21-12-2011, 02:30 PM
That's one model Andrew and I think with lots of time an effort put in that it could work.
My hunch would be to aim bigger than this and go all out for a big name sponsor.
The Carot or the hook being the International outreach of Chess. I believe a Sponsor of Chess in Scotland could have their name in houses throughout the World within a week of giving sponsorship to Chess. I believe other Chess sites would do this work for us. Chess is an International Community and we do need to support each other in this. The Chess Scotland website would then be linked to with masses of information there on the Chess Scotland website about the sponsor and the sponsorship and even links to the companies website or even home shopping page!?
When we say their name in houses throughout the World I think we are talking about millions of homes. If you do a search on Chess websites there are often many within each country in the World. We make a database of these sites and show it to a potential sponsor. The list could be many pages long. Perhaps a working group to compile that list. i.e. in Brazil there are at least 20 chess websites. In the USA ? How many hits does Susan Polgar's site get around the World. Would she run a story about Chess Scotland gaining sponsorship? She runs all Chess stories. How many Chess website in Spain? Germany? France? etc,etc, Russia, China, Mongolia, Macao.
I mention the last 2 because they both sent teams to the World Youth in Brazil. Nearly every country in the World must have a Chess website.
Just some ideas.
regards,
Angus
My hunch would be to aim bigger than this and go all out for a big name sponsor.
The Carot or the hook being the International outreach of Chess. I believe a Sponsor of Chess in Scotland could have their name in houses throughout the World within a week of giving sponsorship to Chess. I believe other Chess sites would do this work for us. Chess is an International Community and we do need to support each other in this. The Chess Scotland website would then be linked to with masses of information there on the Chess Scotland website about the sponsor and the sponsorship and even links to the companies website or even home shopping page!?
When we say their name in houses throughout the World I think we are talking about millions of homes. If you do a search on Chess websites there are often many within each country in the World. We make a database of these sites and show it to a potential sponsor. The list could be many pages long. Perhaps a working group to compile that list. i.e. in Brazil there are at least 20 chess websites. In the USA ? How many hits does Susan Polgar's site get around the World. Would she run a story about Chess Scotland gaining sponsorship? She runs all Chess stories. How many Chess website in Spain? Germany? France? etc,etc, Russia, China, Mongolia, Macao.
I mention the last 2 because they both sent teams to the World Youth in Brazil. Nearly every country in the World must have a Chess website.
Just some ideas.
regards,
Angus