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The trials and failers of getting a sponsor
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Kangg
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Creek
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Take a break for a day and chill with SC2.  | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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darkponcho
United States262 Posts
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dani_caliKorea
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Lexpar
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
1) Do you have a website? 2) Is your team's website professional? 3) How long has your clan been around? 4) What kind of achievments(not game) has your team accomplished? 5) How many people do you have on your team? 6) What kind of sponsorship are you seeking?(I only looked for and got free dedicated game servers and free ventrillo servers for FPS games) There is a lot more I can ask but this will help you narrow down what could be going wrong. | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
Also, only focus on sponsors that are somewhat relevant to gaming, such as PC gear, internet cafes, etc etc. Dont go contacting like Walmart or your local grocery store. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36402 Posts
It seems you jumped into this without really considering how difficult it is. You need to have great people skills, experience, and professionalism to pitch a team sponsorship to a company. Especially if your team isn't super famous. You can't spend a week writing proposals and then expect to get hard results. "we do not usually sponsor teams." its a market that is untouched, the few companies that are in are making a bundle because of it and other companies for some reasan never see it. I know the money that can be made though marketing but for some reason the marketing departments dont. What you say here may be true, but you have to show experience in doing things. If you are the former manager for SK Telecom then it's easy to approach someone and say "this is what I did previously, consider sponsoring my new team." There's credibility there, and the company can see why it's beneficial. If you're just a college student emailing proposals to random companies about sponsorship for an unproven team, you're never going to find a good sponsor. They would have to be crazy to fund an entirely unproven team and manager. No company is going take that huge a risk. Summary: 1. You need experience, time, and effort (way more than 1 week) 2. Your team needs results I checked your post history and you seem to be representing "Team VzR." I don't recognize any of the players nor have your guys finished in the top of any leagues. I feel you don't have a correct picture of how difficult it is for a non-korean team to find a sponsor. Teams like Root who have top tier players have not found a suitable sponsor for months, what makes you think that an unknown team can just call up companies and find one in a week? It's a very difficult road you are walking. Cold calling companies is frustrating and soul-crushing at times. I'm not going to say it's impossible, because amazing things can happen if you work hard, but the odds are really long. Good luck, and try not to get too frustrated after a week :p | ||
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
On August 25 2010 07:07 Hot_Bid wrote: Now I don't have experience with E-sports so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I do have experience with other sports. Having a poster-boy is of paramount importance when looking for sponsors. Even if you have a wellrounded team it's going to be alot harder to find a sponsor than if you have one big guy and a few perhaps not as good players. I can see it fit in even better in Starcraft since the individual players are in so much focus. What team are you representing? Assuming you're not representing a top tier team (even if you were), did you really expect to find a sponsor within a week? That's just unrealistic. Teams look for sponsors for ages, even really good ones. It seems you jumped into this without really considering how difficult it is. You need to have great people skills, experience, and professionalism to pitch a team sponsorship to a company. Especially if your team isn't super famous. You can't spend a week writing proposals and then expect to get hard results. What you say here may be true, but you have to show experience in doing things. If you are the former manager for SK Telecom then it's easy to approach someone and say "this is what I did previously, consider sponsoring my new team." There's credibility there, and the company can see why it's beneficial. If you're just a college student emailing proposals to random companies about sponsorship for an unproven team, you're never going to find a good sponsor. They would have to be crazy to fund an entirely unproven team and manager. No company is going take that huge a risk. Summary: 1. You need experience, time, and effort (way more than 1 week) 2. Your team needs results I checked your post history and you seem to be representing "Team VzR." I don't recognize any of the players nor have your guys finished in the top of any leagues. I feel you don't have a correct picture of how difficult it is for a non-korean team to find a sponsor. Teams like Root who have top tier players have not found a suitable sponsor for months, what makes you think that an unknown team can just call up companies and find one in a week? It's a very difficult road you are walking. Cold calling companies is frustrating and soul-crushing at times. I'm not going to say it's impossible, because amazing things can happen if you work hard, but the odds are really long. Good luck, and try not to get too frustrated after a week :p The thing they are looking for is people to go "I want to be like this guy so I'll get the stuff he uses" rather than "I want to be part of team X... yet I have no idea what sponsors they have, nor do I care". | ||
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Inkarnate
Canada840 Posts
Hope this helps, cheers. | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
If you don't show results, who is going to sponsor you? And not petty results either. No one is going to care if you win a clan war or two. | ||
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ProFail
Korea (North)81 Posts
Good luck. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
probably should just work on playing more and winning lots first | ||
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ZeeTemplar
United States557 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
On August 25 2010 09:20 SCC-Faust wrote: Hot_Bid said it all really nicely. If you don't show results, who is going to sponsor you? And not petty results either. No one is going to care if you lose a clan war or two. Edited for accuracy. (I'm just kidding yo) + Show Spoiler + Sponsors always come last. You want to find a team that practices hard, has good manners, and works well with each other. Without getting all those first, finding a sponsor will be near impossible. This is specifically for new teams though. Established teams such as fnatic and mym have been here before Starcraft 2. It all started with them recruiting a team (think when excello picked up MgZ) who I believe wasn't sponsored. That team, usually isn't sponsored. And... MIRICAL! No but seriously I've seen how sponsored teams worked in Brood War, and it is no cake walk. Your intentions have to be in the right place, and not just for whatever you think you're going to get out of a sponsor. | ||
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ZeeTemplar
United States557 Posts
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Kangg
United States128 Posts
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Kangg
United States128 Posts
I checked your post history and you seem to be representing "Team VzR." I don't recognize any of the players nor have your guys finished in the top of any leagues. I feel you don't have a correct picture of how difficult it is for a non-korean team to find a sponsor. Teams like Root who have top tier players have not found a suitable sponsor for months, what makes you think that an unknown team can just call up companies and find one in a week? Look at the ESL open ladder and diamond ladder number one player is on our team on both ladders. Secondly we have placed top 4 in over 5 tournaments in a week. That is better than most established thats and thats from 3 players on our team. We have cridentials and have been streamed. We may not be well known know but anticipate it. In 1 month u will know of us. | ||
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GogoKodo
Canada1785 Posts
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Kangg
United States128 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Inkarnate
Canada840 Posts
However as everyone mentioned above, you need a lot more results before you look for a sponsor. | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
But if one week of searching is going to break you, than you're going to have problems. I sponsor search 5 days a week at a minimum of 5 hours a day and have been doing so since March. Only now am I starting to get better results. IMO your team (and you) really needs to work on self promotion instead of making bitch blogs. I didn't have a clue your team existed before this blog and it's my job to stay on the up and up on these types of things. You should be out there screaming your team name all the time etc.... Also your accomplishments at this point are not all that much. One of your players needs to win something major not just the local weekly tournaments. Best of luck but after reading this blog and this one I'm pretty sure you don't have what it takes for this cutthroat industry. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32158 Posts
On August 25 2010 13:56 Kangg wrote: Look at the ESL open ladder and diamond ladder number one player is on our team on both ladders. Secondly we have placed top 4 in over 5 tournaments in a week. That is better than most established thats and thats from 3 players on our team. We have cridentials and have been streamed. We may not be well known know but anticipate it. In 1 month u will know of us. Anyone can stream games, so that means dick, and top 4 in tournies also means nothing. Unless you win a major invitational, no one gives a shit. You are just breezing past what everyone is saying: Real deal, top elite teams don't have sponsors. These guys are well known in our community, but people who don't play the game have no fucking clue who they are. You are an unknown—people on TL don't know you. Your credentials don't even include a major tourny win. If sponsors are reluctant to give money to those guys, why would they give it to you?? Also, for the love of god, spell check and proof your shit. You are already being looked down on the second you approach for money for a game. I'm sure the second a suit reads it they think 'retarded kid's game' and you reinforce that notion with high school level writing that you didn't even bother to proof. There's errors all over the place. If you can't be bothered to do that, don't waste your time. And you might as well get used to it for posting other shit. I'm sure if you were to somehow magically lock up a sponsor, they'd want you to project a good image at all times. Beyond the fact that your skill gives sponsors no real reason to consider your team, also remember that being a sponsor doesn't benefit most companies. Your average SC2 player is probably still in the midst of puberty and lacks a stable income. That cuts into the list of potential sponsors. If your demographic doesn't have money to burn, it's not worth it. Also, a local store gains nothing from giving you cash. Why would Mom & Dad's Hardware shop or the neighborhood computer store sponsor you? Exposure over the internet does nothing for them. Their business is all local. Even companies that have national or international appeal (not like you'd get these, but still), how many offer a product or service that would even interest players? You're going to be limited to looking at electronics companies, and those will typically have more internet savy people who will learn real fast that your team hasn't accomplished anything. | ||
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