This may sound wierd but i just woke from a dream where i had this amazing idea?

Question

Supermarkets are always looking for ways to bring customers to there chains, e.g tescos price watch to name but a few. Well my question is, how do i get my idea out there? I do not work for any such companies and would and fear they would laugh me out the door and then take the idea as there own. I hope someone can help me, if not its out of my head now so i can go back to sleep. good night.

Answer 1

wow. this just reminded me that its late and i wanna go to sleep lol.

thanks.

Answer 2

Copyright your idea and then present it to them

Answer 3

Draft your idea first and then copyright it or protect it legally some how and the submit it to some companies ......

Answer 4

You can copyright by simply typing copyright your name and the year on the letter (you then register the copyright which isw another process but the "copyright notice is a warning to all that this is not public property for anyone to use.  HOWEVER copyrights do not cover ideas just the way the idea is presented (ie a story, article, ad copy, picture, diagram, etc.) .   So you need to also have a copy of what you write down and have it notorized before sending it out and that might help.  

The place to approach would be the ad agency for the store chain and I would start by tel;ling them you have an idea and what you believe it can accomplish but not what the idea is.   Then if they are willing to listen they will contact you back and here too that contact is proof that it was your idea.   You can find the ad agency by doing some net research on a site like altavista that lets you type in multi queroes in the same one.  Or you can go talk to the store manager or local paper ad manager and see if they can and will tell you.

Beyond that there are lawyers that specialize in what is called intellectual property rights which is what an idea is.

Answer 5

Put your idea in writing and dated -letter/email etc.

Answer 6

go through the copy right issues and then show it to the person in the store who would most likely make the idea a reality

Answer 7

Write it down, find a way to make it "tangible (touchable, such as in writing, producing the product, making a model etc.) and creative and original, then get it copyrighted as soon as you can. It's hard to say exactly how you can get your idea out there without know ing what it is, but I understand that you wouldn't want to put it out here on the Internet. The only ways that I see you being able to (but there could be others) are starting your own supermarket and using your idea, or becoming an advertising/sales manager at some supermarket, but both would take a lot of hard work and at least some money. Definitely read other peoples answers because I KNOW mine doesn't give that good of an answer, maybe someone else will know a better way to get your idea out there.

Answer 8

Major supermarkets should have a website, write to customer service, the worst is they will delete it. Who knows, they might adopt your idea, even offer you a job. Chow