way market to Ryan Hall's mom.
Were the pics taken at the trials, or are they from his half marathon AR in Houston?
Lenny Leonard wrote:
Probably only people who check this site know about the vizio thing.
It was posted on Flotrack a while back and Hall mentioned it in a Competitor interview done before the trials. Maybe it's only news to people who check only this site.
The picture has been on the floor at Costco (visio) for sometime now. Good picture and good promotion.
It was mentioned on here that he is sponsored by Vizio but it is not common knowledge. In fact if you had asked me to list all of his sponsors I would have left it out. Just slipped my mind. Off the top of my head I can only think of Asics and Nissan. A quick Google search reveals that he also has the following sponsors: Oakley, CGI, Garmin and Cytopsport.
I don't know what vizio is or that they sponsor Hall so either I'm not in their target audience or they should work on their marketing.
Thanks for sharing. I have never seen this until now and I shop at Sam's Club at least once a month. I am familiar with Vizio or have seen their product before..
I'm just curious what the "logo" or statement is written by Hall on that box?
I bought a 55 inch Vizio the other day simply because of Hall.
It was for someone else, so I didn't care that Vizio sucked in quality. I just got it for them b/c they are half blind anyway and I figured Hall could use the help. I was given enough money to buy a Samsung so I just pocketed the difference.
Go Hall 2012!
Common knowledge among whom? I knew, but the average guy on the street doesn't know who Hall is to begin with.
no clue wrote:
I'm just curious what the "logo" or statement is written by Hall on that box?
"I am at my best when running free. Free from expectations and fears. Running full of faith (?), holding nothing back. Vizio delivers performance the same way"
Ryan Hall - US Marathon Champion
This seems like an odd marriage. Marathon guy on the box of a product that is one of the most passive activities a person can engage in.
wejo wrote:
Got the following email from a visitor with the photo below:
"Just browsing in sams club. I didn't know hall was sponsored by vizio. Is this common knowledge?"
http://www.letsrun.com/2012/images/hallvizio.jpgI don' think its common knowledge so I'm posting here. I personally have never seen the boxes.
Maybe they can have him do a commercial with LT.
It's common knowledge to anyone who's been to Costco in the last six months, or at least since Christmas.
