This week I have been out of the house for most of the day trying to get sponsors for a local promotion that I created.
It's been hard work, mostly the walking and talking, talking, talking, After a year of primarily sticking to home, I am not as used to that sort of constant activity as I was before (when I was in radio sales). I haven't calculated today's visits into my spreadsheet yet, but by last night I had visited 93 businesses in town.
In order to have the promotion work, I need to have 25 sponsors. So far I have ten confirmed. Only three solid no's in all that - so I know I am on to something. (Not that I expect all the "let me think about it" types to turn to sponsors...though that would be nice...but with radio sales I got a lot more no's in an average week than I've been experiencing)
I am so stoked and excited :-) If I can get all the sponsors I need and pull this off, this summer is going to really rock.
This is the boldest thing I have ever done and I'm excited and terrified at the same time.
The website I've been developing for the promotion is at
Win Cash with Shopping, Dining and Entertainment in Whitecourt Alberta if you want to check it out.
Each sponsor is paying $147 + tax per month (so $308 altogether for the whole summer) and I've got everything ready to roll (merchant packages, poster templates, radio ads, press releases & customer cards) for July 2nd as long as I get the sponsors together by the 20th.
I am hoping to get the required minimum before the 20th though so I can give the go-ahead to the printer and distribute the customer cards to the participating merchants on the 22nd so we can start getting them out before school lets out on the 25th (lots of people head out of town for the first camping trip of the season as soon as school lets out...so I'd like to start promoting it before if possible)