help or advise on sponsorship

help or advise on sponsorship

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EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Monday 20th March 2006
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Hi every 1 Im looking for help or advise on how to go abouts getting sponsorship or an advertizing deal for my hillclimb car to try and make it affordable.
has any 1 done this sucssefuly and how did you go about it.
the car is road legal and in every day use so would make a good rolling sign
anybody any info ?

gpa

76 posts

229 months

Monday 20th March 2006
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Best of luck to you mate. There are a huge number of people out there trying to do same thing. If you have any mates that run a company, or mates of mates then they should be your first point of contact.

Get yourself a copy of 'Flat out, flat broke' Perry McCarthy's autobiography (ex F1 driver and the first Stig on Top Gear). That book is a real eye opener. It'll give you some inspiration but also tell you what an absolute nightmare getting cash to go racing is !

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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EzyQ said:
Hi every 1 Im looking for help or advise on how to go abouts getting sponsorship or an advertizing deal for my hillclimb car to try and make it affordable.
has any 1 done this sucssefuly and how did you go about it.
the car is road legal and in every day use so would make a good rolling sign
anybody any info ?


Aye aye min, fit like?

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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los angeles said:
tuscan_thunder said:
Aye aye min, fit like?
Good one, Tuscan.

Have you tried a bank? Seriously? Try talking to their head of PR. They all have a tranche of money they divvy up after 1st April. I suspect you are not asking for a great amount. If your activity fits into their current sponsorship agenda they might listen to you. Obviously you have to be in a position to offer them some sort of social or publicity return, or both. It's worth a try.



As usual, you've missed my point.

EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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fit like min tuscan thunder

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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EzyQ said:
fit like min tuscan thunder


aye min, did you sell the cabrio?

I got that sponsorship when I bought my mini - might be worth asking about some garages to see if they'd give you a couple hundred quid or something? Overton nae keen?

EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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na min overton s a tight b****trd i asked him once before to pay 1/2 entrie fees
can you no put an add in the paper for me all am needing is about 1200 for the year to cover enties fees

EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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aye a selt the cabrio as well on saturday an auld mannie fae st fergus bought it £550 so a broke even and ran it for 3 month nae bad eh!

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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that's nae bad - I'm goin to sell the hot rod this month so hopefully I can cover costs when I sell it.

I tell you what, once go into the new job, I'll put a bit in the sport for you - a pic of you and the car and a bit of text about hillclimbing etc and mentioning you're looking for sponsorship.

EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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at would be good like when you say hot rod you mean the pug
are you goin to put the nissan into a garage to get done
have you had a right look over it yet to see what amount of work needed 4 mot yet

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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EzyQ said:
at would be good like when you say hot rod you mean the pug
are you goin to put the nissan into a garage to get done
have you had a right look over it yet to see what amount of work needed 4 mot yet


aye the pug. once I sell it, I'll use the money from it to fund the work on the Nissan. It'll need everything that was on the mot failure sheet and probably a wee bit more (can't remember what it needs exactly but it definitely needs track rod ends, rear discs, 2 tyres. There's probably a whole lot more and I doubt it'll pass emissions at the moment).

EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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you gan to dee a that yourel casue i will gee you a hand if you want save you money min cause you will
need most o the cash for the parts

tuscan_thunder

1,763 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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EzyQ said:
you gan to dee a that yourel casue i will gee you a hand if you want save you money min cause you will
need most o the cash for the parts


Aye, if I can get a hand that would be superb. You'll have to have a right look at it and see what if you can see anything that needs done. I'm nae in a rush to get it done - don't think I'll do the 1st Fintray, but want to do the second one and alford.

foz01

767 posts

264 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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EzyQ

Original Poster:

149 posts

218 months

Tuesday 21st March 2006
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so as long as its ready b4 the end of september we will be fine