Benefits for Sponsors on the Gippsland Portal

We are seeking commercial support through an arrangement that provides unique value to sponsors of Gippsland.com and assists the promotion of the Gippsland region to the global audience of the internet.

The tangible benefits to sponsor organizations are:

• The promotion of ALL sponsorships and donations of your organization to the Gippsland community;
• The opportunity to promote the activities of the organizations you sponsor and to "tell their story" to Gippsland;
• The ability to link to your established website, and promote the role of your organization, your products and services at the internet focal point for Gippsland; and
• The ability to provide news, event information and other material to the readership of Gippsland.com.

Corporate Sponsorship Levels:

• Platinum (Monash Gippsland)
• Silver
• Bronze

Local Government Sponsors:

• Bass Coast (financial & in-principle)
• Baw Baw (financial & in-principle)
• East Gippsland (financial & in-principle)
• Latrobe (financial & in-principle)
• South Gippsland (in-principle)
• Wellington (financial & in-principle)

The Corporate Sponsorship Model

	Platinum	Silver	Bronze
$-Value Sought	$10,000	$5,000	$2,000
Number of Sponsors Sought	1	12	20
Front Page Banner Advertisement Gippsland.com’s front Page will carry banner advertisements for the sponsor categories (platinum, silver and bronze). The advertisement for the Platinum major sponsor will be displayed to every internet visitor. The advertisements for the Silver & Bronze Sponsors will be shared between visitor sessions (with equitable presentation of all sponsor logos). Each time the Portal is accessed the sponsor logo shown will in a rotation of the 10 (Silver) or 20 (Bronze) sponsors. Gippsland.com is able to provide sponsors with statistical information as to the number of times the sponsor’s materials have been displayed.	Yes	Yes (in rotation)	Yes (in rotation)
Dedicated News & Promotional Page (accessed from front page banner advertisement)	Yes
Download of News & Promotions to Gippsland.com Newsletter Gippslsand.com provides an emailed Newsletter to Subscribers on the 7th and 21st day of each month (24 editions per year). Promotional Material can be included in the newsletter for Gold & Silver Sponsors.	Yes	Yes
Sponsor Page – that: · promotes the sponsor organization, its role, services and/or products; and · profiles all of the regional sponsorships by the organization, providing a "value-add" to other (non Portal) sponsorships.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sponsored Organizations Directory The community organizations identified by the sponsor (above) will have access to an internet page that provides details to the role and activities of the organization at no cost (conditions apply)*		Up to 50 Community Organizations	Up to 20 Community Organizations
Hotlink to Web Page	Yes	Yes	Yes

* The organizations must be non commercial (strictly not-for-profit) community organizations. Gippsland.com will provide assistance with the initial development of web-content and up to three update per year. Gippsland.com will provide training assistance for two organization members per year to enable the organization to self maintain their material.

 Sponsors are sought on an annual basis.