Sponsor a hole in a golf tourney?

[Desk Jockey]

We do occasionally, this one was for the local realtor’s association, and proceeds go to a realtor relief fund.
We gave each participant a rope pen in the goodie bags and then gave out bottles of cold water, a coozie and a package of 10-blue tees at our hole to anyone that wanted them. It was a hot day so cold water was a hit although there were some that preferred something stronger even at 11:00 AM.

It was great!

A good time and some exposure. Will we actual get work from it? Probably not much but working on existing relationships and developing new ones.



Erin doing the hard work. ; )

 

[dealtimeman]

Dis you park a few of the big trucks in the parking lot?

 

[Desk Jockey]

No a Transit as you walked up to the country club entrance. Always get there early!

 

[Desk Jockey]

This is what she was giving out, blue tees with her card.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

We could have fun with your sign....

 

[Desk Jockey]

 

[Royal Man]

We could have fun with your sign....

Why would Chavez mount that sign over his bed?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Put it over the toilet...

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

I do holes at a couple golf outings like the humane society and claims association outing and a local youth hockey tournament.

 

[idreadnought]

So my question is how many people saw your hole sign and recieved your packages of goodies? Next question is how much was spent and how much time you spent to do it?

In marketing there is only one number that makes any sense, that is return on investment. Sometimes you can't directly put a return on investment, like a billboard, but you can get an idea of how much you spent per person that may have been exposed to it.

I have been approached before to do golf things and have always turned them down. First reason is that golf is dominated by men, not saying women dont' play but majority are women. Second these guys are there to play golf and not look to hire a carpet cleaner. And third your cost per person that is exposed to your company is really high (a dollar for a pen on a string, 50 cents for tees and 25 cents for water plus the cost of the sign)

 

[Desk Jockey]

There were 150 golfers plus a handful of other vendors, tournament admins and country club personnel. All golfers played the hole, some a little more under the influence than others.

I'd say the majority fit our target market, either a realtor, businessmen or just affluent. Dan's group included our accountant, insurance man, lease agent.

Costs averaged $3.45 per person. 100 pens @ $1.50, 3 cases water @ $6.00, 2 bags of ice @$2.00, 50 coozies (old stock) $1.00, 1000 blue tees @ $30.00, plastic envelopes @$1.50, Erin's business cards@$4.50, 5-hours Erins time $60.00, 2-hours Steve's time setup/ teardown $30.00 plus $100.00 hole sponsorship. The table, table cloth & chair are ours, the sign was provided as part of the hole sponsorship.

$518.00 is nothing to sneeze at but these are people we are trying to reach. Erin said she met several people she had been trying to reach but had never made it past the gate keeper. Here they were able to meet on another level and if anything they may feel they owe a debt of retroproscity.

For me the chance of getting work is good, a carpet job would pay for it

 

[Desk Jockey]

A carpet job could pay for it all but just one water loss and I'd be money ahead. Even more so if it were a Fire or mold remediation.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Plus richard does this every month somewhere, really not a 1x event. Parades, home shows,golf, etc.
It adds up.

Great way to get your name out there for a very low cost, imo.

 

[Chris A]

"retroproscity"

Outstanding use of a fake word my good man...

 

[Desk Jockey]

If you don't know it....just make it up!

Sounded good until you looked it up.

Reciprocity?

 

[dealtimeman]

Dang! Snap! He caught you Chavez! Know we are going to have to check everything you post.

 

[Desk Jockey]

 

[ruff]

Fookers!

Let it be known that the ESL community on MB is steadfast in its support of its native son.

Sir Richard may neither posses the full grasp of the English language subtleties nor its retroproscity, but is heart most certainly is in the right hole.

 

[Ron K]

Dang! Snap! He caught you Chavez! Know we are going to have to check everything you post.

What's his doctorate in??????

Oh yea "Dealtime" it's NOW not Know!

 

[dealtimeman]

No it is written exactly how I meant to write it. I wanted him to know, we are going to have to check everything he posts.

But I do understand how you messed up in comprehending what I wrote and it is completely understandable.

 

[Desk Jockey]

You guys are NOT nice.

I would never pick on ya'll!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

The headline of this thread subliminally resembles: sponsoring a Dennis Rodman in a golf tourney.

 

[XTREME1]

we do that every year for several charities but for two we pull out the stops and have secret prizes. People love it and everyone knows the Xtreme Carpet Cleaning holes. Between hidden drinks, oyster bar, and a stripper pole as a putter. If you do not know the bar is behind the bush you keep playing and it makes everyone look for my hole every year