Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities
The Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce presents a diverse agenda of programs and events each year to benefit its member companies and to promote and inform the Sioux Falls area business community. Many Chamber activities offer excellent opportunities for member companies to enhance their own image in the business community by putting their names before a target audience of local business people.
Your support enables the Chamber to offer a greater number of quality programs and special events, while your business benefits from increased exposure as an active participant in the advancement of this area’s business community.
Consider sponsoring one or more of the Chamber activities described below, Call (605) 336-1620,
email the Chamber or contact the appropriate staff person for more information about any of the events below:
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sioux Falls Day at the Legislature  
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When: February
Occurs: Annual Event
Schedule: All Day in Pierre
Number of attendees: Approximately 150
Sponsorship opportunities: Ice Cream Social Sponsors (limited) and other supporting sponsors (unlimited)
Benefits: Recognition in electronic publications Legislative Lookout, Quickly, Chamber News, on table tents the day of the event, in participants’ packets, on signage at the luncheon and at the ice cream social. Also, Ice Cream Social sponsors receive extra recognition on aprons and signage at “their table” during the social.
Staff Contact: Sara Weber
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| Legislative Coffees
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When: January and February, four coffees featuring area legislators
Occurs: Annual Event
Schedule: 10-11:30 a.m., Holiday Inn City Centre
Number of Attendees: Approximately 200 per coffee
Sponsorship opportunities: Unlimited
Benefits: Recognition in Legislative Lookout, Quickly, Chamber News, on table tents at each of the events
Staff Contact: Amy Smolik
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| Legislative Hosting
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When: Held during the summer every other year
Occurs: Annual event
Number of attendees: Approximately 20 legislators from across the state attend various events throughout the weekend with various community and Chamber leaders
Sponsorship Opportunities: $1,000; $500 and $250 (unlimited at each dollar figure)
Benefits: Your business logo in the invitation mailed out to all legislators, your business name and/or logo on all signage at the breakfast and lunch events; opportunity to provide marketing materials to attendees of the hosting; opportunity to network with legislators and community leaders at the breakfast and luncheon
Staff Contact: Sara Weber
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| Sioux Empire Farm Show
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When: Generally the last week of January
Occurs: Annual Event
Number of attendees: 30,000 (from across the region)
Sponsorship Opportunities: Cash awards and trophies, Sale of Champions Auction participants; costs range from $25-$10,000
Benefits: Varies with sponsorship; includes recognition in the Farm Show catalog, signage; for “buyers” at the Sale of Champions, includes recognition in ads in the Tri-State Neighbor, Chamber News and Argus Leader, as well as at the Agri-Business Division Annual Meeting; all buyers receive a photo of them with the producer to which they paid a monetary premium
Advertising opportunities: Banners hung during the show cost $200 and are provided by the business
Staff Contact: Cindy Christensen
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| Ag Appreciation Day
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When: Held on Wednesday during the Sioux Empire Fair
Occurs: Annual Event
Number of attendees: approximately 6,000 area farmers/ranchers
Sponsorship opportunities: Cash sponsors starting at $150
Benefits: Opportunity to serve food/volunteer the day of the event; recognition in an ad in the Argus Leader and in Chamber News
Staff Contact: Cindy Christensen
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| Membership Mixers
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Occurs: Monthly event
Schedule: Typically the second Tuesday of each month, 5-6:30 p.m.
Number of attendees: Average is 300
Sponsorship opportunities: Corporate sponsor for each monthly event; booth sponsorships available at the June and November events
Benefits: Inclusion with logo and location information on six-month notification calendar sent to entire Chamber membership; announcements in Chamber News and Quickly publications, exclusive email reminders to Chamber members; speaking opportunity at Mixer event
Mixer sponsors are full until 2012
Staff Contact: Pat Lund
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| Operation Thank You
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When: One-day event generally held in late October or early November
Occurs: Annual Event
Number of attendees: Audience/typical number of attendees 300-plus volunteers calling on 2,000 Chamber member businesses
Sponsorship opportunities: $150
Benefits: Logo inclusion on printed program and banner at event; business name listed in Chamber News and Quickly publications
Amount of sponsorships available: Unlimited
Staff Contact: Pat Lund
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ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES
| Chamber News
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Published: First Monday of each month; mailed to members and inserted in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Circulation: Approximately 36,000
Advertising: Coordinated through the Argus Leader; a variety of modular sizes are available in black and white and four-color. You must be a Chamber member to advertise. Call the Argus Leader for rates: (605) 331-2355.
Staff Contact: Amy Smolik
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| Sioux Falls Community Guide and Chamber Membership Directory
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Published: In the fall each year
Circulation: 8,000 copies of the Community Guide and 4,000 copies of the Directory are published; they are hand-delivered to Chamber members at a one-day event called Operation Thank You (see above)
Advertising: Coordinated with the Argus Leader; advertising closes in July
Staff Contact: Amy Smolik
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| Quickly
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Published: Weekly electronic bulletin emailed to Chamber members and their employees
Circulation: Approximately 4,500
Advertising: Coordinated through Chamber staff; sponsorships are available for each edition with non-profit and for-profit rates
Staff Contact: Sara Weber
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Published: on the Members Only* page of the Chamber’s website (www.siouxfallschamber.com)
Advertising: FREE for any Chamber member who wants to participate
*You’ll need a log-in and password to access this portion of the website
Staff Contact: Pat Lund
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| Young Professionals Network Perks
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