I can man a trade booth at USITT, SETC, or other shows in the theater world. My problem is affording to go to them, much less setting up an exhibit. At the moment I think I will be going to USITT, and probably only USITT, primarily to get myself some work for after the summer over here. I can't speak for anything in the Fall yet though, and USITT is in March, not leaving much time to be prepared.<br>
<br> Seablade<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Patrick Shirkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pshirkey@boosthardware.com">pshirkey@boosthardware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
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Here's a few items that relate to each other with regards to major level funding:<br>
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1: Grants<br>
10: Glossy brochure for trade shows<br>
11: Advertising in industry magazines<br>
12: Celebrity endorsement<br>
13: Approaching State run media companies with Ardour as a industry grade product.<br>
14: Funding from a well resourced Patron<br>
15: Funding from a Company in the entertainment/media business<br>
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I think a lot of the work required to accomplish any of the above is quite similar. The main things that need to be done are: creating documentation, getting a meeting/booth and pitching the concept to get the client on board.<br>
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Jorn has offered to compile a glossy brochure. We also need to get some press releases together. Is there anyone who is available to start writing a press release? I will be happy to assist and will even write it myself if no one else has some time and energy to contribute.<br>
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We will also need to get contact details for the companies and clients we want to pitch to and the publications we want to send the press release to. Please start thinking of the places we need to contact so we can create a publicity/contact list for releases.<br>
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I think we will need a couple of different angles for the press release and brochure so that we don't isolate the product to a specific niche.<br>
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We will need volunteers who can make presentations in their area when we get clients interested in seeing the presentation. So if you are interested in doing a presentation please let us know.<br>
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If you have time to man a booth at a trade show in your area also let us know. Make sure you keep an eye out for the coming events and let us know about them so we can prepare all the documentation in advance. At least 2 weeks notice will be enough once we have the fundamentals in place but 6 weeks is best otherwise we will be rushing to get things done.<br>
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Cheers.<br>
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Patrick Shirkey<br>
Boost Hardware Ltd.<br>
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