The Money Tree - $50,000 left
Thanks again for making us the most popular destination for tea online, and be
assured that our zeal to provide you with the finest shopping experience has not
been quenched.
With this in mind, we invite your participation in a campaign we call The Money
Tree, offering to fund promising ideas and initiatives that would bringing
Adagio Teas to a wider audience.
We've allocated $50,000 to this effort, and look forward to receiving your
proposal. Give us your best ideas. If accepted, we'll gladly provide the funds
to assure their fruition.
Recent Ideas
Adagio Tea Time (Mar 29th)
This would be a tea timer for steeping tea--the app would not only just have built in timers for green, white, black, herbal ext. teas, but also for custom blends which would be in a database. Users could submit the best steeping time for the custom blen more...
This would be a tea timer for steeping tea--the app would not only just have built in timers for green, white, black, herbal ext. teas, but also for custom blends which would be in a database. Users could submit the best steeping time for the custom blends and the time could be averaged for each blend.
Make Adagio Tea K-Cups (Mar 24th)
Create K-Cups for the Keurig Machine, maybe also want to do Tassimo cups, but I feel that Keurig is more popular. The tea flavors that are out there in K-Cups form are not nearly as interesting as the teas you offer. more...
Create K-Cups for the Keurig Machine, maybe also want to do Tassimo cups, but I feel that Keurig is more popular. The tea flavors that are out there in K-Cups form are not nearly as interesting as the teas you offer.
Campus Tea Party Marketing (Mar 18th)
Tea is very popular within college campuses, but the vast majority of students don't drink loose leaf because they think it is either too expensive, too complicated, or not better quality than what they would regularly buy. The solution: pay college more...
Tea is very popular within college campuses, but the vast majority of students don't drink loose leaf because they think it is either too expensive, too complicated, or not better quality than what they would regularly buy. The solution: pay college students across the country to host tea parties, providing them with popular teas to serve and sell. At these parties other students would sample different types of tea, and Adagio's teas and ingenuiteas would be available for purchase. The hosting student would prepare the teas and be the salesperson, answering whatever questions come up. These parties could be set up easily through the internet, and even if students just come for the samples and don't buy anything, they will think of Adagio as the place to go for loose-leaf tea.
Tea Parties (Mar 18th)
I think it would be cool to have "tea parties" like people have tupperware parties or avon parties. Except here, you would be exosed to new tea samples, products, gifts, and tea ware. It would give people a chance to try new things before they more...
I think it would be cool to have "tea parties" like people have tupperware parties or avon parties. Except here, you would be exosed to new tea samples, products, gifts, and tea ware. It would give people a chance to try new things before they by them and share thier love of tea with thier friends.
Bottles in vending machines (Mar 14th)
bottles in vending machines in schools. more...
bottles in vending machines in schools.
University Center Tea (Feb 28th)
Creating free "tea centers" around campus and faculty lounges. Each center will have a water heater, recycled paper tea cups, 1 use tea bags and a popular selection of loose tea. Next to it can be a vending machine filled with other tea selectio more...
Creating free "tea centers" around campus and faculty lounges. Each center will have a water heater, recycled paper tea cups, 1 use tea bags and a popular selection of loose tea. Next to it can be a vending machine filled with other tea selections, regular and novelty mugs and a small selection of the tea gifts. This will insure that more people with buying power will get access to the teas, while providing a convenient way to purchase some of your tea selection. The center itself will be self-maintain, with only the occasional cleaning and restocking.
study tea apprenticeship (Feb 28th)
this idea is really what i would like to see happen. its the whole idea of people who want to study tea whether it be chemically biologically or botanically. to study tea under those who know it best for a very pleasing career like an apprenticeship more...
this idea is really what i would like to see happen. its the whole idea of people who want to study tea whether it be chemically biologically or botanically. to study tea under those who know it best for a very pleasing career like an apprenticeship
Tea Party! (Feb 17th)
Goods parties are still very popular - think Mary Kay, Tupperware, Southern Living at Home, Discovery Toys. Perhaps Adagio could come up with a sort of starter demonstration set. Party attendees could order online, but with special coupons, perhaps. There more...
Goods parties are still very popular - think Mary Kay, Tupperware, Southern Living at Home, Discovery Toys. Perhaps Adagio could come up with a sort of starter demonstration set. Party attendees could order online, but with special coupons, perhaps. There might be a special gift package for the host/ess. Sellers could recruit friends to also facilitate parties. It might be good to have some items that facilitators could print out with info about the company, the teas, tea in general, teaware, etc. A facilitator would schedule a party with a host/ess who would invite friends. At the party a variety of teas could be brewed and served (with and in Adagio teaware) along with some food provided by the facilitator. For incentive, facilitators could be given Points to use toward future purchases (this could be based on simply having a party or how much the party goers purchase). Facilitators would be responsible for purchasing a starter kit (likely at a special price) and for host/ess gifts (also at a special price). Adagio would need to determine cost of creating PDFs and any other information materials as well as special party log-ins and discounts. It is difficult to guess the cost to Adagio, but estimates should consider initial loss on special pricing, Points for facilitators, and printable materials. Overtime, however, such a program should more than pay for itself.
qr code on tea container label (Feb 5th)
The idea is to print qr codes on tea container labels, and when are scanned with a smartphone such as the iphone or android, the phone will take you to a page where you have info about the tea, maybe even a way to reorder and maybe even a simple timer to more...
The idea is to print qr codes on tea container labels, and when are scanned with a smartphone such as the iphone or android, the phone will take you to a page where you have info about the tea, maybe even a way to reorder and maybe even a simple timer to let you know how long to brew the tea. Everything from simple idea like the timer to a more complex idea, like trivia about the tea while you wait for it to brew can all be implemented and will make it in to a more interactive product.
Bring it to the Masses (Feb 4th)
Nowadays, a lot of kids I know (I'm a college student) are ALL ABOUT TEA. To put simply, it's almost an understated craze around most college campuses. Problem is, they are simply using bags and not really experiencing good tea. My more...
Nowadays, a lot of kids I know (I'm a college student) are ALL ABOUT TEA. To put simply, it's almost an understated craze around most college campuses. Problem is, they are simply using bags and not really experiencing good tea. My campus has a student-run cafe (Grounds for Change), which does provide loose leaf tea, but nobody knows about it (and it's REALLY old and tasteless). I'd love to have a seminar or seminars/tastings about Adagio's brand, since I started with Adagio tea in my loose leaf journey.
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An honorarium will be awarded to the submitter if the submitted ideas are original and new to the company and are adopted for use by the company. The amount of the honorarium will be established according to the company's reasonable judgment, but it will not in any event exceed $50,000.
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