Last week we focused on the theme of actually completing your pitch (something many people have still yet to do!), but this week we want to concentrate on getting the word out about your personal pitch. As such, this week’s theme is about getting your pitch ‘out there’…pimpin’ your pitch.
1-Invite Your Friends You’re going to be pitching yourself to the Zeros 2 Heroes community in hopes that site members vote for your pitch: why not make your friends members of the community to help root for your cause? Although, stalwart members of the site will still have more voting power than brand new members, having your friends join and assist you in claiming your mantle as ‘game writer’ will still work in your favor. Every little bit helps!
2-Site Communication At Zeros 2 Heroes, we have a lot of different avenues for you to make your voice heard. We have blogs for keeping the subject matter flowing, we have forums for the more traditional method of discussion, plus we also have campaign based blogs such as this very NSI playWRITE blog where you can respond to the contents with discussions about your own pitches. Take advantage of these different ways of proliferating your pitch on Zeros 2 Heroes and let the community know you mean business!
3-Think Outside The Box A number of our members have been taking their pitches to new places, pushing the bounds of pitch pimpin’ skills. Last week we mentioned Professor WhizzyWig’s use of the Reboot blog to push their pitch–try taking your pitch different places! There are all sorts of venues you can drop notice of your pitch into including this playWRITE sticky on Bioware’s own forums. If you’re looking to prove to game studios that you can think outside the box, it’s time to start showing it!
We’ll keep posting tips each week as we vault towards the end of the playWRITE application process. Stay tuned!
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