sponsorship opportunities

To Our Prospective Sponsors and Corporate Exhibitors:  

It’s that time again! Time to make your plans to participate in one of the best targeted marketing events in the Houston metro area - HOUSTON BLACK EXPO 2008! At this annual and widely-popular marketing tradeshow, there will be over 250 small businesses, over 40 major corporations and government agencies, and an anticipated 20,000 consumers in attendance, including the masses that annually travel to city of Houston from locales throughout Texas to visit the Black Expo.

The African American community in these United States generates over $500 billion in revenues each year. This is equal to the gross national product of the ninth largest country in the world – Canada! HOUSTON BLACK EXPO 2008 will be the premiere activity in the Houston area’s African American community, offering companies an opportunity to reach this very lucrative, but often overlooked and undervalued market.

If your corporation emphasizes quality, values diversity and recognizes that these values go hand-in-hand with profitability, we look forward to working with you as a sponsor of HOUSTON BLACK EXPO 2008! Our organization will work closely with you to put together a plan that will ensure that your target marketing goals are met through the event so that you can maximize the return on your corporate contribution and so that our Expo attendees can be exposed to socially-responsible companies like yours that value the African American dollar. We know that your sponsorship experience will be a very positive one, for the vast majority of our sponsors return to support the Expo year after year!

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

Title Sponsor $75,000
Presenting Sponsor $60,000
Entertainment Stage Sponsor $45,000
Corporate Sponsor $35,000
Associate Sponsor $25,000
HBE Partner $15,000
HBE Patron $10,000

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sponsorship benefits

Reinforce your brand and support the community that you serve
as a sponsor of the Houston Black Expo!

There are a number of opportunities for sponsorship of our various Expo pavilions!

  • Expo Kitchen & Food Demo Pavilion
  • Technology Pavilion
  • Auto World Pavilion
  • Wealth Building Pavilion
  • Homeownership Pavilion
  • Health & Wellness Pavilion
  • Heritage & Freedom Pavilion
  • Career Opportunities Pavilion
  • Expo Kids Zone
  • Fashion, Fitness & Retail Pavilion
  • Media & Communications Pavilion
  • Youth, Education & College Fair Pavilion
  • Transportation, Travel & Hospitality Pavilion

Contact our office to see learn how your business or corporation can benefit from sponsorship of one of these popular areas today.

2008 Sponsors

success stories

To connect with the community that you serve and build your companies brand equity, click here for the 2008 sponsor packet!

Could all these sponsors be wrong?

“The Houston Black Expo provides an unparalleled opportunity for Nationwide to reinforce our brand to thousands of consumers. We have been a corporate sponsor for three straight years, and we are happy to support their outreach efforts within the community.”

- Latayne Bruce-Simpson, Marketing Campaign Specialist, Nationwide Insurance



“Washington Mutual truly believes in giving back to the community and supporting outreach efforts such as Houston Black Expo. We fully support them and their efforts, and we appreciate the opportunity to reinforce our brand to thousands at their annual event.”

- Sharon Phillips, First Vice-President, Washington Mutual


“H-E-B has been the title sponsor of the Houston Black Expo since year one, and as a result, we have seen a significant increase in customer count and sales. Sponsorship of this event helps H-E-B to reinforce our strong commitment to small businesses and support for the local communities we serve.”

- James Harris, Director of Supplier Diversity, H-E-B


“Diversity and inclusiveness are a major focus at Shell, and we value the opportunity to support efforts that represent that focus in Houston such as the Houston Black Expo. Though we do not seek a specific benefit from sponsorship, it inherently helps reinforce our commitment to the Houston community.”

- Hasting Stewart, Vice-President, Shell Foundation

demographics

Who is a typical expo attendee?

The average Expo attendee was calculated as a result of registrations for the Houston Black Expo received online through www.houstonblackexpo.com and through registration kiosks at the entry of the Houston Black Expo tradeshow on Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th, 2007.

Houston Black Expo Attendees

To connect with the community that you serve and build your companies brand equity, click here for the 2008 sponsor packet!

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