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Keepable trade card

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (3092961593)

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The pattern

This still is filed under Keepable trade card.

Define

A small card people keep (pretty, useful, or collectible) that carries the brand after the encounter.

Mechanism

Retention object. The gift is the media. Recall is paid for by usefulness or delight, not by repetition.

Verdict

We can put a physical or digital keepable in someone's pocket and they will not throw it away.

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Why it works

The flowers imply the natural, vegetable origins of the compound while providing a decorative piece for scrapbooking.

Steal this when

When using natural imagery to subtly communicate the organic ingredients of a product.

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