In order to make our festival as successful as possible we have decided to look into sponsorships for extra help and funding. We have been quite selective with our choice and have decided to approach 2 companies, one based in Ireland the other in Latvia.
The first company we have addressed is 'Picture Bloc' who are framing company. I came across them during a visit to the photography show during the project and I really liked the frames they offered and they were very competitively priced. I showed the group some of their brochures as well as the online catalogue and we decided together that they were the company we wanted to use for frames.
It made sense to approach them as a sponsor since we were planning to spend a large amount of money with them anyway. We decided together that it would be best to approach them and ask for a discount/no cost shipping agreement in exchange for exposure at the festival. We felt this was the most enticing deal for them. We didn't want to ask for all the frames for free as we didn't feel such a large company would realistically go for it.
This is a letter that we would forward on to Picture Bloc in order to gauge potential interest and further some negotiations.
We have included our logo in order to be as professional as possible which would only further our chances of receiving sponsorship.
The second company we decided to approach was a Latvian catering company called International SV. We felt it was important to source food locally in order to fit in with the cultural and international aspect of our festival. We did some research and came across this company fairly local to our venue and approached them with a letter very similar to the above sent to Picture Bloc.
Sponsorship is a huge part of any event as it offers relief on costs and added exposure. We felt it was important to choose companies who would represent the festival in the best possible way which in our case meant going for some smaller companies as apposed to the big names such as Canon, Nikon etc.
http://riga.international.lv/lv/content/galven%C4%81
http://www.picturebloc.com/
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