UbuntuOhio Template for contacting companies as sponsors for Ubucon

Daniel dstubbs28 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 30 23:25:49 GMT 2007


It would be a great idea to also have somewhere on the wiki where we can
list what companies we have already contacted, so no company is going to
get annoyed with these letters/emails.

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:23 -0500, anthony wrote:
> I have been writing some letters and emails to contact companies that I
> believe may be interested in sponsoring Ohio Ubucon '08, and noticed I
> have been using a mostly similar email/letter for most of them, so I
> created an extensible template for others to use for contacting
> companies. Also, this is only a basic template, and should be
> personalized to you and the company. There is also an example at the
> bottom.
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> My name is [Your Name], and I am a member of the Ohio Ubuntu LoCo, who
> is putting together an all Ubuntu conference in Columbus, Ohio. We are
> currently looking for partners and sponsors for the conference, and so
> far Google as agreed to help, along with several other companies in
> talks about sponsorship. We would love to have [Company Name] be a
> sponsor of an Ohio based Ubucon!
> 
> We are currently looking for help in nearly any form, including (but of
> course not  limited to) financial, hardware systems, and marketing.
> 
> We also are hosting booths at the event, and as an [Company Type], we
> would be very happy to have you as a guest and be able to showcase some
> of your systems at the event. We will also have a Sales booth/shop, if
> you would like to offer anything for sale at the event.
> 
> If you would like any information or have any questions, please contact
> me at [Insert Your Email]
> 
> Thank you for your time!
> 
> 
> Here is an example of one I sent to ZaReason, Inc.
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> My name is Anthony Hall, and I am a member of the Ohio Ubuntu LoCo, who
> is putting together an all Ubuntu conference in Columbus, Ohio. We are
> currently looking for partners and sponsors for the conference, and so
> far Google as agreed to help, along with several other companies in
> talks about sponsorship. We would love to have ZaReason, Inc. be a
> sponsor of an Ohio based Ubucon!
> 
> We are currently looking for help in nearly any form, including (but of
> course not  limited to) financial, hardware systems, and marketing.
> 
> We also are hosting booths at the event, and as an Ubuntu system
> provider, we would be very happy to have you as a guest and be able to
> showcase some of your systems at the event. We will also have a Sales
> booth/shop, and if you'd like I believe your Ubuntu keyboards would be a
> great sale for you also!
> 
> If you would like any information or have any questions, please contact
> me at theidiotthatisme at gmail.com
> 
> Thank you for your time!
> 
> 




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