Being an AiMA sponsor is a great thing to do AND it is great for your business! When you're an AiMA sponsor, you get:

• Brand recognition and reinforcement within Atlanta community with visible presence onsite at events and online
• Sponsors are credited with providing great events, content and networking opportunities among the extensive AiMA community
• Your support of AiMA helps our ability to execute educational initiatives that benefit the industry
• Your company name is presented before 1,078 Individual, 109 Corporate members
• AiMA distributes e-mails containing your company name or logo to more than 4,500 subscribers
• 5,000 unique visitors per month view AiMA’s website and see the names and logos of our sponsors throughout the site

Sponsorship Benefits at Events:

Attendees of AiMA events represent a cross-section of brand marketers, agencies, publishers, ad networks, portals, technology providers, industry consultants.

• Content Events (10 per year)
• Events are geared toward a specific topic that is impacting the industry at the time
• Attract 150-250 attendees on average
• Hospitality Events (one - two per year)
• Presented by all annual sponsors; events focused on networking with peers in the market
• Attract 200-300 attendees on average (our 2008 Holiday Party garnered 350+)
• Gala Events (one per year)
• 2009 AiMA Awards Gala, included prizes ceremony, food and drinks, and cocktail party at Fernbank Museum. 2008 AiMA Awards Gala was at Atlanta’s new W Hotel Midtown
• Attendance: 300 in 2009. (up from 250 in 2008, capped by W Hotel)

AiMA offers two sponsorship categories: Annual and Gold.

Sponsors receive highly visible recognition both online and on site in return for their sponsorship of the organization as a whole and of specific events and activities:

• 5,000 unique online visitors per month
• All sponsors receive logo placement on www.AiMA.org for the entire calendar year in which they are a sponsor
• Name mentions and corporate logos placed in event recaps and sponsor pages on the site
• Thought leadership through participation in industry expert blogs
• Newsletters and emails distributed prior to every event include mentions of sponsors to an email list of more than 4,500 subscribers
• Exposure in Facebook and LinkedIn groups (second largest IMA group in LinkedIn with over 3,200 members)

AiMA Annual Sponsors receive the following benefits:

• Presenting Sponsor of one content event
• Signage throughout venue (to be supplied by sponsor)
• Three-minute promotional speech at beginning of event
• Marketing material giveaway
• Ability to “man the door” (= invite as many guests as you want)
• Minimum of two email promotions/thank-you notes (total)
• Logo on any AiMA promotional materials throughout the year
• Logo inclusion on AiMA signage and/or wall projections at all events
• Logo on AiMA website (home page and Sponsors page), and in newsletter
• Mentions in AiMA Facebook group and LinkedIn group
• Sponsor of AiMA Awards Gala and Holiday Events
• 10 free tickets per Content Event
• 5 free tickets for AiMA Awards Gala and Holiday Party
• Right of first refusal for 2011 sponsorship renewal

Annual Sponsorship Cost: $12,500 (up to 10 sponsorships available)

Gold Sponsors receive the following ADDITIONAL benefits:

• AiMA Board representation
• Preference selection in AiMA internship and scholarship programs
• Named Scholarship awarded to one of two students selected by AiMA Board (Value: $5,000)
• Sponsorship of one SIG luncheon series (Special interest Group. Choices are: Analytics, Search, Mobile, or Social Media. Up to 4 meetings per year)
• 20 free tickets per Content Event 
• 10 free tickets for AiMA Awards Gala and Holiday Party
• Right of first refusal for 2011 sponsorship renewal

Gold Sponsorship Cost: $20,000 (up to four sponsorships available)