Howdy,
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Mark J. Andy wrote:
> There are a number of ways to do this. The two main ones I've seen for
> hobby racing are:
Oh, I forgot a couple other things I've learned about sponsors.
#1, they're a pain in the butt. When you've got a sponsor you've also got
a commitment to show up to events and promote them. This is great right
up until something happens at work or at home that conflicts with the
event.
#2, they're a pain in the butt. You've got to constantly keep up the
releationship by keeping the updated on how you're doing, etc.
#3, they're a pain in the butt. You'll probably need to do appearances
for them in some manner which basically involves all the travel and
planning to get to a race but none of the fun.
I used to chase sponsors a lot in my former bike racing career. I had to,
'cause I couldn't really afford to pay my own way. Now that I'm autoxing,
the costs are bearable and I can forgo all the various sponsor dicking
around. I'm much happier because of it and autoxing stays a fun hobby
rather than becoming work like bike racing did.
Mark
(none of this really applies to "friendly sponsors" like when the family
business is your sponsor, etc. Hi Sam! :-)
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