Topic: Sponsoring DIF? You? As in, you-you?

Kyle (from these hurr forums) set me down an idea path, which involves ya'll and I figure it's worth asking.

Would you be interested in the opportunity to "sponsor" particular episodes of DIF? For a twenty dollar PayPal donation, say Bob Bobbles, could get his name in front of an episode. "This episode of Down in Front brought to you by Bob Bobbles, a man so well hung his ankles are bruised." *music starts* "Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Down in Front!"

Etcetera.

We could even go back in time so that your name is on an already-released episode in perpetuity. Might have to bracket them, so it's a bit more expensive to "sponsor" the Star Wars episode than the Gremlins episode, but the same basic thing. Any time anyone plays that episode in the future (and these things do get action after their first-week, as ya'll probably know from listening to old episodes,) your name is on there. Or it could be framed as your Twitter name, for potential follower action, I guess.

Anybody interested in that kind of thing? Trying to sort out ways to turn some income around from the show, because the last thing I want us to start doing is charging to listen to it (coughRifftraxcough) and it's kind of expensive to do and maintain, not to mention hours spent for us and Matt and Holden.

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Happy to donate, don't want anything for it though.

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Yeah, I've been saying that for a while, using Netflix. Well, I say a while, I mentioned it in the chatroom on the 2nd anniversary show and never mentioned it again big_smile

It's a good idea though and if I can afford to sponsor an ep, I shall.

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Netflix affiliate links are really going to come down to traffic; with 169 registered users on the forum and limited regional availability, it may not generate sufficient income to support the show on its own. Are there enough downloads per week to make commercial sponsorship of episodes viable?

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That's a good point, Fixed. I feel a bit of a tool supporting a service a lot of forum members (including myself) can't even use.

I had a blonde-guy moment......that has lasted a few months big_smile

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Not a bad idea

I'd rather hear "this episode is brought to you by shifty bench's pocket money" then what some podcasts do which is have the host read an advert for anything upto 5 minutes.

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NO I want the podcast to END!

No wait, that was sarcasm =P

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No it's not - my brother will give me no end of shit if that happens. tongue

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Very few people ever go to the web sites of the podcasts they listen to, if I'm any example. Hell, for most content if it can come to me instead of my having to search it out I never go to the site (all the web comics I read have RSS feeds, but while I never see the ads I support them by buying their books). So, ads have to be delivered in episode. I think putting images into the podcast over the audio pitch is the best format, say a series of pics of Dorkman toasting the audience and downing a refreshing beverage made by the sponsor. You could really get creative there, even tying it in with that weeks movie.

For something you could sell that would be almost all profit, if you have the web video of your various recording sessions saved somewhere you could always toss the files on a DVD and charge $30 for however many episodes you can cram on there.

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A DVD would be an interesting idea, but are people really going to go for it when they can just download those episodes in higher quality for free?

Instead, you should find some movies in the public domain (Plan 9? House on Haunted Hill? Night of the Living Dead?) do a commentary, sync it up to the DVD, and sell that. I would absolutely buy that, even if the episode was already available for free.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Work out a cost schedule, or do e-bay auctions for upcoming and released episodes.  I can definitely see my current project donating to you for the opportunity to solicit more donations for us.

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I'm interested. For one, to make sure this awesome ship keeps on floating and for two, I could use some additional site hits thrown my way.

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I just wanted to chime in.
I am the epitome of "Lurker" but I would love to see some form of something, yeah really cogent thought there, to assist in the continued DIFness of the world.
I've gotten my shirts, and such, but I think there might need to be a concentrated push to get some publicity out there.
As a fellow industry vfx wonk, I get slightly exasperated when a large number of my co-workers have no idea what I'm talking about when I mention DIF, granted then I get the joy of attempting to convert the heathens, but ... I'm never sure if they followup and listen or just humor me.
Not sure what it would entail, but just getting a bit more name recognition out there would im sure help across the board.

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Do an NPR-style pledge drive. Interrupt whatever you're talking about every 20 minutes in every podcast until you reach your goal of All the Monies.

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Another idea...
What about auctioning off movies to commentate on? Forum members pledge $X for the movies they'd want to hear commentated and DiF choose which one they'll do and get the proceeds. Like a 'Telethon'.
How much would forum members be willing to cough up to hear Harry Potter or James Bond or the movies of Kubrick/Fincher/Ridley Scott be given the LOTR treatment?

not long to go now...

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...well, that sounds dandy. Would anyone be interested in it?

Bear in mind, we can't do a perfect commentary for just any movie, so there'd be virtually no guarantee of quality in a system like that.

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