echolite media
I heard about echolite media through a friend of a friend of a friend…on a radio show. Echolite provides low cost media solutions for foreign missionaries and missions based organizations. I shot them an email last week with a copy of the brochure and got some really positive feedback.
“Looks super cool. I dig it. You guys are doin it right. I’m interested. I want to hear more about it for sure. I forwarded your pamphlet to another guy who works with me and his response was: “I want to be their friends.” I’m trying to get you guys hooked up with a guy named Seth Haines, who has been out to MGK before and started a project called the Mother Letter Project. (http://motherletter.blogspot.com/). I really do want to hear more about how you all got connected and the whole story behind it.”
-Bobby Neptune, International President of Echolite Media
So, I gave Bobby a call and told him our story. He was extremely encouraging and gave me some great advice. In this phase of fundraising, PR and marketing it was really humbling to slow down my pen, put away my calculator and listen to a guy who really just wanted to share his heart for Africa.
Bobby emphasized the importance of sharing the process (blogs, episodes along the way, websites, letters, etc), making fundraising about building relationships, overcoming the “flies on eyes” media that dominates the Western view of Africa and remembering to set the camera down and join in the experience.
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