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Re: Bids?That can work well, just make sure that everything is clearly spelled out on paper. if not it can go one of two ways:1: they expect you to do it for the same price next year, forgetting all about the sponsorship offset2: they forget all about your deal and after you've done the event for free they hound your wife for her sponsorship $$I've had #2 happen to me in an install situation where they wanted something added on so we did it in exchange for some marketing at the grand opening. every year for 3 years they would be doing their year-end and notice that we hadn't paid for that advertising and call us up for payment. and every year I had to explain it to them and forward them to the person who we made the deal with. Fortunately he was honest about it every year...Jason
Re: Bids?
That can work well, just make sure that everything is clearly spelled out on paper. if not it can go one of two ways:
1: they expect you to do it for the same price next year, forgetting all about the sponsorship offset
2: they forget all about your deal and after you've done the event for free they hound your wife for her sponsorship $$
I've had #2 happen to me in an install situation where they wanted something added on so we did it in exchange for some marketing at the grand opening. every year for 3 years they would be doing their year-end and notice that we hadn't paid for that advertising and call us up for payment. and every year I had to explain it to them and forward them to the person who we made the deal with. Fortunately he was honest about it every year...
Jason
