Dirty Birds need advice

[Bduggan04]

Originally Posted by Greg

I am not sure about this one... So far my experience with FIRST suggests the opposite is true. Unless you have a contact inside a company (like a parent), it is nearly impossible to get sponsored. All these wonderfully composed emails are deleted along with the spam and never even read. I spent a month emailing companies and havent received a single reply.

Email is extremely impersonal. A phone call is a much more human way of communicating and people are more likely to respond to your enthusiasm. It is important to remember that even now when technology becomes more advanced every day, people still appreciate a human voice and hand shake over an array of text on a computer screen.