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09-02-05, 12:08 PM
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Sponsorships
i have contacted the following companies: odyssey, maxxis, kenda, fbm, fly, haro, mongoose, gt, gsport, dickies, black flys, von zipper, capix, and s&m.
anyone else i could send a sponsorship request to?
anyone else i could send a sponsorship request to?
09-02-05, 08:14 PM
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once agian agreed sign up for a comp. i almost had a sponsership but fell hard braking my hip
09-03-05, 01:03 AM
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Um...have you won any contests? If sponsors WANT you, they will FIND you. There are enough poseurs sending them resumes that most of the mail gets thrown out before it's even read.
09-03-05, 02:46 AM
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yeah i won some compos. thats why i figure i'm at a level where i can look. in South Africa, BMX is still growing. in human terms its only a tweenager, so BMXers have to be assertive and make themselves known, cuz here, you have to have drive.
09-03-05, 04:15 AM
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There is a website specifically for people looking to get sponsored. Before you waste your time, and theirs, ask yourself some questions:
Why do I feel I deserve to be sponsored?
What can I offer in return?
What is my level of commitment?
If my shop/company was to sponsor you, what would you expect from us? Money? Completes? Parts? What would we get in return?
Sponsorship is a form of marketing. They're really paying you to be a spokesperson for their product/brand/company. It's not just free money and gear.
Why do I feel I deserve to be sponsored?
What can I offer in return?
What is my level of commitment?
If my shop/company was to sponsor you, what would you expect from us? Money? Completes? Parts? What would we get in return?
Sponsorship is a form of marketing. They're really paying you to be a spokesperson for their product/brand/company. It's not just free money and gear.
09-03-05, 09:55 AM
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theres this thing on fuel called unsponsored where you send videos in and companies watch them if you get on tv.
it's a ***** to get sponsored if you ride street like me. I'm not sponsored, but let's just say they hook me up
it's a ***** to get sponsored if you ride street like me. I'm not sponsored, but let's just say they hook me up
09-03-05, 10:47 AM
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It's not *that* hard to score 'pro deals' if you've got a bit of a resume. I never have to pay retail for any of my snowboard gear, for example.
09-03-05, 04:22 PM
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Slackers, all of you. Now I've got to wade through a pile of old magazines to find the article and website.
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put your cell phone # on bikeforums
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Go to sponserhouse.com. It costs a little bit of money a year to sign up for the site, but you make a resume on sponserhouse and they send it out to all these different companies. I think it says somewhere on the site that if you dont get at least one sponser off of sponserhouse they will give you your money back.
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Originally Posted by mott464
Go to sponserhouse.com. It costs a little bit of money a year to sign up for the site, but you make a resume on sponserhouse and they send it out to all these different companies. I think it says somewhere on the site that if you dont get at least one sponser off of sponserhouse they will give you your money back.
09-04-05, 07:22 PM
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For those of you lucky enough to be able to stream video. JMC probably doesn't have high speed internet, though. From what I hear from my bud in South Africa they only have one provider who charges $80 a month for 512k DSL.
09-04-05, 08:26 PM
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So, I paid $80/month for 256k in Australia.
09-05-05, 10:21 AM
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ouch... In Japan You Can Get 10mb connection for 10 US Dollars A Month...
It Costs Me 40 Candian Dollars For 5mb connection a month...
It Costs Me 40 Candian Dollars For 5mb connection a month...
09-05-05, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by FireTeamCharlie
For those of you lucky enough to be able to stream video. JMC probably doesn't have high speed internet, though. From what I hear from my bud in South Africa they only have one provider who charges $80 a month for 512k DSL.