Many people find it frustrating and even hard to hang pictures. Getting a picture in just the right place may take two or three tries. Every one of the extra holes will one day need to be fixed.
A while back I had been asked to hang a picture. Planning my strategy had used fifteen minutes or so which led me to pure procrastination. (Remember I really do not like putting holes in walls). Being the evolved (lazy) person I am, I of course started looking for a “better way” to hang pictures. I won’t bore you with all of the creative ideas I had, ranging from bazaar, through just stupid, to what might actually be pretty good.
So if this is going to really work, it must address the main picture hanging “speed bumps”.
1) Working blind behind the picture results in nail/picture misplacement.
2) It needs to be easy to use.
3) It needs to be inexpensive.
4) Allow the user to do the job quickly
5) Apply to different picture hanging options and picture sizes.
6) Writing on walls is not required
Going through this list, I thought it met all of the criteria. I deserved a break.
Now for the name. One that will stick in people’s heads.
Easy Hang – No!
Picture hanging aid – Milk toast
Transfer Triangle – Bingo!
So I invented something. Now I need to find a source to develop, make samples, and prove them out. My first try did not go so well. Didn’t work. I was depressed and ready to give up.
OK, two years later I have transfer triangles but no marketing plan. How hard can that be to develop? Flyers, radio, e-mails or maybe a web business.
A couple of thousand dollars in internet marketing training, almost two more years, and hundreds of hours of study time, I realize how little I know about an online business. I did learn a bunch of stuff but really have not become a master of anything. Oh yea, marketing.
So, one day you may get a sample in your mail box, an e-mail, see a You Tube video, or hear a radio spot suggesting you go to a web site to check out a “new” product. You will know the whole story behind the product and it’s creator.
Mark Secor is the inventor and marketer behind Transfer Triangles. If you would like to watch videos of real people hanging pictures with these new aids go tohanging pictures
