Thank you for considering to be a sponsor for Bead Cruise 2023! We are so excited to have you take part in this unique marketing opportunity and to help promote your business. We’ll be celebrating our 17th anniversary next year!
To sign up or for more information email BeadCruise@gmail.com
How It Works
In exchange for donating items for the gift bags we promote your ad in our annual Bead Cruise program that goes to every cruise participant. We also share online on our website, Facebook group and in other social media outlets. Our gift bags are presented during our first event on the cruise and we go through all the sponsors with a slide show featuring your ad.
Our participants are hobbyists, professional designers, instructors and even bead store owners! Your products are directly promoted to bead enthusiasts from the United States and Canada who love to discover new products and beads to use in their designs.
The Bead Cruise Program is a professionally printed full color mini-magazine with projects, tips and beading resources for our cruise attendees.
Here is our program from 2022: https://issuu.com/beadcruise/docs/bead_cruise_2022
Sponsor Levels
Bead Benefactors will donate 60-80 items for the attendees’ gift bags. 1/4 page color ad in the Bead Cruise Program, listed on our website and in our resources directory.
Bead Buddy will donate 6 or more items to be used as prizes during our events and will be listed on our website.
Thank you for your sponsorship, we are looking forward to a successful event!
Due Dates and Ad Specs
All gift bag items and prizes must be delivered by January 4th, 2023.
Bead Benefactors Ad Size:
1/4 Page, 2.75”w x 4.25”h
825x1250 pixels
Accepted ad files: JPG, TIFF or PDF.
Full color, no bleed, keep important information away from the edge of the borders.
Send the ad to BeadCruise@gmail.com
The print ad is due December 31st, 2022
If you need an ad created we can do a simple ad for a nominal fee.
We have full and 1/2 page ad space available, email for rates.
FAQs
1. What should I send?
We have a variety of offerings from sponsors from a single focal bead, to mini-kits, samples of products, etc. Some send the same thing for every bag, others send a variety. Some sponsors send overstock, others make items specifically for the cruise.
Send what you think would best represent your business! The goal is to help you create new customers!
2. How should I package my items?
We recommend your package include a business card. Sometimes companies include a promo code on their cards to use after the cruise. Small baggies, organza bags or items attached directly to a business card work well for gift bag items. Just make sure they can easily find you when they’re ready to buy more items from you!