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I would love to know who all DCI approaches regarding corporate sponsorship and what their actual pitch is. I have literally NO background in marketing / advertising so I can't even imagine what a pitch would look like for our activity. 

11 minutes ago, Stu said:

Wondering the number of fans it takes to secure Bubba Burger.

That actually is a really #### good question. DCI doesn't sell out stadiums. I am imagine the reasons being that 1) It's a niche activity even compared to Marching Band and 2) Tickets are actually pretty cost prohibitive for the average person. Ticket prices are easily up there with many concerts and out of reach for the younger crowd (as has been said many times on this forum.) That being said, seats probably don't generally fill for any but the large regionals. I know DCI offers a group rate to try to attract larger groups, but at $30 to $60 per ticket (at least that's what I remember for smaller shows,) It's just not that accessible and I would guess that some of the advertisers that were posted just aren't going to spending their advertising dollars on the small crowds. My personal opinion for a LONG time has been that DCI needs to reduce ticket prices to get the fans in the seats. I also remember log, long ago, that shows were piched on the local news here in Chattanooga (we had several back in the 80's around the area,) but I'm not certain if DCI even seeks out that coverage anymore. 

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Jeff, Gar, Weak, gbass, Fred, JimF, BigW, et. al....

I just went to Bubba Foods website. There is a page about sponsorships that even has a photo of a medium size stadium at the top of the page. It reads:

"At BUBBA burger, we believe that strong partnerships build a better community and mutually beneficial growth. If you are interested in a sponsorship opportunity with BUBBA Burger, please contact us for further information."

Please note what I put in italic font!! Bubba may or may not want to connect with DCI. However if I can find that page, so can someone at DCI. Just sayin'!!!!!

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4 hours ago, Stu said:

Wondering the number of fans it takes to secure Bubba Burger.

So you don't know either eh....

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1 hour ago, Stu said:

Jeff, Gar, Weak, gbass, Fred, JimF, BigW, et. al....

I just went to Bubba Foods website. There is a page about sponsorships that even has a photo of a medium size stadium at the top of the page. It reads:

"At BUBBA burger, we believe that strong partnerships build a better community and mutually beneficial growth. If you are interested in a sponsorship opportunity with BUBBA Burger, please contact us for further information."

Please note what I put in italic font!! Bubba may or may not want to connect with DCI. However if I can find that page, so can someone at DCI. Just sayin'!!!!!

And your pitch would be...

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44 minutes ago, garfield said:

And your pitch would be...

I could think of a multitude of ways to pitch them, but that is the job of DCI not me. My point is that it only took me a few min to find a company outside the music artistic mindset box, Bubba, which is asking on their website for other companies, especially non profits, to contact them about a possible sponsorship. And if DCI would just pay someone (a) expenses for research and contacts (within reason) and (b) a small percentage of what sponsorship revenue is secured (again within reason) then a number of companies like Bubba would be supporting DCI. It has been my experience, however, that snooty non profits and patrons do not like the idea of item (b).

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26 minutes ago, Stu said:

Not my job to know; have DCI find out. They are the ones needing sponsorships not me.

Not thinking of sponsorships just wondering how DCI ranks with the groups you mentioned. I’ve been at Williamsport during Little League week and seen the circus (including the nationwide televised one).

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9 hours ago, Weaklefthand4ever said:

Nor am I, however, it's still such a shame. And DCI tried ESPN2 (every time I see ESPN all I can think of "ESPN 8 - The Ocho") for what....2 whole years plugged into some horrid time slot?

The ESPN broadcast drove me NUTS. The shows are so carefully constructed now and then so that everything is needed to be seen and listened to for the whole production to make sense. All one got were snibblets of show... was like being shown just the trunk of an elephant and being told, "Here's the elephant, it's so awesome! WOW! Now let's go to a personal interest story about the person the Elephant lives with! Then we'll do a story about the person who teaches the elephant to do tricks!"

 

Just show me the darned elephant, please! Let the elephant itself show how cool it is!

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