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Introduce charitable public conveniences. These toilets
     would have a relatively high charge for entrance – £1, for
     example. Half of the entrance fee would be used to
     maintain a very high level of cleanliness and general
     upkeep while the other half would go to a specific charity.
     The scheme would improve the quality of public toilets.

51Benefiting charities could run an ad campaign for the loos
     using the strapline: ‘Do you give a s**t about charity?’

       Liam Donnelly
       15 October 2000
52Launch an email service that carries advertising in each
     sent message. The ads would appear at the end of the       Editor’s note:
     email in the form of a billboard-style poster or banner ad.Advertising in email
     The ad space would be sold to specific advertisers based   is now commonplace.
     on demographic information submitted by the owner of       Considering the
     the account about both themselves and their regular        publication date,
     correspondents. In return for signing up to the mail       Charles Cohen raised
                                                                the possibility that
                                                                Chas Bayfield might
                                                                plausibly be able to
                                                                lay claim to at least

service, account holders would not only be offered free inspiring its uptake –

email but actually paid an annual fee for regular use.          not that that would

                                                                make him particularly

Chas Bayfield                                                   popular, of course.

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