Become a sponsor of Eyes On Success and:
- Promote awareness of your organization, services, or products through a weekly on air audio announcement.
- Direct your message to a targeted audience of thousands of visually impaired people around the world.
- Reach people who listen via traditional "over the air" radio reading services, Internet streaming services, or subscribe to podcasts.
- Help maintain and grow the searchable archive of over 400 episodes covering topics ranging from employment, new technology, recreation, travel, and much more.
- Support the mission of Eyes On Success to share stories about how others have overcome challenges, news on technologies that impact the lives of the visually impaired, interviews with leaders in the field of assistive technologies, and more.
Below are some common questions that potential sponsors may have. Click on the appropriate links to see more.
What makes Eyes On Success different from other audio services for the visually impaired?
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- Eyes On Success is not only available as a podcast or download from our site but is also distributed to a number of taditional radio reading services throughout the U.S. and Canada. The show is also streamed by several internet streaming services geared toward the visually impaired. People can also listen to the show on their smart home devices by simply saying "play Eyes On Success podcast".
- The program features a wide range of topics of interest to the visually impaired. Previous episodes have included detailed descriptions of adaptive equipment and applications such as screen readers and portable Braille displays, discussions of various accessible reading materials, personal stories of engaging in extreme sports and hobbies, interviews with leaders in the blindness community, and more. There's something for everyone on Eyes On Success. Check out past episodes in the show archive on our web site.
- Unlike many other podcasts that seem to “ramble on”, each episode of Eyes On Success is highly edited and produced in order to maximize the information content, make the show enjoyable, and ensure a quality result. In addition, the strict half hour format has enabled Eyes On Success to fit into the program schedule for traditional radio reading service broadcasters that air the show, thus broadening the listener base.
- Most other shows that air on radio reading services consist of somebody reading previously available copyrighted material. In contrast,
each episode of Eyes On Success is fresh material, including interviews with experts in the field of accessibility, representatives of
companies that offer adaptive products or individuals with fascinating personal stories to tell. Listeners often compliment us on our
lively and engaging conversational style.
- The show has aired weekly now for over 8 years, adding up to over 400 unique half-hour episodes.
- The web site
www.EyesOnSuccess.net
is routinely updated and contains a full archive of all previous episodes.
The search feature on our web site enables visitors to find summaries, show notes, and the audio for episodes by show number, keyword, or topic.
- Since it is difficult for some listeners to remember or write down phone numbers, e-mail, links, and other contact information heard during the show, each episode is accompanied by a link to show notes on the web site that contain these items.
- The American Foundation for The Blind (AFB) VisionAware chose Eyes On Success as the Featured Service of the Month in December of 2015. For more information see:
Eyes On Success in AFB VisionAware directory
- The show received the 2012 and 2016 and 2017 IAAIS (International Association of Audio Information Services) “program of the year” award. The IAAIS represents over 140 services throughout the United States and in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Africa.
- The hosts were awarded WXXI Radio’s “Producer’s Award” for the show in 2011.
Who are the hosts?
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- The hosts and producers, Peter and Nancy Torpey, have Ph.D.’s in Physics and retired from Xerox Corporation where they both worked as research scientists for many years. Pete has been blind since birth and Nancy is fully sighted. As retirees, we do this both for enjoyment and as a public service. Accordingly sponsorship funds will go toward defraying operating expenses such as hosting and podcasting services, maintaining and updating recording and production equipment and software, expanding the listener base, travel and admission fees to blindness-related shows and conferences, etc.
Who listens to Eyes On Success?
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- The program is carried over the air by approximately 20 radio reading services throughout the U.S. and Canada. We provide the series for no charge to WXXI Reachout Radio, a local public radio station’s radio reading service, whose membership in
IAAIS
(International Association of Audio Information Services) enables them to make the show available to other IAAIS members and radio reading services for broadcast.
- The podcasts have been downloaded in over 100 countries around the world.
- The program is carried by a number of internet streaming services including ACB Radio, The Global Voice, and iBlink Radio. We also provide the series to these services at no charge.
- The program is also carried by the
TIC
Talking Information Center, that services over 23,000 elderly and disabled listeners.
- In addition, the show is carried over
AMI
(Accessible Media Inc.) throughout all of Canada.
- The diversity of distribution methods enables Eyes On Success to reach an audience that includes people who listen to traditional radio reading services as well as those who are generally more technically oriented and prefer to listen by downloading podcasts or listening over the internet.
- WXXI, who acts as our distributor into the IAAIS consortium of reading services, reports that the stations that carry Eyes On Success have approximately 40,000 listeners in the U.S. and another 500,000 in Canada. Although many of these stations air Eyes On Success several times per week, it is not possible to know how many of these people are listeners of the show.
- We average over 10,000 downloads of shows from our archives per month. Individual episodes typically average approximately 1,500 downloads within the first several weeks of airing.
What can I expect as a sponsor of Eyes On Success?
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- Sponsors can promote their organization and services with a regular and frequent “on air” audio message in the show. Since the show is aired over many public broadcasting services, “on air” promotions are subject to certain restrictions (see the
“Underwriting Guidelines”
document).
- Sponsors can also promote their organization and services with a text notice on our web site.
- As a sponsor you will be able to reach a targeted audience of visually impaired people around the world as well as professionals who work with visually impaired people. The distribution network is meant to capture a diverse audience base which spans a wide range of ages, technical abilities, and backgrounds.
- As a sponsor you will also be supporting traditional radio reading services by enabling us to continue providing them with content that has been well-received by the visually impaired community. Help us improve this service, reach more visually impaired listeners, and continue to provide a quality experience!
What is involved in becoming a sponsor?
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- If you would like to discuss becoming a sponsor of Eyes On Success to promote your organization or services, please send an e-mail to
hosts@EyesOnSuccess.net
or call 585-210-8094.
- We will work with you to design a sponsorship plan for “on air” audio promotional messages that will meet your promotional goals and reflect your interest in fostering this effort. Note: “on air” promotional messages must be consistent with the
“Underwriting Guidelines”.
- Rates for promotional items on the Eyes On Success web site are negotiable depending on the size and duration of the item you wish to include.
- Those whose mission and/or budgets allow them to be more generous supporters of Eyes On Success will be noted as “Major Supporters” in the audio portion of the show as well as on the web site.
- Since our main goals are improving the listener experience and expanding the reach of the show to others in the visually impaired community we are also open to other arrangements that will both foster these goals and benefit your organization. If you have other ideas on how you would like to support Eyes On Success just let us know!
- Funding for the show can be accepted either by a check or via PayPal.
If you have any other questions or would like to pursue becoming a sponsor, send an e-mail to:
hosts@EyesOnSuccess.net