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From: fmartins@esoterica.pt (Fernando Martins)
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Subject: Re: A question of Marketing...
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>In each section, between 1/3 and 1/2 of the companies listed advertise
>that they provide computer animation services. These are the companies
>that pay a little extra, I guess, for the print ads (i.e. more than the
>basic name and tel. # listing).
>My question: Has anyone successfully marketed their services to these
>firms which advertise computer animation services? Or do you
>concentrate more on the businesses which don't seem to already have
>in-house computer animation capabilities?
I had the same problem!!! When I started to show my Demo around, I concentrate
in the prod. houses that DIDN'T have animation facilities. After a month or
so, I realised that most of them didn't have it because they didn't care about
it (some looked like they didn't know what was the use of it!!!). So, I
started to show my work to those who advertised animation facilities... Guess
what!!! Since this is not a country where animation is spreaded all around,
those supposed animation facilities where the most indicated for me because
they HIRED freelance animators to do the job!!!
And today, I got a phone call that I want to discuss with you... I will post
another message telling about it... See the message with the 'Onyx' on the
