How is your team going to present sponsor logos except for stickers on the robot?
We got donations so we could fly to the US and compete in the championships and we dont have enough place on our robot for stickers of all donators and sponsorsā¦
Any ideas?
I know that most teams usually put sponsor logos on the front and/or back of their team shirts. If you have several small sponsors, thereās usually enough room on the back of the shirt to throw in a small sponsor logo for each as a thank you. Thatās also nice because if you give team shirts to sponsors and all they see the free advertising they get outāve it and itās just a nice thank you back to them.
Also, you could probably place sponsors on team banners or maybe a small display in the pits. If your team has a website, having a āThank youā section towards sponsors is also a very nice visible way to give a thanks that anyone can see.
ā¦put them in the team name so if/when they show up they hear their company get called outā¦that is assuming you donāt have a billion sponsors in that name looks around for 343
Definitely put it on your website. ask them if they have any handouts they want to give away at the competition (ex. Busch Gardens/Sea World gives us coupons from their theme parks to hand out at events, they are few, but they go fast.)
Have a team trailer or something? sticker it up still looking around for 343
i dunnoā¦i think that is all the tricks I have learned off of Metal-in-Motionā¦maybe more to come, but Iāll have to think real hard.
[edit]at the end of the year get a trophy/plaque/framed letter signed by everyone/gift and give it to them thanking them make sure they know they were apreciated so they will come around again the following year.[/edit]
You could make different buttons with your team name and different sponsors on them, if you have tons of major sponsors. Like a different one for each sponsor. Theyād probably like that.
We have the names of all our sponsors in on our shirts, our 'bot, and our pit area. For those of you at the Buckeye, we were the oneās with the fancy lightningy background for our pit. (See attachment)
And, as a side note, thanks to AEP, OSU, and NASA-Glenn. :yikes:
ā¦or, if youāre really dead-set on having their logos on the robot itself, make space!
Take a flat piece cardboard or aluminum or whatever else you can use and still make weight, and attach it to some side or part of the robot where itās out of the way (read: wonāt mess up your drivetrain or arms). Then sticker the night away.
I donāt know if this was already mentioned, but we put our sponsorās names and logos on the shipping crate, then we disassemble it, and use the half with the logos in our pit. Thereās tons of room on a crate, so even if you have a lot of sponsors, it shouldnāt be a problem (just make sure you put them on a side that will be visible, and not against another teamās pit area). Also, if you team hands out any papers, like a newsletter, packets or brochures, have a space for all the sponsors.
We have sponsors on our shirts and stickers to hand out. We also have a few huge banners to hang not only in the pit but all around the stadium. Another way to thank the sponsors is to cheer when they are announced.
I will add to this⦠you can make the āsponsor panelā easy to attach by simply velcro-ing it on to your robot. Make sure you laminate it or protect it in some other way so that the stickers dont get scratched off in the heat of battle.
One other idea⦠Make a pit board. my team makes a pit board where we list all of our sponsors so that people can read them as they walk by. It shouldnāt be too hard to buy some foamboard or poster board, print out your sponsorsā logos, glue them on, and hang up the board in your pit. You can use a portable easel to display the pit board if you want, or you can create your own method of hanging it.
Here is an example of some foam board, although I donāt know about getting it in Isreal. If you canāt get any in Isreal, I bet you could stop at a Staples or some other office supply store to get some once you arrive in Atlanta. Same thing goes for portable display easels. EDIT: found a tabletop easel, if that helps you any.
besides on the shirtā¦we actually paste the names on a white board and have drilled holes on top to hang in the pit. therefore itās easy to use each year.