Discussions

Are there any products/brands out there that will sponsor smaller races with product?
Posted: Feb. 16, 2024
How do you structure your sponsorship programs? What do your sponsors get for their contributions?
Posted: Jan. 19, 2024
If you print sponsors on your shirts, do you send each sponsor a shirt?
Posted: Jan. 12, 2024
Any recommendations to go about getting sponsors for a charity 5k in the US under 500 participants?
Posted: Jan. 5, 2024
Can you share an example of a contract for a title/naming sponsor?
Posted: Dec. 22, 2023
Those of you that pay someone to acquire your sponsors, what's a fair percentage share?
Posted: Dec. 15, 2023
Any innovative activation ideas to propose to our local running store sponsors?
Posted: Dec. 15, 2023
Do we give a thank you gift to our sponsors? It's a fundraiser for a nonprofit.
Posted: Nov. 10, 2023
Is there a rule of thumb of what to charge sponsors given the size of a race? We don't want to shoot our foot by asking more than the exposure is worth to a sponsor.
Posted: Nov. 3, 2023
Do you have sponsors write checks or is there a good online platform to use to have sponsors pay online?
Posted: Oct. 13, 2023
I'm curious if anyone has ever had non-business sponsorships for events?
Posted: Sept. 8, 2023
A family just reached out to me who would love to honor the life of a past participant of our race with a large donation. Any creative ideas with memorial sponsorship that would honor their loved one?
Posted: Aug. 25, 2023
Is it recommended to put the year of your race on the runner shirts, or just the name of the race, sponsors, etc?
Posted: Aug. 17, 2023
I’m wondering if I should consider hiring a race director to do our race marketing and sponsorship.
Posted: Aug. 17, 2023
Are any of you currently offering successful sponsorships in the realm of social media?
Posted: July 14, 2023
Can you share some examples of your sponsorship tiers amount and benefits?
Posted: July 14, 2023
We are looking at revamping our sponsorships for our 5k/10k. How do you break down sponsors for your races?
Posted: July 14, 2023
We don’t really have a good idea how much we should be asking for in sponsorships. Does anyone have any advice or can you point me to resources on what we should be asking for and offering in return?
Posted: July 7, 2023
Does anyone limit the amount of sponsors you accept?
Posted: July 7, 2023
Simple question of etiquette. Do you write up "Thank you" letters for you sponsors? In the age of email, is it good enough to email them?
Posted: March 23, 2023

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