Sponsorship Opportunities with Schmooze

With its three branches of activities (Professional, Social and Young Professional) and with a range of several hosted events each month Schmooze offers sponsors the opportunity to engage with their target audience in a personalised and effective way.

Our membership is currently about 270 organisations (as of June 2010) and we gain about  five members a week. The majority of our members are established professionals aged over 30 to 50 across the full sprectrum of professional sectors with a 80% private / 20% public split.

In addition, the website enjoys a 15% growth per month of unique visits  with some 500 unique visits per day on average offering additional profile.

Our weekly enews has some 1500+ direct recipients. We also cross promote our activities through the distribution lists of our strategic networking partners such as other networking organisations or professional bodies and our own facebook and twitter updates.

Sponsorship Levels

We aim for a sophisticated and personalised approach that respects the intelligence and taste of our membership, and to ensure our sponsors receive the recognition and support they deserve.Sponsors enjoy co-branding, links and information about their expertise in the information promoting the event such as on the website listing, and much more to ensure they get both due recognition of their support as well as value for your investment.

• Principal Network Sponsor: This level provides co-branding on all Schmooze communications and website, featured member interviews, and a range of promotional opportunities and benefits as mutually agreed. This option represents a significant level of support to the overall Schmooze network of approximately $10k per year. The agreements are for a 12 month period with a view to continuing for another 12 months.
• Branch Partner Sponsor: As Schmooze has three branches, the Professional, Young Professional and Social, there are opportunities for a single company to be the sponsor, for a minimum of 12 months, of one of these branches. The level of recognition is similar to the Principal Network Sponsor and the investment of of approximately $7500.
• Principal Member Benefit Sponsor: This option allows members to promote in depth their expertise and services via a full-page on the website in the Members Lounge, and promoted through the e-news and elsewhere as a member benefit. The page would include on-going benefits, offers, or discounts exclusive to members in return for a referral fee payable to Schmooze for any converted business as per mutual agreement.
• Principal Monthly Schmooze Event Sponsor: Our monthly Showcase event for both the Professional and SYPG are a great vehicle to introduce your company to our members and guests in a setting of your choice. 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, as well as the opportunity to bring your own guests to the event and more. Indicative investment is approximately $2k depending on scale of the event.
• 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.
• Event Partner: 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.