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Spice Up Your Image with … Restroom Gender Designations?
Plenty of restaurants add a bit of flair by forgoing standard bathroom classification.
Forget the little boy’s room – why not take a trip to the Billy? Or, if you’re a woman, try powdering your nose in the Nanny. Those are the names for men’s and women’s restrooms at the Rodeo Goat in Dallas, and it’s just one way the eatery spices things up for visitors.
It’s a tiny thing, no doubt, but it’s also an easy thing, and it can get people talking, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. So why aren’t more franchises doing it?
At The Girl & The Fig in Sonoma, Calif., visitors don’t even have to look for a word – either a male or female doll hangs outside the appropriate restroom.
Meanwhile, Firehouse Subs works in its brand with rooms for “Firemen” and “Firewomen.”
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FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
