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Title: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: mh10 on March 14, 2006, 03:16:16 pm
My suggestion for a slogan for a Tulsa brand:

"Tulsa: Please Visit, But Don't Stay"

(Okay, so I stole that slogan from Oregon, but I still like it - and I like Tulsa as a mid-sized city.)


Title: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on November 28, 2012, 12:26:36 pm
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett is on a quest to find our fine city a new slogan, or "brand."

Ginnie Graham: New city nickname demands generosity

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If Oklahoma is OK, then Tulsa is "Fair to Middlin.'"

Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett is on a quest to find our fine city a new slogan, or "brand."

These monikers seem forced when a city names itself.

It's like a nerdy kid trying to be popular by giving himself a nickname.

But "Oil Capital of the World" doesn't work anymore because it hasn't been true for decades.

Trying to be cool: On the table so far: "Tulsa's Cool" and "Creative Center of the United States."

Rule No. 1 about being cool is not to say you're cool. Refer to my earlier nerdy kid example.

The other lacks pizzazz and catchiness.

The mayor is right that we ought to think about how others view us.

If our mission statement doesn't match at least some of our reality, it'll just look silly.

Very funny: It's easy to mock this project. So, let's get it out of the way.

From a very unscientific survey of my online social circles, here are among the best send-ups:

"Tulsa: Austin without the cool stuff"

"City of Construction"

"Where a River Almost Runs Through It"

"Tulsa: You can set your watch back to it"

"Casino Country"

That said, Tulsa is like my family.

It's fair for me to tease and poke fun at it, but I don't want anyone else to do it.

No place like home: Despite the digs, most people are sincere about enjoying our city.

Tulsa offers Oklahoma's best in fine arts, dining, museums, trails and shopping. Our downtown and entertainment districts are also undergoing a renaissance.

Among the love my compatriots have shared:

"Eden on the Prairie"

"City of Heart and Beauty"

"Heart of America and Route 66"

"Oasis in Oklahoma"

"Natural. Bold. Generous"

Positive attention: It would be nice if our community could find common ground for this endeavor.

National attention usually comes from bad news.

Intolerance has been part of this - from the 1921 Race Riot to this year's Good Friday racially motivated shootings.

It doesn't help that we have dueling Christmas/holiday parades.

Our city and state pop up on lists showing poor performance in health, poverty, drug abuse, incarceration rates and other societal issues.

In our favor, we have innovative minds and determined hearts working to right those wrongs.

Finding agreement on this one, single thing would be a huge leap of progress.

We care, we share: Coming up time and again is generosity.

Perhaps, "City of Giving," "Home of Generosity" or "America's Most Generous City."

Tulsa has the nation's largest community foundation. Our city consistently ranks high in per capita giving, which includes all those $1 and $5 donations given by individuals.

There are some Mr. Potters out there grouching about this attracting people "looking for a handout."

That's a cynical view and one not worth pondering.

Secular and faith groups reach across the divide in Tulsa whenever disaster strikes, whether local or national.

Known as the city of praying hands, Tulsa is often the model how to hold hands.

Tulsa is more than OK, fine or even comfortable.

We're ready for a new image and one showing unity.


Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=732&articleid=20121128_11_A11_IfOkla584999


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Post by: RecycleMichael on November 28, 2012, 01:10:53 pm
The "Oasis in Oklahoma" was my contribution.


Title: Re: Tulsa Brand Slogans
Post by: Townsend on November 28, 2012, 01:24:55 pm
"The Paris of Oklahoma" per Chandler on Friends.


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Post by: Townsend on November 28, 2012, 01:30:53 pm
I just realized this thread was started in national/international politics.  My bad.


Maybe move it to Development?


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Post by: Admin on November 28, 2012, 01:36:41 pm
I just realized this thread was started in national/international politics.  My bad.


Maybe move it to Development?

You have two more wishes.


Title: Re: Tulsa Brand Slogans
Post by: Townsend on November 28, 2012, 01:49:36 pm
You have two more wishes.

Ooooo, a coke and another genie.


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Post by: Hoss on November 28, 2012, 01:53:23 pm
Ooooo, a coke Marshall and another genie.

FIFY.   ;D


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Post by: zstyles on November 29, 2012, 09:31:43 am
I'm sure they will try to spend ten's of thousands of dollars for this when they can hop on a few sites like Fivvr, a few creative facebook groups and come up with something more creative than anything a "consultant" could do...and for free or close to free..


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Post by: TulsaRufnex on November 29, 2012, 09:55:47 am
"Athens on the Arkansas"


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on November 29, 2012, 09:57:16 am
"Athens on the Arkansas"

That could make for some interesting development in Riverparks.


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Post by: AquaMan on November 29, 2012, 11:11:14 am
I'm sure they will try to spend ten's of thousands of dollars for this when they can hop on a few sites like Fivvr, a few creative facebook groups and come up with something more creative than anything a "consultant" could do...and for free or close to free..

Even though that is likely to come up with a very fine slogan, the problem is, that process is not defensible. Would you like to be a public servant who has to tell disgruntled residents that you chose that slogan after cruising the net and testing it on facebook?

Unfortunately, unless some positive event happens which explodes into a universally accepted bumper sticker emotion, we'll have to pay someone to put their creative genius on the line for us.

Tulsa...Sponge Worthy ;)


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Post by: DolfanBob on November 29, 2012, 11:33:48 am
I still like. "Tulsa, The pretty Oklahoma City"


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Post by: Ed W on November 29, 2012, 12:30:10 pm
I've always liked "Livin' on Tulsa Time."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omwpY42J1Fk[/youtube]



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Post by: sauerkraut on November 30, 2012, 09:07:05 am
The only brand I   can think of is: "Tulsa, America's number one "T" Towne" -It's short & to the point.  :D


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Post by: sauerkraut on November 30, 2012, 09:08:33 am
I've always liked "Livin' on Tulsa Time."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omwpY42J1Fk[/youtube]


Reminds me of that song "24 Hours To Tulsa"


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Post by: sauerkraut on November 30, 2012, 09:17:27 am
Some cities have structures for their I.D. or brand-  With St Louis it's the Arch, in Seattle it's the Space Needle and so on. In St Louis they have pictures of that arch on everything from coffee mugs to "T" Shirts.. The city of Omaha about 15 years ago or so had talk about building what they called a "Tornado Tower"  to give the city an I.D. like St Louis, it was supposed to be the tallest structure on the Great Plains it was to be  shaped like a tornado and inside it there would be a musium, with displays showing the power of tornados, tornado damage displays in short everything about tornados. The project never really got off the ground, but it was a topic many times on local radio talk shows. It was a hoot. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/16/news/mn-13605


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Post by: Ed W on November 30, 2012, 12:14:03 pm
Yes, it's true that some cities have iconic landmarks (the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Arch in St Louis) so perhaps Tulsa would benefit by having a similar signature landmark.  We could nominate the Golden Driller or the Route 66 gateway, but I think the one thing most people would associate the humble orange traffic barrel with Tulsa, along with a detour sign inscribed with "You can't get there from here!"

Just sayin'


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on November 30, 2012, 12:23:13 pm
but I think the one thing most people would associate the humble orange traffic barrel

I voted for those orange traffic barrels to exist.

We could show a picture of Holmes Peak and say "Here's where Tulsa's "The American" would'a been."  

"TULSA, WHERE IT WOULD'A BEEN"                                                                                                                                                                                 "TULSA, WHERE IT WOULD'A BEEN"


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Red Arrow on November 30, 2012, 12:42:21 pm
I voted for those orange traffic barrels to exist.

How about "Tulsa, home of traffic barrel diversity"?  I have seen barrels, cones, and posts.


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 01, 2012, 01:24:13 pm
Actually the city should have some I.D.  or some structure first, and the Brand or slogan comes off of that, We should not be  finding a brand first and making the city into that brand. The Golden Oil driller idea would not be bad, I like the Oil Capital theme, we'll always need oil, everyone uses oil, I strongly support more oil drilling, but the oil driller structure would need to be much larger than the one on 21st street,  I like it- let's  put Tulsa's focus back on Oil/Gas/Natural resources like a new kind of  "Oil Capital" ... Perhaps Tulsa can build a new "Golden Driller" near downtown and make it huge with viewing platforms or observation decks and perhaps even a restaurant on top  It would be  like the Space Needle in Seattle except it would be a big driller rig platform,  make it a 600' tall like the St Louis arch and place it near downtown and have it become part of the Tulsa Skyline. I like the Golden Driller idea.


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 01, 2012, 01:40:04 pm
I lived in Texas in the 1980's  many Texas cities have or had  (if not a real brand) they had a nickname-- or at least they did have nicknames in the 1980's.. Fort Worth was called "CowTown" "Dallas" was known as "The Big "D" Austin was called "The Weird City" and Houston's nickname was "The arm pit of Texas". Some Texas cities had more than one nickname.. As I posted above about  15 years ago the city of Omaha wanted to build a "Tornado Tower" or "Vortex Tower" as some called it at 600'-700' tall, if built it would of been a weird looking structure, one design of the structure had "fold outs" on the top to represent the cloud base of the tornado with a viewing platform  located there and a slowly rotating restaurant that turned one time counterclockwise each half hour giving diners views of the Missouri River to the east & Downtown Omaha and the great plains to the west. Anyhow Tulsa needs to get in gear and figure out some Brand before OKC beats us to it... I like the huge oil rig idea myself.. Or what about a 700'-1000' tall orange barrel? -Yes,  a downtown skyscraper building designed to look like like a traffic barrel, it would (or could) be the tallest structure/building  in Oklahoma (if we can build it over 1000' tall).. Anyhow, it will really look wild from a distance and stand out as tourists head for downtown it would re-make the Tulsa skyline and  would attract alot of attention nation wide. Brand Tulsa the "Construction Capital" of America.. The "Barrel Building" would just be a regular downtown office skyscraper inside, but on the outside it would be look like a traffic barrel complete with a orange ring around it- perhaps put a restaurant on top of the barrel building. It's a thought. :D


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Post by: Teatownclown on December 01, 2012, 07:02:44 pm
The only brand I   can think of is: "Tulsa, America's number one "T" Towne" -It's short & to the point.  :D

Close Sauer. But TeaTown is more identifiable with who we are. :)

I think we should pass a vision thingy and raise 700 million $$ for beautification and go back to "America's Most Beautiful City." Of course, I don't know what we do about those hideous street lined containers, our refineries, and our poisoned water. :'(


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 02, 2012, 02:25:03 pm
Close Sauer. But TeaTown is more identifiable with who we are. :)

I think we should pass a vision thingy and raise 700 million $$ for beautification and go back to "America's Most Beautiful City." Of course, I don't know what we do about those hideous street lined containers, our refineries, and our poisoned water. :'(
Yes, That may work too, but the bottom line is, be it a huge oil rig in Tulsa's skyline  or a big sky scraper size orange barrel in the Tulsa skyline- Tulsa really needs to have a identity first, something that screams  "Tulsa" then the brand can follow that. If we wanna have Tulsa the "tea" capital we need to really get rolling on making Tea a big thing here. The rest will follow. St Louis and their  arch made a big brand for that city.. BTW We visited that St Louis Arch in 1978 it's 630 feet and you ride up to the top in a washing machine like cycliner that seats 5 people, Below the arch is a musium and a film showing the const. of the arch in 1964. Installing the final keystone piece was a big job.


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Post by: BKDotCom on December 05, 2012, 07:16:38 pm
found this via Reddit:
http://kcmeesha.com/2012/12/02/there-is-something-about-tulsa/


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Post by: DolfanBob on December 06, 2012, 09:24:18 am
found this via Reddit:
http://kcmeesha.com/2012/12/02/there-is-something-about-tulsa/


I liked his review of Tulsa. For a first timer he did very good finding places and taking very nice pictures of what the City has to offer. If there was a rating scale on his trip here, I would give it a B-


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Post by: Townsend on December 06, 2012, 09:34:03 am
I liked his review of Tulsa. For a first timer he did very good finding places and taking very nice pictures of what the City has to offer. If there was a rating scale on his trip here, I would give it a B-

Too bad he missed the Ambassador and the Mayo.

The Doubletree is okay but I'd prefer a different location.


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 07, 2012, 10:48:04 am
What about Oral Roberts? He did not give that much of review. :-X


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on December 07, 2012, 10:51:07 am
What about Oral Roberts? He did not give that much of review. :-X

How much does it need?


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: DolfanBob on December 07, 2012, 10:57:44 am
How much does it need?

I know right? Looks like the State Fair with no rides.


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on December 07, 2012, 11:04:15 am
I know right? Looks like the State Fair with no rides.

Maybe get the prayer tower to spin.


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: sauerkraut on December 07, 2012, 01:47:52 pm
How much does it need?
More than it got for sure, that's a major Tulsa institution since 1966.


Title: Re: "Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Hoss on December 07, 2012, 01:51:27 pm
More than it got for sure, that's a major Tulsa institution since 1966.

And in shambles for the last 10 years.  I hate that campus.


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 07, 2012, 01:57:43 pm
IMO I think the best brand so far would be to just build a 700-1000 foot oil rig (without the drillerman standing next to it) It  will define, mark & brand the Tulsa skyline like the Eiffel Tower does in Paris and like the St. Louis Arch does to St. Louis.... Tulsa: The Oil, Gas & Natural Resources Capital.. Put up the  big oil rig near the downtown skyline and paint it gold.. OKC has a  working oil well on the grounds of the state cap. Oil is King in Oklahoma. That oil rig  will make the postcards, and anyone who sees it will think "Tulsa"! It's the best idea so far IMO, everything else seems to be small potatos.


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Post by: Hoss on December 07, 2012, 02:26:00 pm
IMO I think the best brand so far would be to just build a 700-1000 foot oil rig (without the drillerman standing next to it) It  will define, mark & brand the Tulsa skyline like the Eiffel Tower does in Paris and like the St. Louis Arch does to St. Louis.... Tulsa: The Oil, Gas & Natural Resources Capital.. Put up the  big oil rig near the downtown skyline and paint it gold.. OKC has a  working oil well on the grounds of the state cap. Oil is King in Oklahoma. That oil rig  will make the postcards, and anyone who sees it will think "Tulsa"! It's the best idea so far IMO, everything else seems to be small potatos.

o.....k...  ::)


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Post by: sauerkraut on December 07, 2012, 02:28:10 pm
o.....k...  ::)
Let's hear your ideas. How should "T"-Town be branded?  ???


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Post by: Hoss on December 07, 2012, 02:33:37 pm
Let's hear your ideas. How should "T"-Town be branded?  ???

Definitely not the oil rig.  Tulsa hasn't been an Oil City in 35 years.  Citgo leaving?  Others?  Doesn't exactly make us Oil Capital any more.


Title: Re: \"Tulsa Brand" Slogans
Post by: Townsend on December 12, 2012, 02:46:01 pm
Fake Mike Neal has posted some slogans on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/fakemikeneal (https://twitter.com/fakemikeneal)

Tulsa: Something Special in the Air

Tulsa: The Best Part of Waking Up

Tulsa: Diamonds Are Forever

Tulsa: Better Ingredients, Better City

Tulsa: Takes a Licking and Keeps On Ticking

While Fake Dewey Bartlett has posted:

 I ARE BUSY CRAFTING A NEW SET OF JAMS FOR ALL OF TULSA TO ENJOY

https://twitter.com/FakeDeweyTulsa (https://twitter.com/FakeDeweyTulsa)