Sponsors

[th3mattjam]

You're not allowed to promote yourself outside the Video Promo forums. Begging for subs is low. Since you've posted 6 times, that means that you've been around for awhile. I've no choice but to give you a warning point, buddy. :/ Read up the rules again!

i am sorry i have only just joined and i am a beginner, i will not do this again in the future. By the way thanks for telling me this because now i will be sure not to do this in the future

 

[FinShaggy]

*sigh* Some people...

Dude, I don't know how long you've lived where you are. But I've been where I am for 2 months, I don't know the owners of fuckin companies here.

"Some people" is YOU. You're sighing at yourself for being incompetent, because you are the ONLY one that is being incompetent here.[DOUBLEPOST=1365789793,1365789685][/DOUBLEPOST]Everyone else gave REAL advice.

 

[Reina]

i am sorry i have only just joined and i am a beginner, i will not do this again in the future. By the way thanks for telling me this because now i will be sure not to do this in the future

Just read over the rules here. http://yttalk.com/threads/updated-brief-rundown-of-forum-rules.42258/ The warning point will disappear eventually after 2 weeks. 5 warning points will get you an auto-ban, so be careful! Would love for you to become an active member of YTtalk!

 

[FinShaggy]

Check it out, this is what I'm gonna send out.

I represent a small media company (we make websites, videos, write articles, take pictures and promote things on the internet), and I am looking for sponsors to be featured in our new series of videos. Our channel already has nearly 200 subscribers and 200,000 views, but with this new series that will grow rapidly.

On the internet some of the quickest and highest viewed videos are about video games. We are looking for sponsors for equipment and games for Xbox and PC, and the deal we are offering for promotion is unmatched. Any item that your company purchases for us, will get a "shout out" for your companies name and a link at the bottom of EVERY video that that item is featured in. And those videos will be shared across Facebook, Twitter and many many other sites.
Ex:
1) Buy 1 game (Xbox or PC). Any time we play that game, and upload a video about it, at the beginning or end of that video it will say "this video was brought to you by ..." and a link will appear above the video comments to your website.
2) Buy a game console (or PC) recording device . EVERY video made on the console (or PC) will feature your companies name at the beginning or end, and will have a link for your company above the comments
3) Buy a PC. EVERY video (which includes Xbox videos, because they have to be edited on the computer) we ever make in the future will future (unless we get a new one) your companies name.

 

[Wreckless Eating]

Dude, I don't know how long you've lived where you are. But I've been where I am for 2 months, I don't know the owners of fuckin companies here.

"Some people" is YOU. You're sighing at yourself for being incompetent, because you are the ONLY one that is being incompetent here.[DOUBLEPOST=1365789793,1365789685][/DOUBLEPOST]Everyone else gave REAL advice.

You're missing the point. If you don't know the owners of your local businesses and you want to enlist their help, then get to know them. You sound like you're giving up on that approach when it's the best one.
If you are approaching companies online, why not make a video showing them what you can do and how they would benefit from being on your channel? You can link them to the video when you email them and it makes a larger impact than words on a computer screen.

 

[TheWillBox]

Evidently I'm late to this party

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Check it out, this is what I'm gonna send out.

I represent a small media company (we make websites, videos, write articles, take pictures and promote things on the internet), and I am looking for sponsors to be featured in our new series of videos. Our channel already has nearly 200 subscribers and 200,000 views, but with this new series that will grow rapidly.

On the internet some of the quickest and highest viewed videos are about video games. We are looking for sponsors for equipment and games for Xbox and PC, and the deal we are offering for promotion is unmatched. Any item that your company purchases for us, will get a "shout out" for your companies name and a link at the bottom of EVERY video that that item is featured in. And those videos will be shared across Facebook, Twitter and many many other sites.
Ex:
1) Buy 1 game (Xbox or PC). Any time we play that game, and upload a video about it, at the beginning or end of that video it will say "this video was brought to you by ..." and a link will appear above the video comments to your website.
2) Buy a game console (or PC) recording device . EVERY video made on the console (or PC) will feature your companies name at the beginning or end, and will have a link for your company above the comments
3) Buy a PC. EVERY video (which includes Xbox videos, because they have to be edited on the computer) we ever make in the future will future (unless we get a new one) your companies name.

Let me respond to this in the point of view of you approaching my company for sponsorship:

- I would want to see links to said websites, articles, pictures etc... a portfolio to review and see what quality of content you produce
- 200 subs and 200k views won't help unless I know which demographic those are from, I.E. ages, sex, region, etc... Depending on my product, I might not give a crap about half your audience if it's not my target as a company
- Besides getting a shout out, I would like to see the video and provide feedback/modifications prior to release. That way we can still control our brand and how it's marketed. It also allows us to avoid bad reviews or bad press.
- Again with other social media platforms I would need to know what those are and links. This again to control how my product is marketed and target audiences
- If you are going to receive my product for review and use, then are you also going to sign a non-competition agreement? And not market for my competition and not feature their similar products?

I think if you approached this from a review copy stand point, asking for developers and companies to send you reviewer versions, that might work. Asking for hardware is more difficult unless you are also going to help them run a giveaway contest of some sort.

Anyhow, hope that helps.

 

[Flammy]

This thread is a s**t show, I'm just going to add this:

• Sponsors don't mind too much giving logo-wear, etc
• If you are looking for money/computers/etc they are going to want proof of the return value. If you deliver them 1000 clicks to their website, that is never going to be worth more than $1000
• Cold calling people probably isn't worth your time.
• Getting a job and paying for it is a lot more sure of a way to support YouTube
• If you're in it for the money, you're gonna have a bad time.

 

[FinShaggy]

You're missing the point. If you don't know the owners of your local businesses and you want to enlist their help, then get to know them. You sound like you're giving up on that approach when it's the best one.
If you are approaching companies online, why not make a video showing them what you can do and how they would benefit from being on your channel? You can link them to the video when you email them and it makes a larger impact than words on a computer screen.

YOU'RE missing the point, if you read back I said I already did that.
I went all over town to stores that SPECIALIZE in the same thing I do, and gave them resumes. I have not received a call back yet.

I need to find sponsors that aren't what I already do. I'm trying to start gaming on my channel.[DOUBLEPOST=1365811631,1365811399][/DOUBLEPOST]

This thread is a s**t show, I'm just going to add this:

• Sponsors don't mind too much giving logo-wear, etc
• If you are looking for money/computers/etc they are going to want proof of the return value. If you deliver them 1000 clicks to their website, that is never going to be worth more than $1000
• Cold calling people probably isn't worth your time.
• Getting a job and paying for it is a lot more sure of a way to support YouTube
• If you're in it for the money, you're gonna have a bad time.

1) I'm not asking for $1000
2) I have been trying to get a job, I have applied all over town and taken resumes to places that specialize in what I specialize in.
3) I'm not in it for the money, but I need money to fuckin DO it. Most of you guys have s**t your mom bought you (consoles etc, when I moved out my little brothers got all my s**t), or that you got from working. I don't have anything to start with (not even a car), and I don't know anyone in my area so it makes it hard to get a job. A sponsor would be the only way to make better videos.

 

[deesrojournal]

I'm pretty interested in this whole sponsorship too and i really think that it really depends on if your demographics matches with the company you want to sponsor with. T-Shirts and free food are a good place to start by contacting companies that want promotion if you are big enough.

Big time gaming youtubers like swifty & athene get their sponsorships mainly from razer(mostly keyboards, mice & even a razer laptop) but these guys are pretty well known in the gaming world and have appeared at gaming conventions. If you want that kind of sponsorship you really have to be worth it to sponsor. They do also have small sponsors that like to send them stuff but not money. AFAIK swifty got sponsored by a beef jerky company which sent him beef jerky to giveaway to his fans. On top of that they get a link & promo code to the companies website where his audience can buy it online. win win situation for both of them.

pewdiepie is a lot different though. I don't know of any sponsorships he has, but he is a top10(iirc) youtuber so i guess he earns enough not to look for one.