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Why Sponsor the International Internet Marketing Association?

The International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) is a non-profit professional association that strives to be the leading source of information and education for all forms of Internet strategy, marketing, and communication. Our mission, as a community of Internet marketing professionals, is to bring together leaders and learners, who are passionately committed to innovation and excellence in digital marketing. IIMA supports its sponsors by providing networking and educational events targeting consultants, businesses, social capitalists, agencies, thought leaders and former business students all those using internet marketing as a vehicle to communicate. Sponsors are introduced to IIMA members and subscribers through programs that elevate awareness and highlight the utility of the sponsor’s products or services.

How do we do this?

IIMA has three different ways of communication.

Events:

Regularly scheduled evening education and networking events • Intensive one day workshops addressing highly specific digital marketing issues • Conferences that span the globe • A yearly business strategy-focused digital marketing intensive for senior decision makers

Community:

Our new website is designed to tighten our relationship with membership and the wider community of marketers. Sponsors and member have the opportunity to interact, post ideas and events, meet, interact, and benefit from hosted information aggregation, tools deployment and news.

Social:

Regularly scheduled small meetups so that individuals and entities can meet, chat, and discover commonalities to further the direction of their aims and ambitions.

As a sponsor, what can you expect as an ROI?

As an IIMA sponsor, you’ll have a highly targeted opportunity to build brand awareness, attract qualified prospects and recruit the top talent in our industry. Our members and clients will associate your brand with a name they can trust as IIMA is the leading source of information and education for all forms of Internet marketing and communications. Sponsor the International Internet Marketing Association today and be in front of leaders and learners in internet marketing and technology.

Connections to match with your goals

The International Internet Marketing Association attracts a highly targeted group of business professionals practicing internet marketing and related disciplines. Following is a list of the types of professionals you will be connecting with when you collaborate with our association:

Marketers currently using online marketing to enhance their brand and build their business
Direct Marketers interested in measurable integrated marketing and communications
Marketing Managers looking to learn more about Internet marketing
Web Site Managers
Web Site Developers and Development Companies involved in building an online presence for third parties
Agency managers seeking greater awareness of digital marketing’s’ practices and capabilities
Students from the marketing, online marketing, and communications disciplines from local colleges and universities.

Benefits that our sponsors enjoy

Reach over 4000 Internet Marketing Professional/month via our website at www.iimaonline.org and targeted weekly emails
Connect face-to-face with 35-60 qualified business professionals in attendance/event
Attract qualified leads to your business, and search engine optimization benefits collaborating through our social media platforms.
Attract potential employees, recruit through our network.
Generate brand recognition and 3rd party credibility by aligning yourself with a global industry leading association.

Types of sponsors

If you don’t see a listing here that matches, give us a call let us know more about your business.

Internet Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Web Development
- E-Commerce
- E-mail marketing (Exact Target)
- Data services (Lead411)
- Analytics
- Listening
Saas applications
- Search engines
- Dashboards
- Applications
Digital agency / creative agencies (Engine Digital)
Web hosting / infrastructure companies
Services based
- Marketing
  - Mobile marketing services
  - Event marketing services
  - Affiliate marketing services
  - Print marketing services
  - Graphic design
  - Web / Application programming
- Adversting
  - Trade publications
  - Magazine publications (Backbone Magazine)
  - Online publications (Techvibes, Mashable)
  - Newspaper publications (Business in Vancouver)
- Conferences
  - Venue partners
  - Product placement partners

Types of sponsorships

Global sponsor – events, conferences to entire membership database
Regional sponsor – events, conferences to subset of regional business territory
Local sponsor - local chapters, city by city basis
Event sponsor – host member only events sponsored by your company
Speaker sponsor – we have a database of speakers you can have represent your company at global conferences
Donations - as a non-profit organization we take donations
In kind sponsor – if you have a product / service you can donate to our cause

The process of becoming a sponsor

Submission of interest regarding your organization, size, location, product, services and level of engagement expected for our members.
Propose a member benefit that would create interest in your organization
Schedule a meeting with organization stake holders to discuss current marketing initiatives and have a brainstorming session to understand the measureable achieveable outcomes working together.
Submit media kit to the International Internet Marketing Association
Update corporate site with materials supplied from the International Internet Marketing Association
Official press release distributed regarding support for the International Internet Marketing Association
Attend our events