My mantra this year and next is personal growth. At 45 years of age, I have finally started to figure out what makes me happy. It's been a long journey to gain this little bit of knowledge that has resulted in a major paradigm shift for me. And it all came about because of a blog. I know...it seems silly to think that a blog could be a vehicle that would allow some unhappy mom sitting at home, typing out her daily comings and goings on her computer, to find the secret to her happiness. But that's what happened. Because as the words rolled out and the pictures where posted, comments and insights came back from people who actually took the time to read and feel my words. Realizations were made, understanding and bonding took place, inside my home and across the world wide web. Love was rekindled and friendships developed, which helped me feel normal and capable and whole...all because I blog.
I have had wonderful experiences over the past year as I have used my "virtual journal" to communicate, to vent, to chronicle my family's daily life and to figure out how to find myself as a person while trying to be the best mom and wife I can be. As a result of my blogging, I have had opportunities meet wonderfully positive and supportive people from every walk of life, from all over the world. Along with encouraging my personal development, some of those people pushed me to develop my writing and business skills, then invited me to start working with a few businesses and products. I have found that I really enjoy the business aspect of blogging as well as the personal rewards that have come from using social media.
To that end, I am going all out in 2010 to learn and grow as a Blogger. I am very motivated to learn how to use my talents to work with the business world to help promote companies/products that support mom-bloggers and improve the lives of families all over the world. I have much to learn.
I believe the BlissDom 2010 Conference is the perfect opportunity for me to learn what skills I am lacking to take my blogs to the next level.
Along with my blog community following, I have a large sphere of influence in my community as well. I make friends easily, I love to talk, to share, to offer my services whenever and wherever I can. I am very active in my neighborhood development, Boy Scouts, school volunteer program and local politics. I want to develop my blogs to reflect that influence on the internet and the BlissDom Conference is just the ticket to help me meet that goal! The problem lies in the fact that I need financial assistance to make it to the conference. So I am working hard to find a sponsor.
Here's a breakdown of costs I am looking to have covered:
- Blissdom Conference Ticket: $249 for early registration
- Roundtrip flight from Phoenix to Nashville: $224 to $275 if I book ticket within the next couple weeks.
- Airport Shuttle to and from hotel: $20
- Hotel costs for 4 nights (discount rates for BlissDom attendees): $576
- Pre-conference Blissdom Wisdom Workshops for in-depth, small group learning from technical to business to creative: $100
TOTAL COST FOR FULL SPONSORSHIP: $1195.00
I am seeking a full sponsorship and would prefer to try to work with just one company so I don't have to split my efforts to promote more than one sponsor. But I understand that the economy takes its toll on marketing budgets too, so I will consider splitting the costs of the conference between 2 sponsors if necessary.
In exchange for my sponsorship, I will go above and beyond to spread the word about the company that chooses to help me attend the conference!
In exchange for my sponsorship, I will go above and beyond to spread the word about the company that chooses to help me attend the conference!
- I will hand out promotional materials for your comany at the conference, including product, business cards and flyers. I will have to be creative in doing this however, as BlissDom has changed its policy regarding how personal sponsorship swag can be handled, but we can discuss options such as an after hours room party or something of that nature to distribute swag. I'm pretty open to ideas!
- I will make a t-shirt or a canvas bag with your company logo or slogan to wear and/or carry during the conference.
- I am willing to wear unique clothing/accessories as advertisement. Keep in mind, I am plus-size, which I am working on as part of my personal growth (meaning losing weight, not growing more!) in 2010.
- I will do a blog post regarding your sponsorship and products, as well as place sidebar ads on both the home and review pages of my blog for a 12 month period.
- I will also actively post updates about your company, brand, or product on Twitter and Facebook before, during and after the BlissDom Conference for a 12 month period.
- I will post photos, videos and do live blogging and Tweeting to promote your company/product during the BlissDom Conference.
- I am open to any other ideas you and your marketing department may have about how I can best promote your brand, as long as it's legal and family friendly! Let's brainstorm!
This sounds like a Lifetime movie kind of sob story, plea thing. It's not my intention to come across that way. Actually, I am not very good at asking for help, which is probably why it is taking me so long to get where I want to be with my blogs, and frankly my life, in general. So asking for a sponsorship is not easy for me. But I am realizing that I need to humble myself and ask for the help I need if I ever want to overcome whatever issues I have so that I can be the mom, wife and most importantly, the person I want to be.
So...help a sister out! Years from now when my kids are on Oprah talking about all the great things our family accomplished and what a great childhood they had 'cause their mom finally got her stuff together and taught them how to be confident, well adjusted, pro-active, self-supporting, successful adults? They'll mention you too, cause I'll pound it into their brains that this conference and the company who sponsored me was the turning point in our lives. Seriously...how can you pass up multi-generational, lifetime promotion?
Oh yeah...thanks. I know advertising dollars are precious and I appreciate the consideration of my request. I'm rambling now. I'll shut up.
So...help a sister out! Years from now when my kids are on Oprah talking about all the great things our family accomplished and what a great childhood they had 'cause their mom finally got her stuff together and taught them how to be confident, well adjusted, pro-active, self-supporting, successful adults? They'll mention you too, cause I'll pound it into their brains that this conference and the company who sponsored me was the turning point in our lives. Seriously...how can you pass up multi-generational, lifetime promotion?
Oh yeah...thanks. I know advertising dollars are precious and I appreciate the consideration of my request. I'm rambling now. I'll shut up.
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