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Where Can .Orgs Go For Sponsorship?

Posted by Cliff on from the getting-money-for-good-causes dept.

Greasy311 asks: "A group of people from #windowmaker on irc.openprojects.net have just registered to run a booth for windowmaker.org at the .org pavillion of the Linux World Conference and Expo in New York City. We have been thinking of ideas for some type of giveaway and would like to do business card sized CDs with a tour and information about Window Maker, themeing, and graphical documentation on it's use, as well as some basic utilities so it could be used as a bootable rescue disk. To us, this is something that is very usefull as well as a way of gettin Window Maker some exposure. But the problem is we have no way of paying for the media and packaging. How should we go about finding sponsorship to help us with funds?"

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  1. DVD cases by Chacham · · Score: 3

    AOL gives away DVD cases, which seem like fun. (Though I miss the free floppies.) It sounds silly, but maybe you could sell advertising space on DVD cases.

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  2. Why you are a .org booth.... by NetJunkie · · Score: 2

    The .org booths rarely give away anything this "nifty". This is why..it costs a lot to do.

  3. There needs to be a broker... by Kris_J · · Score: 3

    Spare space on read-only media is a useful resource. There needs to be a business that can hook-up companies wanting to get exposure for their software (or service) with organisations creating and distributing CDs. I wonder who organised to get AOL software onto some music CDs...? Maybe if you contact a few magazines that have cover CDs to see if they can help broker, or point you to a broker for, space on your media...

  4. Need money.... by crovax · · Score: 2

    try Banner ads(Like /. did).
    The more traffic you get the more money you make, and because you are already on /. traffic is not going to be much of a problem.

    BTW: I think these things sound way cool.
    If I post a link to your page on mine will you send me one?


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