Two Brothers Patent Toilet Paper Ads

Jordan and Bryan Silverman are offering businesses the chance to advertise on a slightly unusual platform — toilet paper. "It's an unmatched active audience," Jordan, co-founder of Star Toilet Paper, told the Daily News. "A person looks at the average advertisement for two to five seconds. People will look at ours for a lot longer."

The environmentally friendly paper, printed with coupons and ads in soy-bean-based ink, sells for half a cent per ad. Users can redeem the coupons through Star Toilet Paper's website. Venues that want to put in the ad-filled paper in their stalls get the rolls for free. Jordan, a recent graduate of University of Michigan, came up with the innovative marketing plan about two years ago when he found himself taking a minute to look at the wall of a bathroom stall at the Ann Arbor, Mich., campus.

"I was thinking that it's one of the times that people want to read," Jordan, who quickly turned to his brother with the plan, said. "We've really felt that we were on to something." Since then, Jordan, 22, and Bryan, 18, have found that the idea is flush with opportunities. Read more >>