Sponsorship Levels and Benefits:

□ Gold Sponsor $1,500 -- includes 2 seats to an event, banner display in one event’s promotional materials, the opportunity to speak at the opening of an event, banner on website, distribution of business cards at monthly meetings, banner on 12 email-blasts, and recognition on screen at the end of ACES monthly meetings.

□ Silver Sponsor $1000 -- includes two seats to an event, banner on website, distribution of business cards at monthly meeting, banner on 6 email- blasts, banner display in one event’s promotional materials, recognition on computer screen at the end of ACES meeting

□ Bronze Sponsor $500 -- includes banner display one event’s promotional materials, distribution of business cards at monthly meetings, banner on 5 email-blast, and banner on website.

 

 

ACES Pre-Sponsorship Impact Program

The ACES Pre-Sponsorship Impact program is designed to provide businesses/organizations with bottom-line impacts 3 to 4 months prior to asking for sponsorship. The process would start in September and end in December, which will coincide with annual planning for most businesses and organizations.

Advantages: It will provide…

• Businesses with an opportunity to experience the partial impacts of ACES on their bottom line before making a sponsorship decision.

• All ACES members a method to influence and participate in securing sponsors.

• It will provide ACES the power though it’s large membership to help small businesses to become more successful.

• ACES additional funds to plan and execute more successful events.

Disadvantage:

• Businesses/organizations receive impacts and don’t become a sponsor. Good business selections and impact measurements will minimize this from happening.

What does marketing look like?

• ACES members are asked to frequent the businesses in the pre-sponsorship program at certain times as individuals and as a group.

• Make sure you let the businesses/organizations know that you are a member of ACES.

• Use your social media tools to promote pre-sponsorship businesses/organizations.

• Contract with pre-sponsorship businesses for needed services when possible.