How do i get sponsors?

[waggythegeek]

Do I just email the company, saying "hey, will you give me free stuff, and in return, I'll advertise for you"?

EDIT: I mean a sponsored computer build.

[BrandonTheCat]

I have no idea. I'm guessing you "Have to be famous"?

[Ostwind]

If it was that simple more people would do it, I imagine that already having an audience helps tremendously.

[christianled59]

Usually they will message you, afaik.

A kid with a handful of subscribers isn't going to get review units.

[IMPERIUS]

Yes, pretty much if you have a big audience

[Hans Christian | Teri]

You need to have something to offer in return ie. a serious following so they end up getting their moneys worth. They don't just give people free stuff.

[ImBleu]

If you're talking about reviews, message them with your channel and see what they say. If you're talking sponsored builds, you need to be good at doing custom builds, and more importantly you need to have a portfolio set up already, as well as a really good idea of what you want to do and detailed enough so they have some guarantee.

[Enderman]

You need to be really good at something, so that thousands of people know who you are for your work

Like snef

 

So no, you're not going to get any sponsors just because you asked.

[waggythegeek]

Usually they will message you, afaik.

A kid with a handful of subscribers isn't going to get review units.

Sorry guys, guess I was kinda unclear. I don't mean YouTube. I mean like a sponsored build, like in the forums here.

[ShadowCaptain]

find their PR contact on their site, email them 

[woll3]

Do I just email the company, saying "hey, will you give me free stuff, and in return, I'll advertise for you"?

EDIT: I mean a sponsored computer build.

 

The question is, what are you doing yourself that would make a sponsoring worthwhile?

[WiiManic]

Sorry guys, guess I was kinda unclear. I don't mean YouTube. I mean like a sponsored build, like in the forums here.

Sponsored build guys have usually done a bunch of over the top builds out of their own pockets first.

 

They do some huge awesome builds, pay for everything. Do that a few times.

Then when you say "Hey I'm X here is my past work, I'm intending to do Y and I'll be doing build logs on 4 forums, youtube videos etc...." and then ask for if they want to sponsor anything.

 

They then know you deliver, know where the advertising is, and know people will actually be interested.

 

"Hey I'm doing my first build / first WC build etc and I was wondering if I could get ..."

They have no confirmation that your builds are any good, that anyone will see it etc. Its only worth it if the company will get the exposure they want.

[guitarhero23]

Read this

[Bitfenix]

Have a plan, a vision.
Explain to the vendor WHY your project is different from any one else putting parts in a case and show it on a forum.
What makes your project stand out from others.

You don´t need fancy renderings, pen and paper + photo of that does good, but explain and try to get the reader to see the same thing you see.

Prepare to back your vision up with what you have done earlier.
Do not count on getting sponsored in your 1st build.

 

A regular sponsor email starts with "i´m putting a Intel 5960x and 52 Titan blacks into..." -- that isn´t anything spectacular, anyone with a load of money or credit can do that. Its HOW you put that cpu and gpu´s together that matters.
Show the vendor, my idea is this - not what hardware you are using, everyone can put parts in a case.

On a personal note, i am a modder myself and also get alot of emails from other modders about sponsorships, 99% of my personal sponsoring is by the vendor approaching me.
And 99% of the people i sponsor as a Bitfenix rep. is the ones i find, not the ones who asks me.

So do something to make you visible, what you can do, not what you say you can do

Its not WHAT you do
Its HOW you do it