The Rational User Group Community is a network of over 91 User Groups around the world, comprising over 10,947 individual Rational Software customers.
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The Global Rational User Group community is the information and community hub for User Groups, Business Partners, IT professionals and business users. It is a forum to communicate and share experiences, ideas, solutions, and technical expertise related to the use of Rational family of products and related products and services. Sponsoring the On-line Community provides you with an opportunity to:
- Broaden your exposure among a highly targeted audience of Rational Software users, developers and IBMers
- Improve time to market
- Promote Brand recognition
- Decrease cost of sales and Increase revenue
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Sponsors of other IBM Software Group User Group Communities have said:
"Sponsoring the Rational User Group Web page has provided Catalyst Systems with valuable exposure to the Rational User Community. Without it, Catalyst Systems Corporation would need to place repeated advertisements in major publications, and still may not achieve the same results"
- Tracy Ragan, CEO Catalyst Systems Corporation
Sponsorship Program Details
Website Sponsorship - NEW Your Company's Logo Now on Every Page !
- Annual Cost - $5,000/year
- Positioning - Top right hand corner of the Rational-ug.org site:
- Above the fold
- Rotating logos at page refresh
- Logo Size requirements - Approximately 80 Pixels max. Width - 40 Pixels max. Height. All logos are approximately the same size
- Brief description of your company's Rational activities (approx. 50 words)
- Clickable link to Sponsorship page presenting all sponsors with further links via pop-up to each Sponsors' site (Rational applicable section)
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- User Group Meeting Support (Great Value!)
- Your brand marketing sponsorhip includes having your company's name and a contact person listed in the Rational User Group Leader's area as willing to sponsor, host, or speak at local UG meetings. Typically UG Leaders ask for food for about 35 - 50 members (approx. $150.00) and/or a venue. In return UG Leaders allow vendors to talk for about 10 min to "get their message out" to the local membership.
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Newsletter
- Featured Sponsor - 1 Featured Sponsor per newsletter
- 3 monthly issues - $1200 - non-sequential months (negotiable with GI) Positioning - Located at the top of the newsletter
- Logo Size - Approximate width 80 pixels, max height 40 pixels.
- Brief description of your company's Rational activities (approx. 50 words)
- Clickable logo to sponsors' site
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- Sponsor
- 3 monthly issues - $150
- Positioning - Bottom section of the newsletter
- Logo Link to the sponsors' site
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Regional Sponsor
Regional Sponsors will be listed in our leaders section of our website, which will provide a central place for our leaders to find companies willing to offer support for their regional meetings. Several companies have already established relationships with some of our regional groups and have provided one or more of the following:
- Donate food & beverages for a meeting
- Donate door-prizes
- Provide a venue for meetings
Why should you become a regional sponsor? If you are a regional sponsor you can work with the user group leader to have your company listed on their user group page and/or give an overview of your company at the regional meeting. If you are interested in having your company name and your contact information listed in our leaders section of our website please email info@rational-ug.org. Please provide us with your company name, contact name, email address, and regions where your company would be willing to be a sponsor.
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| Available to - Any company engaged offering or supporting Rational products, services or solutions - ISVs, Solution Providers, Global and Regional System Integrators, VADs, VARs, Training/Certification Providers, Consultants, Media/Analysts, etc.
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NEWRational Software Community Vendor Zone
The purpose of this zone is to make available to the Rational Software Global User Group Community, information from Rational vendors.
The objective is to create a direct link between members and vendors to better facilitate the exchange of this related information.
Vendor Zone Program
- Annual Cost - $2,500/year
- Dedicated Web page
- Company logo
- Contact information
- Company Description
- Solutions/Products/Services Descriptions
- News
- Events
- Collaboration services - future
- Content managed/entered by vendor
- Vendor news aggregated on Community home page with other vendors - rotated based on most recent entries
- Community logo on Vendor site
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Global Rational Community Webcast
Great Opportunity:
- Promote your webcast to the largest collection of 11,000 + Rational professionals around the world
- Generate new relationships and potentially new leads
- Follow up and interact with webcast attendees
Features:
- Audio and Web-based
- Audience polling option
- Recorded sessions for archiving
- Other interactive features include, conducting private and public chats, creating banners and chat messages instantly to communicate to the entire audience, and pushing the audience to any URL on the Internet (i.e. your Web site).
Promotion:
- Your webcast posted on the RUG events page
- Included in the RUG community monthly newsletter
- Email sent to the RUG Leaders
Cost - $2,750 per 60 minute session
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Contact:
Group Intelligence administers the Rational User Group Community and Sponsorship Program will invoice on behalf of the Rational UG Community. Please contact Group Intelligence at info@rational-ug.org
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