Goreliscious
Senior Member
How do you go about getting endorsement? Can you seek endorsement or do you have to be approached?
Cheap stuff is better than full price stuff.
Cheap stuff is better than full price stuff.
Endorsement?
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Naigewron
Platinum Member
Short answer: If a company can make money by associating themselves with you (because you're advertising their brand), you may be interesting to them. If they can't see that potential, you won't get an endorsement deal. Not now, not ever. A drum company is a business, and they're ultimately interested in making money.
So yeah, if you play loads of live shows or sessions, or you've got heaps of views on YouTube or whatever, and if you can talk highly of their stuff, advertise their brand with a sticker on your kick drum head and recommend their stuff to loads of other drummers, you may have a chance.
If your primary motivation for getting a deal is because you want cheap gear, forget it. That's not anywhere close to being in their best interest. Not only is there nothing in it for them, but it's also clear that you're not actually interested in their gear because you like it. You just come across as wanting to save money, and you'll take gear from whatever brand is willing to give it to you.
So yeah, if you play loads of live shows or sessions, or you've got heaps of views on YouTube or whatever, and if you can talk highly of their stuff, advertise their brand with a sticker on your kick drum head and recommend their stuff to loads of other drummers, you may have a chance.
If your primary motivation for getting a deal is because you want cheap gear, forget it. That's not anywhere close to being in their best interest. Not only is there nothing in it for them, but it's also clear that you're not actually interested in their gear because you like it. You just come across as wanting to save money, and you'll take gear from whatever brand is willing to give it to you.
Short answer: your level of exposure governs your value as an endorser.
Longer answer: see my FAQ at www.bermudaschwartz.com/endorsement
Bermuda
Longer answer: see my FAQ at www.bermudaschwartz.com/endorsement
Bermuda
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Anthony Amodeo
Guest
^ this cat would know.
we are lucky to have guys like you who regularly contribute to a great forum such as this
Goreliscious
Senior Member
Cool, cheers for the replies.
Yep, just like I shop at the cheaper supermarkets for food and buy my car insurance from the cheapest bidder. Blame Lehman Brothers.
Naigewron
Platinum Member
That's not the same thing. Shopping at the cheapest supermarket is comparable to shopping at the cheapest drum store. What you're after is finding a supermarket that will give you cheaper or free stuff just because you ask for it.