What do Sponsors Get?

[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.