What do Sponsors Get?

[mechanicalbrain]

We have no "level" they are all equally cool in our eyes. We give out movies, a plaque with a picture of the team and signed by all of us, and we lend out our robot for them to display.

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

We have no "level" they are all equally cool in our eyes. We give out movies, a plaque with a picture of the team and signed by all of us, and we lend out our robot for them to display.

What kind of money do each of your sponsors contribute (on average, how much do you ask of them)

[Ethulin]

We have it our spread detailed on our site here:
http://titanrobotics.net/index2.cfm?page=donating.cfm

I copied some of it here:
$10+ Nuts & Bolts Your company's name on sponsor's page of our award-winning website.
"I Support Titan Robotics" window decal.
$150+ Iron All of the above.
Your company's name on our robot and on our shipping crate.
$500+ Steel All of the above.
Your company's image and a link to your website from every page of our website.
Your company's name on our club banners.
$1,500+ Aluminum All of the above.
Your company's name on club t-shirts and other club clothing.
Your company's name included in our team's long format name.
$5,000+ Titanium All of the above.
Your company's name will be included in our team's short format name.
Club members will hand out and/or display promotional materials provided by your company, such as brochures, flags, and pins, at all events we host or attend.

[Koko Ed]

Xerox is definately a Platnium sponsor. They have been our one and only sponsor from day one of the program.

[mechanicalbrain]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

What kind of money do each of your sponsors contribute (on average, how much do you ask of them)

Well we don't ask a price. We normally get 3,000 dollars but we often ask for other things instead like good computers or tools.

[MChapman]

Our sponsors get.....

business name on robot, t-shirt, banner an full page ad in yearbook $2,500.
business name on t-shirt, banner an full page ad in yearbook $1000.
busness name on team banner an full page ad in yearbook $500.
full page ad in yearbook $150.
half page ad in yearbook $75.
quarter page ad in yearbook $50.
eighth page ad in year book (business card) $30
three line ad in yearbook $15

with this they get a copy of our yearbook and a team shirt.

[Ronald_raygun]

The way we work with sponsors is that we give them a variety of options. For example:

Website
Uniform
Robot
(Other media withheld)

with a price placed next to each.

The sponsor chooses how much of a specific advertising medium they want based on their budget. Bigger budget = more space.

Look at the business models of NASCAR Teams. (Hint: look it up in a business magazine)

[Andrew Blair]

For us it's kind of random. From our list of like 25+ sponsors, we get like 3000-4000 dollars a year. Then, during build season, as most of the sponsors are tech businesses, they are real good about donating any time, money, or material to make a part for us. Some years we may ask one sponsor to cut 1 piece out for us out of our own material. Other times, many companies might contribute 20 parts out of their own stuff. It's pretty much random, and they always put us at the top of the list, literally.