As a Community Interest Company (CIC), we offer advertising opportunities and consultancy services with all profits re-invested in helping local sport for development charities and organisations increase awareness and investment for their amazing work.
The following advertising and content opportunities are provided by the ConnectSport website [connectsport.co.uk] and social media channels…
1) Suppliers’ directory: Your company listed on the ConnectSport directory of suppliers for 12 months. The directory lists suppliers and services supporting the sport for development sector, with each organisation receiving its own page which we can help to populate.
2a) Banner advert (for one month): Your company advertised on the homepage of ConnectSport (subject to availability). Banner advert clicking through to required website or specific web page.
2b) Banner advert (for three months) plus article: Your company advertised on the homepage of ConnectSport for three months (subject to availability), linking through to article explaining your services and how they have helped sport for development organisations.
2c) Banner advert (for six months) plus article: Your company advertised on the homepage of ConnectSport for six months (subject to availability), linking through to ‘advertorial’ article explaining your services and how they have helped sport for development organisations.
3a) Advertorial: One-off article drafted by ConnectSport, with input and sign-off from you. This will be marked as advertorial. This could be an article explaining how your company helps sport for development organisations, eg with case studies and examples, or could be a one-off story about your work with one particular organisation. All content can be used on your own channels, or in media where required. Examples of advertorial:
- Sporting Capital: 'Clock is ticking' for sport's big social investment opportunity
- 4Global: Datahub helps foundation to flourish
- Govox: How rugby spawned mental health indicator system
- Crowdfunder helps community sport to strike back
- Insure4Sport: Helping you to help others
3b) Advertorial series (three articles): Series of articles planned and drafted by ConnectSport, with input and sign-off from you, and released over time. This will be marked as advertorial. Featuring on ConnectSport social media channels and newsletter. All content can be used on your own channels, or in media where required.
3c) Advertorial series (six articles): Series of articles planned and drafted by ConnectSport, with input and sign-off from you, and released over time. This will be marked as advertorial. Featuring on ConnectSport social media channels and newsletter. All content can be used on your own channels, or in media where required.
4) Newsletter: Articles and content described above to be included in the ConnectSport weekly newsletter. Examples of newsletter:
- 'Our fear is losing the progress we have made'
- Charities and governing bodies unite for project
- United back campaign to tackle loneliness
- Sport for all? Campaign targets ethnicity gap
- Goodgym celebrates decade of good deeds
5) Social media: We’ll help you build a series of compelling key messages to guarantee engagement and build your brand.
We also provide the following consultancy services...
6) Content: We provide compelling content to bring your mission and brand to life. We will review your website or newsletter, and refine your key messaging. We provide compelling case studies and news stories which highlight voices of lived experience and demonstrate your impact and value to key audiences. And we’re experts at crafting powerful ‘thought leadership’ content and ghost-writing hard hitting first-person blogs for senior executives. Examples of 'thought leadership' content:
- Upshot CEO: Measure your impact, prove your value
- StreetGames: Q&A on commission on sport and low-income neighbourhoods
- Dallaglio: 'It's time to trust our young people'
- Youth Sport Trust CEO: The role of sport for development in education
- Offload: Using sport to re-design interventions for at-risk men
7) PR: Press release compilation and distribution. We’ll find the angle which will make your story stand out from the rest and secure coverage with target media. As experienced journalists, we can help you build relationships with key media and help you respond quickly and efficiently to the news agenda and what’s trending. You can trust us to spot news or feature opportunities, and pull together your assets to ensure positive, impactful coverage. Examples of PR:
- BBC Radio 5 Live: How sport for development can support communities and individuals in need
- Daily Telegraph: If we do not support our kids now the cost to society will be huge
- Minister hails Sporting Capital Fund
- Sky Sports: Open Goal campaign launched by Sport for Development Coalition
- Sky Sports: Meet the youngest chair of the London Youth Games
8) Impact and annual reports: Let us bring your impact data to life! We’ll find the right mix of qualitative and quantitative data, blending impactful case studies with statistics to demonstrate your progress to funders and influence potential investors. We’ll craft compelling thought leadership content to help you stand out from the rest, and manage the whole process from initial planning to design and publication, to sharing with key stakeholders and on social media.
9) Events: Got a big announcement or event coming up soon? We’ll work with you to engage with key audiences and excite them about what’s in store – during the build-up, on the day and in the weeks or months that follow. We’re experts at keeping the conversation going long after the event has closed, and keeping your profile high year-round.
All prices on application. Contact us today...
The ConnectSport CIC and this website are managed by former national journalists and media executives. Founder Simon Lansley was sports editor and director at the UK’s national news agency, before moving into the sport for development sector. Over the last decade he has worked with a wide range of charities, sports bodies, governments and networks both in the UK and globally.
Examples of all products and services can be provided. To find out more and create the right package for your company, contact hello@connectsport.co.uk
Please note: All paid-for services listed on this Rate Card are produced by experienced journalists and content creators contracted by ConnectSport. No students from our University training programmes are involved. Any exception to this would be clearly communicated to their University and the client, and they would be remunerated.
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