I have to commit

I basically took Thanksgiving to rest my mind and figure out how to go about sponsorships. When I was making my presentation today for class tomorrow, I wanted to make it clear that I miscalculated my sponsorship plan to not take into account the fact that companies do not have money this time of year and that it will cause us to not bring in as many guests as we wanted. I was looking up tips on how to get corporate sponsors, and basically everything that I came across was keep following up. What worries me about this was that I have been doing that. My new follow up strategy is to ask those that have said they don't have money right now, if I contact them again in January, will it be possible to sponsor us then. I feel like I need to be more aggressive and bolder (but in a good way) about the follow ups, but I am wondering if I am not going about this in the right way. I really want the class to give me feedback on this strategy and give me knew ideas to gain interest in Visions sponsorship.

I am also going to take December and January to commit to Visions. During the fall semester, Visions was a priority in my classes, but it wasn't the only priority. I let myself get distracted and I didn't realize the full time commitment I needed for sponsorships. This caused me to get behind, and now I find myself in my current predicament. I honestly hate that this will cause us to lose guests, but all I can do is try my best to make up for it. I still have good leads that I am in contact with, and I am not going to give up on sponsorships. My favorite quote from my research on sponsorships was "don't take no as a rejection." Whenever companies are not responding to me or saying not right now, I have to be bold and make them give me a concrete answer (preferably yes).  I can't let myself get discouraged because it makes me get behind. I am determined to make this work and get more than just 2 sponsorships.