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I enjoy marketing for fun ( I work at an ad agency) and always feel I could contribute to open source / people's side projects, but there is never an opportunity. No one ever lists the need for a marketer, and reaching out generally goes unanswered.

There are marketers out there who want to contribute, but just don't see opportunities.

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The few marketers we reached out to asked us "What is your budget?", and then instantly dropped off when we told them our budget wasn't anywhere near the "$10000+" dollars per month they were used to.

I mean, what the hell? We're searching for someone to help with something that doesn't even have visitors, much less customers, yet. What are they expecting?

Sounds like big agency or freelance guys. If their 30%+ cut isn't $3k or more, its not worth the work.

Those people were looking for leads, just like a freelance developer would. But I do not know where you find freelance marketers who want to help build something, not to add a client to their portfolio.

Depends what you consider for "opportunity", would you do it for free and just have a cut at the end of a month based on the profit?

I've reached out to projects that aren't profitable at all, just side-projects I thought were cool. If someone builds a project I think is cool, I sometimes want to help out in a way that benefits them and I enjoy, even when their is no money involved.

Hi! I have a side project and would love to get some marketing ideas / support.

Please get in touch vic@smalldata.tech

Cheers!

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