Matthew Barker
June 17, 2005 11:11 AM PDT
Dear Fellow Sports Blogger,
I just came across your blog through sportsblogs.org, and I think it is time that we joined forces to bring the sports fans in Ohio and throughout the nation a top-shelf blog covering Ohio's sports teams.
I started All-Sports Ohio last year after writing for allsports.com covering the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
I wanted a website that covered all of the sports teams in Ohio that mattered to me the most, instead of having to do a lot of surfing to get the information I desired.
So I decided to cover every professional and major college sports team in Ohio.
At that time, I did not know exactly what a "blog" was, and thought it was more of a political tool used during the presidential campaigns mostly by liberal democrats.
After trying various "free sites" and learning html code on the fly, I finally found a home at Blogger in November.
Now after six months of hard work getting everything together, I am looking for help and want to move on to phase two of All-Sports Ohio.
Phase two is to move away from Blogger and to a full-service web host. Then to hire a professional web page designer, complete with logos and banners.
Eventually, not only do I want All-Sports Ohio to cover teams like the Bengals and Browns, Reds and Indians, but minor league teams like the Toledo Mud Hens and the Dayton Dragons, to Mid-American Conference sports, down to Ohio high school athletics.
The working motto for All-Sports Ohio is "All of the sports for all of Ohio." And that's phase two.
Phase three is to eventually produce a weekly publication that will be available at newsstands throughout the Buckeye state.
Phase four would be to incorporate a radio network, and phase five would be television, possibly in conjunction FSN Ohio, or the Ohio News Network.
In the six months of working on All-Sports Ohio, I have received press passes to the MAC Football Championship game, the Motor City Bowl, the GMAC Bowl, and the Independence Bowl.
I have also had regular conversations with many media members and team representatives within the state of Ohio, including general manager Blue Jackets' Doug MacLean.
If you are interesting in a partnership and making All-Sports Ohio one of the leading sports media outlets in the state of Ohio, please get in touch with me.
I am looking forward in working with you,
Matthew Barker
All-Sports Ohio
http://allsportsohio.blogspot.com
All-SportsOhio@insight.rr.com
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