As Manawatu's leading website design organisation, Spinning Planet believes in giving back to the community.  Each year Spinning Planet sponsors organisations through the supply of website services.  The objectives for sponsorship include:

The sponsorship amount represents the actual hours of work involved and the retail cost of our services.  Unlike other "in-kind" sponsorship; if Spinning Planet grants $2,000 worth of sponsorship to your organisation then it is $2,000 worth of work that would normally be allocated to our retail clients.

Measurement of Sponsorship Effectiveness

It's important to determine whether or not sponsorship is successful for both the sponsored organisation and Spinning Planet.  We measure sponsorship effectiveness in a number of ways:

1. Click-throughs from the sponsored organisation's website
2. Referrals from the sponsored organisation's website
3. Referrals from the sponsored organisation's staff
4. Display of Spinning Planet promotional materials at sponsored organisation's office or other designated location
5. Checks of sponsored sites and advertising material to ensure organisations are complying with sponsorship policies

*For continued sponsorship Spinning Planet requires positive results from each measurement.  The extent of which will be determined depending on the organisation and the level of sponsorship provided.

*To help both Spinning Planet and the sponsored organisation gain maximum advantage of sponsorship, a sponsorship package will be provided.  This will include a video about Spinning Planet, what we do and how organisations can continue receiving sponsorship or even increase it.

*Each year a competition will run between our sponsored organisations.  The organisation that refers the most clients to Spinning Planet will be awarded a prize such as increased sponsorship. This will be based on points awarded depending on performance measures listed above.

*For organisations who give more than one personal referral from staff (where that referral becomes a client with Spinning Planet), we will donate 10% of each referral back to the organisation.

*For organisations that fail to meet the minimum requirements, all sponsorship will be discontinued.  Organisations will be notified first and given a grace period to meet the minimum requirements.

Sponsorship Tiers

Organisation Requirements

In exchange for our sponsorship Spinning Planet requires brand exposure the the value of the sponsorship provided.  Minimum requirements include:

Minimum requirements for Tier 4:

• The Spinning Planet logo to appear on the bottom right hand side of the organisation's home page.
• There should also be a "Sponsors" section within the website where a "thank you" can be dedicated to those who have contributed to the organisation.  This is to include a link to the Spinning Planet website.

Minimum requirements for Tier 3:

Same as Tier 4 plus:

• A Spinning Planet poster should be visible within the entrance of the organisation.
• Small advertisement featured at the bottom of home and sponsor pages ("Click here to find out about web-hosting for your business") (Would you like a professional website like this?).
• Presentation of Spinning Planet business cards and leaflets at the front desk.
• Must have at least three examples of Spinning Planet promotion featured within shop/office (eg. poster(s), business cards, information leaflets)

Minimum requirements for Tier 2:

Same as Tiers 3 & 4 plus:

• Spinning Planet logo on promotional materials (eg. posters, carry bags, boxes etc)
• Presentation of Spinning Planet business cards and leaflets at any events that may be attended

Minimum requirements for Tier 1:

Same as Tiers 2, 3 & 4 plus:

• Mention of Spinning Planet in advertisements (eg. radio, tv)
• A 60 second speech/presentation at events

*If companies wish to continue sponsorship but do not require the amount of services provided previously, the organisation may change Tiers to suit their needs.  For example, a Tier 2 sponsored organisation may require the hosting, domain name and design of their website in the first year, however the next year they may simply wish to continue web-hosting and also add some modules to their website.  The organisation could therefore drop down to a Tier 3 sponsorship package.

*Spinning Planet must be allowed to mention the sponsored organisation within their website and/or promotional materials (eg. Spinning Planet are the proud sponsors of...)