by Chris Baylis | May 18, 2020 | Sponsorship, Sponsorship Packages
Sometimes I feel like I live in two worlds. In world one, I work with brands (i.e. sponsors) who hate (and I mean HATE) gold, silver, bronze sponsorship packages. They throw out thousands of these packages every month, ignoring them completely. In world two, I work... 
by Chris Baylis | Apr 27, 2020 | Event Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship for Major Gift Officers, Sponsorship Fulfillment, Sponsorship Packages
Event sponsorship often seems like one of those unobtainable, too good to be true options. It’s hard to imagine a company would be willing to provide a large chunk of the funding needed to run your event. We need to change the way we think about sponsorship, from that... 
by Chris Baylis | Feb 3, 2020 | Sponsorship, Sponsorship Packages, Sponsorship Recruiting, Sponsorship Sales
Sponsorship marketing is hard work! Nothing is more frustrating than spending countless hours crafting a sponsorship proposal, sending it out to your prospects and hearing…nothing in return. I see a lot of sponsorship proposals, good ones and bad ones (and some REALLY... 
by Chris Baylis | Jan 26, 2020 | Event Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Fulfillment, Sponsorship Packages
Full disclosure: a fulfillment report didn’t actually save my life! It did, however, save me from a horribly embarrassing situation, saved a sponsorship relationship and saved me a lot of pain. Negotiating the Custom Sponsorship Proposal Let me set the stage here: I... 
by Chris Baylis | Nov 20, 2019 | Sponsorship, Sponsorship Inventory, Sponsorship Packages
There is one thing that every single sponsorship property has to offer that every single sponsor wants…and very few sponsorship seekers realize they have it. What is this magical thing that will make your sponsorship sales so much easier? I’m going to tell you…but... 
by Chris Baylis | Jan 26, 2019 | Event Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Packages, Sponsorship Recruiting
I call this post “The Definitive Guide to the Sponsorship Proposal” for a reason! I am going to tell you everything you need to know about creating a winning sponsorship proposal and how to write a sponsorship proposal that actually works. Step One: Your... 
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