TOMSAYS HI.
This is Tom's website. Tom says hi. That is the full scope of what is happening here. You have been made aware.
Tom says hi. This is the thing. Eye contact is included at no extra charge. Duration: approximately one second, possibly less if Tom is busy with something else.
Tom raises his hand. The hand moves. This communicates hi from a distance, which is useful if you are far away or if proximity to Tom is not something you want right now.
Tom's head goes down slightly. This means hi. It also means Tom has acknowledged you as a person who exists. This is the quietest product in the portfolio.
Tom says hi on television to an audience of people who did not ask for this but who are now receiving it anyway. This is where the idea for this entire website came from. Someone needs to think about that.
Tom says hi and the hi is recorded. You watch it later. The hi does not know when you are watching it. It has no way to know. It simply is.
Tom says hi to a large number of people, possibly at a conference or through some kind of screen arrangement. Pricing is available upon request. Tom has not thought about pricing.
OF TOM
Tom is a person. He has been a person for a while now. During this time he has developed strong opinions about very few things, and a general willingness to acknowledge other people's existence via wave, nod, or verbal "hi."
The concept for Tom Says Hi emerged when Tom asked a friend who works for a news company whether he could buy an ad spot just to wave at people. She said that was weird. He pursued it anyway. This website is the result of that choice. No one has been harmed by this. It is simply a thing that is happening.
Tom does not have a mission statement. He was asked to write one for this website. He said hi instead. We are treating that as a mission statement.
"He made eye contact. He said hi. He meant it. I don't know how to explain this but I know he meant it."
"I walked past Tom in what I thought was a normal hallway situation. It wasn't. It was a hi situation. I was not prepared but I recovered."
"Four stars. I expected a wave. I received a nod. The nod was technically correct for the situation but I had rehearsed a wave response and it went unused."