2011 Sponsorship Opportunities

Introduction to The Bees Awards

The Bees Awards are the 1st international awards for social media marketing. They reach out to the large audience of advertising, PR, digital marketing agencies, large brands and technology companies that lead our international economy.

As the marketing world looks to social media as its future route, The Bees Awards are the most important annual event in social media marketing. The annual seminar and award ceremony present the best practices of social media marketing under 23 categories. A jury of 20 world experts will judge the work coming from every continent. Details on the award ceremony will be announced soon.

VIDEO: The Bees Awards 2010

A unique programme of high-profile speakers and attendees, all gathering once a year in San Francisco, offering exceptional brand engagement and marketing opportunities for sponsors and partners.

The Bees Awards in Numbers

• Full day, 3 events
• 350 decision makers on site, over 1,500 online
• Social media brings the attention of the whole marketing industry, a 450 Billion dollars industry employing over 60 millions professionals worldwide.
• 22 media partnerships with leading marketing media around the planet
• 21 countries participate (2010)
• 74% of participants are large Brands (2010)
• Largest selection of social media marketing case studies
• 23 specialized categories
• 20 international judges
• 10 elite speakers
• Over 50 posts already covering the event
• Average time spent on website 3:04min
• Over 30,000 names of professionals

Benefits Of Sponsorship

• Associate your brand with a brand that attracts agency CEOs and prime marketing media partners
• Associate your brand with excellence in an active and rising industry
• Engage in-person with opinion leading experts, trendsetters and key decision-makers
• Reach the digital marketing community and brands directly
• Participate with a group deeply rooted in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley local economy who has regular contact with key players
• Spend your time with La Creme De La Creme worldwide
• Private meetings with agency decision makers and leading bloggers can be arranged
• Most importantly, learn about new techniques and the best social media marketing practices

Sponsorship Packages

• Official Presenter
• Seminar Presenter
• VIP Cocktail Presenter
• Category Sponsor (see categories)
• After-Party Presenter
• Official Limosine Sponsor
• Official Travel Partner
• Visibility Partner
• Product Demonstration Partner
• Private Apiary Club Membership
• Custom packages (upon request)

Press

"Social media marketing recognised as worldwide phenomenon by the 2011 Bees Awards" - CampaignBrief, Australia

"The Bees Awards, the first international social media marketing awards program" - Mashable, USA

"El primer concurso para profesionales del marketing en redes sociales" - ReadWriteWeb, Spain

"Bees Awards - " - MeiHua, China

"The Bees Awards would give due recognition and moments of glory to these individuals and organizations which have performed excellently in social media" - IndiaSocial

"Bees Awards - " - ICE, Israel

"Bees Awards, der er verdens første festival og award-show for markedsføring på sociale medier"- Huset Markedsføring, Denmark

"" - The Russian Association of Communication Agencies

"Los Bees Awards 2011 , un evento en donde se reconocerán a las mejores estrategia en redes sociales a nivel internacional para profesionales de la comunicación" - Merca2.0, Mexico

"Att Bees är den enda internationella tävlingen som fokuserar på sociala medier visar att detta nu är en etablerad plattform för kommunikation" - Dagens Media, Sweden

Testimonials

"The Bees Awards are on the cutting edge of recognizing social media excellence globally. They're here to stay and we'll be sponsoring this event for the second year in a row."

"We attended The Bees Awards last year and were impressed by the quality of the event and attendance. This year, we come back as a sponsor. We find in The Bees Awards a unique platform to introduce our new technology to marketing agencies and large brands. They also provide us with great insights on agency needs and brands' reality."

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