It depends on what you're doinghvideoMay 16 2007, 04:58:54 UTC
It's really difficult to make meaningful suggestions when I doesn't know if you are looking for $500, $5000 or $50,000. Having at least some idea of the magnitude and the event in question would make it easier. If this is one person who has been in a Barbershop Chorus that won a Regional contest who wants to go to the International Contest (who just needs a plane ticket and living expenses for a couple of days) it can be down at the low end. If the person has been winning local Car Rallye events and now wants to go to Europe for the Rallye of the Acropolis we're at the high end or beyond(figuring many people, many weeks, transport of the car, etc. etc
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Re: It depends on what you're doingjsloveMay 16 2007, 19:32:14 UTC
Well, that is true. I would prefer to bury specifics here rather than put them up front where it would be more likely to be seen as my soliciting for herMy daughter has placed well in a model competition, and wants to go to the international of the same competition. We had a brainstorming session to figure out how to pay for it, and she asked whether she could try to recruit sponsors or sell ads using her LJ account. Thus this thread
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So, what is she doing?jsloveMay 16 2007, 19:33:51 UTC
This is more about her trying to get gigs (child model, ads or dramatic roles) than our thrusting her into the more negative aspects of body-image culture. Appearance discrimination is a fact of life, and can be examined from several sides, without being endorsed outside a limited context. I am not so politicized that I see it as universally evil. Net income from gigs, if any, is designated for her college fund
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We are in the middle, but toward the low end. While major corporate sponsorship seems like overkill, I have no idea how to go about soliciting corporate sponsorship. I mean, one can just tilt at the windmill, and learn the hard way, but given a deadline, advice from the cluefull could be a big help
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Re: Suggestions so farddaMay 16 2007, 20:43:17 UTC
...is 78-rpm record restoration, which means remastering and transferring to CD.
Does this apply to other than 78s? I have some regular LPs (and some 45s) that I'd like digitized and I suspect I'm not alone. Would that be the same price as the 78s or less?
Re: 33/45 restoration/transferddaMay 16 2007, 22:35:33 UTC
I get these prices for items you can't find on CD, usually of high sentimental value.
The albums and 12" 45s I would consider paying to have digitized are indeed ones not available through any other means that I've found; for some of these recordings I've looked pretty hard, too. I do have some cheap digitization equipment but it would include getting my turntable reconditioned (or buying a new one) and then spending the time to record everything. If I can get this music on CD as well as help out friends, that might well be worth it.
Note that most, if not all, of my records are in very good shape and I don't have that many I would need converted.
Re: Suggestions so farteddywolfMay 16 2007, 22:09:23 UTC
I think talking to the marketing departments of some of those corporations might yield some fruit, or at least food for thought. If they don't have the latitude for something like this, they should at least know who in the company would be the person to talk with.
Re: Suggestions so farjsloveMay 16 2007, 23:27:12 UTC
That certainly makes sense, but...
This may seem utterly lame, but before you can talk to the marketing departments of corporations, you have to know which corporations. I'm stuck there at the moment.
When selling ads, you walk in and talk to whomever is walking point dealing with the public. They will hand you off to an appropriate person more often than telling you to take a hike.
Should I take it you suggest initially picking corporations at random and perhaps relying on them for suggestions of more suitable corporations or at least the attributes of same?
Re: Suggestions so farteddywolfMay 17 2007, 04:11:13 UTC
I would make two suggestions: first, think of corporations whose products and services you use, like and respect. Those corporations will at the very least be companies you wouldn't mind being affiliated with, and if they make a good product then they know some of the power of advertising via word of mouth. Don't approach them with a "You Owe Me" attitude; approach with, "I like and respect what you make and do; I would like your sponsorship now and hope to represent you further in the future
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Re: Suggestions so farteddywolfMay 17 2007, 04:12:04 UTC
And yes, always be willing to ask them for a suggestion or a reference. Learning good. If they wish you well but can't suggest anybody else, at least thank them for their well-wishes.
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Does this apply to other than 78s? I have some regular LPs (and some 45s) that I'd like digitized and I suspect I'm not alone. Would that be the same price as the 78s or less?
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The albums and 12" 45s I would consider paying to have digitized are indeed ones not available through any other means that I've found; for some of these recordings I've looked pretty hard, too. I do have some cheap digitization equipment but it would include getting my turntable reconditioned (or buying a new one) and then spending the time to record everything. If I can get this music on CD as well as help out friends, that might well be worth it.
Note that most, if not all, of my records are in very good shape and I don't have that many I would need converted.
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This may seem utterly lame, but before you can talk to the marketing departments of corporations, you have to know which corporations. I'm stuck there at the moment.
When selling ads, you walk in and talk to whomever is walking point dealing with the public. They will hand you off to an appropriate person more often than telling you to take a hike.
Should I take it you suggest initially picking corporations at random and perhaps relying on them for suggestions of more suitable corporations or at least the attributes of same?
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