Comments on: How to find a sponsor for BlogHer 2010 (or anything else)

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:45:57 +0000

Absol-freakin-lutely! It’s like, every time I catch one of my girls pimping herself to any ol’ john who comes along with a fat Amex card (ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkyoudo), Hon, have standards! I mean, sure, it all looks good NOW, but what happens in a few years when your hair’s turning gray and those crow’s feet start appearing and the boobs are starting to sag, and you find yourself waiting for your 3 o’clock who doesn’t show because of some lame-ass excuse like “it’s Valentine’s Day” and he’s spending it with his wife, blah blah blah, TRUST ME – GET THE BOOB JOB. Totes worth it in the end.

Wait – what were we talking about? Oh hell just pour me another, I am SO ready for Blogher ‘10 (Jack Daniels does do sponsorships, right?).

By: theresa

theresa — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:46:16 +0000

Love this!!! Perfect said!!!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:06:04 +0000

I love that you wrote this … there are many bloggers who wish to be taken seriously and then go forth and act unprofessionally – there is a disconnect and since the blogging world is open to anyone we see a lot of interesting behaviors.

By: Scattered Mom

Scattered Mom — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:02:55 +0000

GREAT post.

Now I know exactly what I’m going to do for Blog Her 2011. For a long time, I wondered if the fact that I didn’t jump on everything was looking as picky. Instead, I see now that I was being focused about who I was willing to represent.

Plus, I’m not interested in having Blog Her 2011 just given to me. I’d rather save up and pay most of my own way (although a little sponsorship would be nice, and the company that I’m thinking of? I’d kill to represent because I’m a huge fan)

By: VDog

VDog — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:52:28 +0000

FUCK. YES.

Brillerz, woman.

Brava!

By: melissa

melissa — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:22:50 +0000

awesome!!!

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:21:04 +0000

There is nothing more valuable than a whore.

By: kim/hormone-colored days

kim/hormone-colored days — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:36:54 +0000

Totally tweetable. And I thought I was the only one struck by the number of tweets asking for random sponsorships. As a community, we supposedly hate when the PR folks go for a quickie rather than a relationship, so it makes no sense for a blogger to shout out to the world asking for a sponsor for this or that. Relationships are a two-way street.

By: thepsychobabble

thepsychobabble — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:19:41 +0000

as one of the people willing to whore themselves out….hon, it’s a joke. Yes, the only way I will get to go is if I’m sponsored. Yes, there are certain things I’m willing to do for a donation, mostly b/c that’s human nature. “I’ll help you…if I can get something out of it, too.” (I know there are examples to the contrary, but the majority of the time, ppl don’t give unless they get)
But that doesn’t mean that I’m
1)not doing anything else to try and find a sponsor,
2)don’t realize that I’m probably not big enough to get a sponsor
3)am not trying to set aside money in the hopes that I’ll scrape up enough on my own (b/c, well, see #2)
4)am not prepared to turn down a product/company I don’t agree with, or who has craptastic product

These are some pretty big generalizations being made, and while I am sure that there are some out there who aren’t making any other effort beyond just sending a random flare out into the universe, I think it’s unlikely that the majority of people who are seeking help getting to BlogHer or TypeA or *insertfunthingyhere* don’t have enough smarts to realize that a random post on a random blog probably won’t garner much attention.

Hey, I may be a whore, but I’m a hard-working whore. With standards. lol

By: Cara

Cara — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:39:35 +0000

Amen. As usual, people are just looking for the free ride. Not for the work that is usually required. Sadly, I think it worked in some cases, so we will probably see more of it next year when we get close to the convention again.