Wham! wrote:If it were me running things at Raptors marketing, I'd be going out of my way to get in contact with you...who could be better than a humble, passionate fan with great talent and a sense of humour, who also has his finger on the pulse of true Raptorfans?
As a further point, you can always tell the difference between talent that understands their target market and talent that has a safer, more generic approach. They are polar opposites in terms of likability, for me, and I doubt there's a poster here more universally liked.
What a nice compliment! Thank you!
I think the NBA did well when they said "F--- it. Youtube can use our stuff." Billions of organic views.
Incorporating popular bloggers is the next (albeit scarier) step in the evolution of their marketing. I think the Raptors should be the first to dive in with us hardcores*.
I'd meet them in the middle and make positive, G-rated artwork if that helps.
To be honest, I've been called in to a major sports network for an interview before. They really are neutered by the players unions etc., who don't want to see their players in photoshopped Tiger costumes and things like that.
I always thought that if they hired me as an outside consultant (BS Title with dubious duties) they can pay me for one role and I can just spend all day at home pumping out Raptor art "unofficially" to the grassroots fans/blogs.
Anyway, we'll see what happens.
A lot of these chances sometimes just come down to luck. I appreciate the advice/help.
* I always thought it would be a brilliant idea to have one hardcore fan actually be part of the team as the 16th or 17th man or whatever. Like, he goes to practice, learns the plays, does EVERYTHING and blogs about it.
