Parntership and Sponsorship Opportunities with Schmooze

Now accepting expressions of interest for 2012

With a comprehensive program of professional development and networking events each month ranging from university students, young professionals and business owners and entrepreneurs Schmooze offers a very targeted means to engage your target audience.

We also introduce our event partners through our comprehensive social media and online commuication channels.

We're now taking expressions of interest for our events including:

• The Monthly Schmooze cocktail networking functions (four events in Canberra are already spoken for)
• Young Professional events
• Business/ Professional Development Workshops
• Business Lunch Club
• Schmooze@Campus workshops for tertiary students
• One off special events and social events and benefits for members
• Lucky Door prizes
• Member of the Year Awards

Options range from offering a lucky door prize, to hosting an event, to partnering with us to present a Monthly Schmooze, or even being a major sponsor for one of our chapters or branches.

Please contact director, Phillip Jones to discuss this opportunity.

Raise Your Profile

In addition your brand gets exposed through our weekly eNews (2000 subscribers), website (600 unique visits per day), social media (over 1200 facebook, twitter and Linkedin followers) and well attended events (over 2300 people per year attend our events).

You can see a profile of our membership by demographic and sector here.

PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS

Sponsors enjoy co-branding, and targeted promotion about their expertise and services and products through our range of communication channels to ensure they get both due recognition of their support, as well as value for your investment.

The details of each arrangement would be tailored to suit the business/marketing objectives.

Please note Principal and Chapter Sponsors enjoy exclusive rights during the agreement, so no competitor can provide sponsorship during that period.

• Schmooze Principal Sponsor: This level provides co-branding on all Schmooze communications and website, social media, featured member interviews/profiles, and a range of promotional opportunities and benefits as mutually agreed. This option represents a significant level of support to the overall Schmooze program of approximately $20,000 incl GST per year. The arrangement is for a 12 month period with a view to continuing for another 12 months.
• Chapter Sponsor: As Schmooze operates in the ACT and Victoria with other locations to follow around Australia, there are opportunities for a single company to be the sponsor of each location, for a minimum of two years. The level of recognition is similar to the Principal Sponsor and the investment of approximately $10000 per year incl GST.
• Monthly Schmooze Event Sponsor: Our monthly Showcase event is a great vehicle to introduce your company to our members and guests in a setting of your choice. We attract over 120 members and guests to these events. The investment is the total cost of the event, (except for entertainment) in return for co-branding for the event on the website and all promotional materials including social media, as well as the opportunity to bring your own guests to the event and more. Investment: $5000 incl GST
• Custom Event Sponsor: This option provides for sponsoring or hosting boutique networking events such as networking dinners, social or sporting events, or invitation-only dinners or lunches. The investment would be the cost of the event, in return for co-branding for the event on the website and all promotional materials etc. Indicative investment is approximately $500-1000 depending on scale of the event.
• Prize Sponsor: The option provides for companies to contribute to an event via lucky door prizes, or in-kind support at a particular event in return for company information being included on the website/invitations and recognition on the night.

For a confidential discussion about sponsorship possibilities Schmooze can offer, please contact Phillip Jones.

Schmooze Support of Not FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS & Charities

We are always willing to support any charity event or fundraising activity- even if you aren't a member. In 2011, we have a featured charity or social cause each month to highlight at our monthly Schmooze and in our weekly enews, social media and website.

We can provide:

• advertisements via our events calendar
• inclusion in our weekly e-news
• the opportunity to talk about your cause at a monthly Schmooze event
• prizes (such as a membership) for a raffle or fundraising activity.

In return we'd like a combination of some of the following - as appropriate to your program and scope of event:

• logo on your website/fliers etc
• link to our website
• inclusion of a flier in a showbag etc
• attendance at your event by some of our team
• appropriate recognition of our support in your communications

To discuss on how we can support your cause, please contact us.