We invite you to review our Sponsorship Opportunities for AeroDef 2020. We want to provide you with every opportunity to make your event experience an excellent return on investment for your company. Choosing sponsorship an is incredible way to accomplish that goal and promote your brand in a unique, impactful way. We provide you with the opportunity to make the direct connections through proven, effective and focused sponsorships at AeroDef 2020.
CUSTOM SPEAKING
Integrate your presentation into the event schedule reaching a targeted audience within a featured area such as the Smart Manufacturing Hub, Conference Tracks, Educational Presentations or private space.
SMART MANUFACTURING HUB
To help position your company as a leader in the industry’s most advanced smart technologies, we have a featured area on the show floor called the Smart Manufacturing Hub. This hub will directly connect you with our exclusive, highly qualified show attendees looking for your smart technology solutions, capturing all the pre-registered and actual attendees, this is truly a turnkey lead-generation program customized around your content & thought-leadership. Each presentation is also recorded, allowing you to reach your targeted audience (both physically and virtually).
SPONSORED ALIGNMENT
Reach a target audience and align your brand with industry experts by sponsoring a headline event such as a keynote, workshop, educational presentation or panel. These featured presentations are also a fantastic way to capture leads, since you receive the contact information for both pre-registered and actual attendees. Here are some of the opportunities available:
KEYNOTE/PANEL
Align your company with manufacturing professionals by sponsoring a keynote or panel presentation at SME Events. Our presentations are highly recognized in the manufacturing industry and can provide great recognition to your company.
CONFERENCE TRACKS
Establish your company as a leader supporting educational programming by sponsoring a conference track. With hundreds of targeted technical, operational, economic and managerial sessions throughout AeroDef, reach attendees your business will connect with and generate qualified leads to help drive traffic to your exhibit space, enhance brand awareness and increase sales.
LEAD GENERATION
Receive measurable and meaningful ROI by obtaining qualified leads from attendees, viewers or readers that opt-in to your custom content or the content that your company is aligning with.
SMART MANUFACTURING HUB
To help position your company as a leader in the industry’s most advanced smart technologies, we have integrated SME and Smart Manufacturing to bring you a unique concept on the show floor: our Smart Manufacturing Hub. This hub will directly connect you with our exclusive, highly qualified show attendees looking for your smart technology solutions. This turnkey lead-generation program is customized around your content & thought-leadership, allowing you to reach a targeted audience.
CUSTOM SPEAKING
A Custom Speaking Event is your opportunity to create a custom event around your thought-leadership that will be integrated and featured within our event schedule. To help position your company as a leader in the industry’s most advanced smart technologies, we have a featured area within the show floor called the Smart Manufacturing Hub. This hub will directly connect you with our exclusive, highly qualified show attendees looking for your smart technology solutions and by capturing all the pre-registered and actual attendees, this is truly a turnkey lead-generation program customized around your content & thought-leadership. Each presentation is also recorded as well, allowing you to reach your targeted audience (both physically and virtually).
KEYNOTE
Align your company with manufacturing professionals by sponsoring a keynote or panel presentation at SME Events. Our presentations are highly recognized in the manufacturing industry and can provide great recognition to your company.
WEBINAR
Reach a targeted virtual audience, stand out as an industry leader and generate engaging leads with SME Media’s Exclusive Webinars. Present your educational, solutions-oriented message to qualified manufacturing professionals who seek the latest information on products, processes, and efficiencies or have your brand associated with a fully developed webinar.
SHOW SPECIAL
Provide a white paper or offer specific to your business to the show attendees. Offers are available through our online virtual event bag. Ads on virtual event bag site are available 30 days pre-show and 30 days post-show.
HOSPITALITY
Enhance your company’s brand recognition and image while fostering relationships with key and prospective customers by sponsoring a networking event or co-creating a custom hospitality event at a show.
Attendees will enjoy first-class food and drink as you network with AeroDef attendees, exhibitors and speakers.
- Monday Early Arrival Reception
- Tuesday Exhibit Floor Reception
- Tuesday Evening Off-Site Reception
- Wednesday Exhibit Floor Reception
MARKETING OUTREACH
Connect with an audience before, during or after any event by utilizing a variety of print or digital options such as email marketing, targeted list rentals, impression based retargeting programs, mobile app marketing, magazine, event directories, and more!
MOBILE APP
Your sponsor logo can be represented on the initial splash page of the mobile app. Choose to have your company represented in the mobile app. This will feature your logo and your company write-up and be displayed on the main menu of the app.
RETARGETING
Target event prospects and attendees while they search the internet and interact on social media. Use this opportunity to increase brand exposure and influence your online marketing campaign. Pre-show campaigns can help you increase your booth traffic and post-show campaigns help reinforce your message. You provide the ad creative, we take care of the rest!
BRANDING
Don’t just show up, stand out and highlight the presence of your company at an event by showcasing your brand in a high-traffic location or make your brand a destination by sponsoring a social lounge, café, or custom created area on the show floor.
BRANDED AREAS
Transform your brand into a featured destination on the event show floor by creating a branded area. This sponsorship opportunity allows you to showcase your brand (and message) in an unavoidable way by theming a customized event feature or sponsoring an established area at the event. Some of these themed destinations could be areas like: Theater, Café, Lounge etc.
BANNER/SIGNAGE ADS
Signage is an integral part of your brand positioning. Signage can be provided inside of the sponsored event. Your Logo and branding will be evident within and outside of the event space to assist with your company’s brand recognition.
SIGNAGE
| Signage Options | |
|---|---|
| Floor Logo – Create a large format ad on the carpet in the highest traffic areas including the entrance area and registration. | |
| Banners – Sponsor one of our show banners located throughout the event. | |
| Meter Boards – Sponsor a stand-alone banner with your company’s message and logo. | |
| Restroom Advertising – Choose to place your logo within one of the highest traffic areas at the event. | |
| Registration Maze Signs – While attendees wait in line, showcase your brand via our registration maze signs. | |
| Registration Bags – Strategically place your logo on our event bag and create visual interest with event attendees. | |
| Lanyards – Sponsor our lanyard distributed to all attendees holding attendee badges | |
| Back of Badges – Put your custom message and logo on the back of attendee badges | |
| Floor Sticker – 1st Time Exhibitor (Includes listing on 1st Time Exhibitor Meterboard) | |
| Floor Sticker – New Product (Includes listing on New Product Exhibitor Meterboard) | |
| Meterboard & Custom Floor Sticker (Meterboard will be placed in a high traffic common area) |
Please feel free to contact us for a consultative call. We pride ourselves on thinking outside the box and building custom marketing programs that truly meet our client’s individual, specific needs and accomplish their marketing priorities. We look forward to working with you at AeroDef 2020.
