Ryde Business Forum has available sponsorship opportunities for companies who wish to maximum their exposure throughout Ryde and beyond.

Sponsorship with the Forum starts from as little as $110. Read on for more information on Event Sponsorship and Website Sponsorship. We are running two special events in 2008 for which we are seeking sponsors - our Charity Golf Day and the Ryde Business & Technology Expo.

Event sponsorship

Ryde Business Forum offers event sponsorship to companies who wish to maximise their visibility in the City of Ryde and greater Sydney area.

Our available sponsorship events draw, on average, between 80 to 150 members and guests. Our luncheon in February 2003 with Prime Minister the Hon. John Howard MP was a sellout with more than 180 attendees from businesses throughout Ryde and all over Sydney. We had 220 attendees at our 10th Anniversary luncheon in November 2003 - a great sponsorship opportunity three of our members took advantage of.

Our breakfasts can draw up to 80 Ryde business people and cover topical issues such as the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link and Lane Cove Tunnel. These events provide the astute marketing manager with an opportunity to promote his or her company to a specific sector.
RBF events get coverage in the local and greater Sydney media. Your banner can be mounted behind our guest speaker in order that it can receive maximum press coverage. Your logo can appear on our invitation, which is mailed out to several hundred companies in the Ryde and greater Sydney areas.

When you sponsor one of our events, we will include your logo on all material associated with the event - invitations, advertising, electronic mailouts, and an internet page which covers the event itself including photos of the event (with your banner clearly visible on the page as a logo link to your own site).

Prices for sponsorship are negotiable with each event. If you want business to business marketing at a memorable event, talk to us about our sponsorship costs.

Contact the Forum to book your sponsorship of a Ryde Business Forum luncheon or breakfast now. Talk to us too about what we can do in the way of sponsorship for our social golf days, a great corporate drawcard.

Special Event Sponsorship - 2008 Charity Golf Day

Ryde Business Forum holds a Corporate Golf Day each year. Our next Corporate Charity Golf Day will be held Thursday 13 November 2008 at Ryde Parramatta Golf Club, with proceeds from a silent auction and other fundraising events associated with the day going to The Shack Youth Outreach. The Shack will use the funds for a program to assist young people get into the local workforce.

We are seeking sponsors for this event in order that we do not have to increase prices for players:

• Major sponsor - with naming rights. Ever wanted to hold your own golf day? Become our major sponsor and invite your colleagues to the 2008 RBF/(your company name) Charity Golf Day. Benefits include a LOT of publicity, free team of 4 players and banner sponsorship, mention in all material associated with the event etc. Cost $3000 inc GST
• Dinner sponsor. The Forum plans to hold dinner after the event for players and other members who wish to join us. We are seeking a dinner sponsor to enable us to provide a fantastic BBQ dinner and wine on the table for players and guests. Cost $1800 inc GST
• Banner sponsor. This is a fantastic opportunity to get your banner out where it gets noticed by people in the clubhouse and anyone playing on the course. There will be six banner sponsor slots available. Banner sponsorship includes a team of 4 players and dinner after the event. Cost $600 inc GST

All sponsors and prize donors will get publicity before, during and after the event. For a snapshot of what our golf day involves, read the report on the 2007 event.

To enquire about sponsorship, contact Sabrina Ferguson by email or phone 9807 4999.

Special Event Sponsorship - 2008 Ryde Business & Technology Expo

RBF partnered with Expo Edge, the City of Ryde and Venues at Macquarie to hold the first Ryde Business Expo in 2007.

In 2008 the Ryde Business & Technology Expo will be held in conjunction with Expo Edge, the City of Ryde and Stamford Grand North Ryde at the Stamford on Wednesday 6 August 2008. We expect up to 41 exhibitors and 500 visitors to the Expo. It will be marketed across Ryde by the Forum and across Sydney by Council and Expo Edge. There will be publicity in both local newspapers before and after the event.

At this point there is the opportunity for Sponsorship of existing and new expos in 2008; we would like to invite you to consider the possibilities. The main benefits to being a sponsor of this event are set out below. This notes where sponsorship inclusions varies by level of support:

• Major Sponsor (MS) - $6500
• Silver Sponsor (SS) - $3500
• Support Partner - Contra arrangement such as a printer for example but worth at least the price of a stand ($825)
• Community Room sponsor and a lunch sponsor by negotiation. We are considering having a 'community room' at the expo where not for profit organisations in the City can have a stand for free, eg, police and other emergency services, charities etc.The cost of their stands would be covered by the Community Room sponsor.
• Lunch sponsor to sponsor the sandwich lunch packs for exhibitors provided by the Stamford. (price negotiable)
• Sponsor for visitor bags - supply 500-600 of your own logo calico or other non-plastic bag, or sponsor the supply and print of bags

Pre-event branding and publicity

• Higher profile of the company in each local area
• Inclusion of your sponsorship of the Expo in all media releases
• Mention of your sponsorship at Chamber and other business events leading up to the Expo where appropriate
• Your logo as a sponsor on all promotional material, including Expression of Interest Flyers and Visitor flyers
• Your name and/or logo on all exhibitor and visitor literature produced by Expo Edge
• Your name, logo and web link provided on Expo Edge website
• Featured in each Newspaper article as part of pre-event advertising
• Advertisement as part of pre-event advertising (MS)
• Company presentation at Exhibitor Info session
• Services of PR consultant to maximise your benefit of sponsorship (MS)

Expo day branding and publicity

• Booth location highlighted on expo floor plan (MS) and highlighted name on floor-plan listing (MS & SS)
• Free large expo booth in premium position (MS) or main area (SS) including special booth signage indicating Sponsorship level
• Inclusion of flyer or other promotional material in Expo show-bags to be handed out to visitors (MS)
• Formal verbal “thank you” by MC at cocktail function
• Company presentation at Expo cocktail function (MS)
• A company representative to draw a prize at cocktail function (MS)

Post expo branding and publicity

• Inclusion in post event media releases
• Complete soft-copy list of all registered attendees
• Exclusive use of Expo logo for printed and electronic promotional purposes for calendar year
• Invitation to attend and participate in Expo de-brief session
• First choice of sponsorship opportunities for 2009 and at other Business Expos organised by Expo Edge

More information on sponsorship, and an analysis of last year's expo, is available in this document from Expo Edge. If you would like more information, please contact Sabrina Ferguson by email or phone 9807 4999.

Website Sponsorship

Every month the Forum gets a consistent level of visitors and enquiries from people who have found us via our website. For example, if you want to know about business in Ryde, and type ‘business in Ryde’ or ‘Ryde business’, or even just 'Ryde' into Google or most other major search engines, our website will be in the top ten results. Our site is regularly visited by our members, Ryde business people wanting to know what's on in the City and also the media. We get between 1000-4000 unique visitors per month who actually read several pages on the site each visit; we know this from our web statistics. This is a cheap and efficient way to gain exposure for your site and your business.

Our website works for us. Let it work for you too!

We can offer the following sponsorship deals for your logo on our website, including a link to your own site:
• Sponsor an individual page, ie Links - $110 per annum incl. GST
• Sponsor a section on the site, ie Directory or News, with your logo on more than one page - $275 per annum inc. GST
• Have your logo visible on every page on the site - $550 per annum inc. GST

Contact the Forum to book your sponsorship.