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From: ianim8@airmail.net (Intelligent Light)
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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