Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorships provide an outstanding opportunity to gain brand recognition with partners and customers. Consider the following statistics defining opportunities for Forum sponsors:
- SDR’09 registration was over 550 delegates, over 61% of who had either direct purchasing authority or the ability to significantly influence radio technology acceptance and purchasing decisions.
- On average in 2009, over 100 people attended each Forum meeting and workshop.
- The Forum typically advertises its events in media outlets that include EE Times, Military and Embedded Systems, Embedded Computing Design, and Radio Resource Magazine. These ads reach tens of thousands of potential customers.
- According to Google Analytics, the SDR Forum home page has had 77,484 unique visits in the last 12 months.
- Also according to Google Analytics, the SDR09 website has had 21,899 unique visits in 2009.
- Forum press releases are currently exceeding 4500 headline impressions for each release, and gain additional coverage through Twitter and our RSS feeds.
- The Forum newsletter is distributed to approximately 1000 members with a click through rate in excess of 25%.
- Forum email blasts are distributed to over 3000 people.
In 2010, the SDR Forum is offering sponsorships in three tiers, defined as follows:
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Platinum Sponsor |
Gold Sponsor |
Silver Sponsor |
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| Event Coverage |
All Meetings, Workshops and Conferences |
Single Meeting, Workshop or Conference |
Single activity[1] |
| Availability |
Member Only, 6 available |
Open
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Open |
| Logo recognition on event signage |
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Limited to the specific activity |
| Logo recognition on event collateral (brochure, program, agenda) |
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Limited to the specific activity |
| Logo recognition on event website with hotlink to sponsors web page |
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Limited to the specific activity |
| Ability to distribute collateral at the event |
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| 50% discount on Print Ads in the Event Collateral |
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| 50% discount on banner ads on Forum Website (Events Calendar, Product and Services Directory, etc. |
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| 50% Discount on exhibition space at the event |
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| Logo on print ads associated with the event |
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| Acknowledgement in press releases related to the event |
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| Event registrations |
1 per event plus 1 extra conference registration |
1 |
0 |
| Ability to provide signage to be displayed at each event |
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| Logo recognition on Forum Home Page with hot link to sponsors web page |
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| Logo recognition in members only newsletter (approximately 1000) |
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| Logo recognition in Events Update Email Blast (approximately 3000) |
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| Recommended Investment |
$9000 |
$5000 |
$2000 |
[1] Only 1 silver sponsor per activity and signage associated with that activity shall be exclusive to that sponsor. Examples of eligible activities include breakfast, lunch, registration, web access, and evening receptions
Custom sponsorship packages are also available upon request. Organizations interested in a sponsorship package should contact Al Margulies at asm@wirelessinnovation.org.
Click here for the Sponsorship Application.
