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1. It's "sponsors" not "sponcers" and yes, spelling counts. No one wants to sponsor an illiterate moron. Have someone proofread your resume or whatever letter you send a company.
2. No company wants to hear excuses, they want to hear successes. Don't tell a company you got last "Because it was dusty" or "Because it was muddy." Just leave it off. Better to leave off crappy results than make excuses, dumb excuses, as to why you had a bad day.
3. If you're of school age, INCLUDE your grades and maybe a letter from a teacher about how good a student you are. Companies want to help racers, but we also know there is life after racing and only a minute fraction of you will become the next MC or RC. School is important.
4. Stick to a single color and a single font. You might think it looks cool to do half in purple and half in hot pink, but it's not, it hurts the eyes and usually gets trashed right away.
5. K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple, Stupid. Don't need a 20 page resume, don't need a bunch of out of focus pictures of you doing "Bitchin' one leggers over the finish"
6. Speaking of photos, if you feel the need to send some, put them on a single sheet and try to keep it to one action, one of the bike on the stand (to see how neat and clean you keep your equipment) and one of your race trailer (again to see how neat and clean you keep everything)
7. Little Johnny does not make a "team," so to send a resume for "Awesome Super Sick Killer Racing Team, Inc." for little Johnny is silly.
8. You will get NOTHING free, except maybe stickers. If you do get an offer of free, you'll still likely pay freight. If you're so fast you get everything free and pay no freight, you stopped reading this a long time ago.
9. Stickers mean shit, talk means everything. Sponsors want to know and want to hear that you are SELLING our product to your friends and other riders, so they go into the local dealer to buy it. Just because you have a sticker on your bike doesn't mean your job is done. You're a representative of all your product sponsors, sell product. Get your friends to buy your product.
10. The more bigger events you go to, the more support you will get, that's the way it is. A kid who goes to every Am. National and gets 10th will likely get more support than a kid who races one track and smokes everyone every week. The more Nationals you attend, the greater the likelihood your support will increase. The reason for this is the greater commitment made to the sport, which is rewarded by the industry through sponsorship.
2. No company wants to hear excuses, they want to hear successes. Don't tell a company you got last "Because it was dusty" or "Because it was muddy." Just leave it off. Better to leave off crappy results than make excuses, dumb excuses, as to why you had a bad day.
3. If you're of school age, INCLUDE your grades and maybe a letter from a teacher about how good a student you are. Companies want to help racers, but we also know there is life after racing and only a minute fraction of you will become the next MC or RC. School is important.
4. Stick to a single color and a single font. You might think it looks cool to do half in purple and half in hot pink, but it's not, it hurts the eyes and usually gets trashed right away.
5. K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple, Stupid. Don't need a 20 page resume, don't need a bunch of out of focus pictures of you doing "Bitchin' one leggers over the finish"
6. Speaking of photos, if you feel the need to send some, put them on a single sheet and try to keep it to one action, one of the bike on the stand (to see how neat and clean you keep your equipment) and one of your race trailer (again to see how neat and clean you keep everything)
7. Little Johnny does not make a "team," so to send a resume for "Awesome Super Sick Killer Racing Team, Inc." for little Johnny is silly.
8. You will get NOTHING free, except maybe stickers. If you do get an offer of free, you'll still likely pay freight. If you're so fast you get everything free and pay no freight, you stopped reading this a long time ago.
9. Stickers mean shit, talk means everything. Sponsors want to know and want to hear that you are SELLING our product to your friends and other riders, so they go into the local dealer to buy it. Just because you have a sticker on your bike doesn't mean your job is done. You're a representative of all your product sponsors, sell product. Get your friends to buy your product.
10. The more bigger events you go to, the more support you will get, that's the way it is. A kid who goes to every Am. National and gets 10th will likely get more support than a kid who races one track and smokes everyone every week. The more Nationals you attend, the greater the likelihood your support will increase. The reason for this is the greater commitment made to the sport, which is rewarded by the industry through sponsorship.
Everyone at a "national event" is "sponsored", most don't care about anyone else and 10th doesn't get you any press...
Listing goals - racing and personal as well helps. I use to put in newspaper photos of me, as well as newspaper clippings of results (back in the day!). Those ones were the submittals that got me the calls.
One other good point to mention, is that maybe you won't get the factory level sponsorship this year or next year that you are seeking, but all the effort might help for a future job employment within the motorcycle industry after college, or high school. Personality can be just as important as results keep in mind.
The Shop
Sounds like someone is ears deep in resumes and only about 5 out of 100 are worth reading.
Kinda like a rich frat boy that pays someone to do all the work.
Get a degree, and dumb as a box of rocks other than how to pick the best weed, and snort Oxycontin pills.
Cram for test and pass and you got the typical college grad with a degree nowadays.
The more degrees, the dumber they usually are. I've seen some people and wonder how they got past 3rd grade.
They can't read, can't write, can't do simple math, and really are just plain dumb.
Let me guess, you're sponsored?
Wonder if Renner153 sent him one...and where it is now.
He'd pay for the freight!!!
Or a hat maybe...
Pit Row
I mean come on....who doesn't know who Dave is!?
We go economy
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