Be a Sponsor
The smOffice Contest is an event organized by The Creative Space, a coworking community space. Other than providing the needed space, resources and relationships for small businesses, we invest our time creating events designed to educate and entertain the business, technical, and creative communities of the Barrie area.
How You Can Help
We are looking for companies to sponsor the smOffice contest.
Our team of volunteers contribute many hours to plan and implement smOffice Barrie. However, it takes more than our labour to produce each event. We have a wide range of costs including the venue, advertising, and other materials and activities that support all the great events that surround the contest over the six months.
Simply put, we can’t produce the smOffice contest without our sponsors and partners!
Supporting this is not just about goodwill. It is an amazing shout out for Barrie to all of Canada. It’s investing in our downtown, in the startup culture, and in the future of Barrie. That said, sponsorship of smOffice should be seen as marketing opportunity for your company. For smOffice 2015, the ROI in the form of social mentions and reach, video, press, event and brand exposure was HUGE for those that participated. If you contribute at any level, you will see a return!
Sponsorship Levels
We realize that companies of all sizes want to contribute to the smOffice Barrie program so we created sponsorship levels to allow everyone to contribute.
We offer the following sponsorship levels: (Cash or In Kind)
Friends of smOffice: $250-$499
Bronze Sponsors: $500-$999
Silver Sponsors: $1,000 to $2500
Gold Sponsors: $3,000 t0 $4999
Platinum: $5,000-$9999
Title/Naming Sponsor: $10,000+ You name will be attached to the brand where ever it goes.
We use 100% towards the event expenses, promoting the contest and your support via our numerous media channels and improving the facility for future activities and events.
Sponsorship Benefits
The smOffice team loves our sponsors! Besides our undying appreciation, here’s what you get for each sponsorship level:
All sponsors receive their logos and mentions on the following:
* 6 x 3 foot sign out front – that’s Five Points exposure! “The” Downtown intersection of the City. 10 months of exposure!
* Tweets, posts and blog mentions. (The startup will be asked to post 2-3 times a week mentioning key sponsors over the six months.) This is on top of the smOffice team posting daily at times, producing videos, setting up PR events and interviews and general marketing across all channels.
*Photo ops at all events.
Each sponsor has a photo graphic naming you as a sponsor AND if you donated services/winnings, we create a graphic for that as well. These are used throughout the project for Facebook, Twitter and Linked In posts
On top of all that’s mentioned above…
Friends of smOffice receive the following:
Your company logo appears on our website and front sign billboard.
Your company logo appears on a slide with other sponsors during the smOffice events.
Bronze sponsors receive the above, plus the following:
Your company logo appears on our website and on all print and digital promo (banner, poster, handouts)
Your company receives an opportunity to do a Lunch & Learn at TCS
You company is listed in our Canada-wide press release and mentions in any local press opportunities.
Silver sponsors receive the following:
Your company logo appears on our website and front sign billboard.
Your company logo appears on all print and digital promo (banner, poster, handouts)
Your company logo appears on its own slide during the smOffice Barrie events.
Your company receives two opportunities to do a Lunch & Learn at TCS
Your company logo appears on the back of the printed event program.
Your company can submit a 30-second video that we will play on our website and post to our media channels.
You company is listed in our Canada-wide press release and mentions in any local press opportunities.
Gold/Platinum sponsors receive the following:
Your company logo appears prominently on our website through the event cycle (Platinum stands alone!)
Your company logo appears on all print and digital promo (banner, poster, handouts)
Your company logo appears on its own slide during all smOffice Barrie events
Your company receives three opportunities to do a Lunch & Learn or other relevant event at TCS
Your company can submit a 1-minute video that we will play where appropriate during the six months
You company is listed in our Canada-wide press release and mentions in any local press opportunities.
In your 60-second video, you can do anything. In fact, we encourage you to be creative and develop a high-energy video that keeps pace with the event. Keep the content “G-rated” and exciting as you want to make it!
How Do I Become A Sponsor?
Becoming a smOffice sponsor is easy. Contact us! Or you can contact Chad, our sponsorship coordinator, at chad [at] smoffice [dot] ca. He is happy to answer any questions and explain our sponsor benefits in more detail.
Sponsorship FAQ
Q: Can I do an in-kind sponsorship?