For sponsors
Put your name on the night.
Every DSC night puts 200 to 500 young professionals in one room for four hours. Sponsorship gets your business in front of them before the night, during it, and in the photos afterward.
We are not selling banner space. The nights that work best for a sponsor are the ones where the sponsorship is part of the evening: the cocktail everyone is drinking, the lesson everyone takes, the photo everyone posts. Tell us what you are trying to get out of it and we will build something that fits.
Who is actually in the room
- Mostly mid-twenties to late thirties, working in and around DC
- 200 to 500 people a night, and roughly 6,000 across a year
- Split evenly enough between men and women that nobody notices
- People who dress for a theme, take photos all night, and tag us in them
- A mailing list and an Instagram following that hear about the night for weeks beforehand
What you can sponsor
- The whole night. Your name on the event, the page, the emails, and the signage, plus whatever you want to do on site.
- The band or the DJ. Announced from the stage, more than once, to a room that is paying attention.
- The bar or a signature drink. Your product in a few hundred hands, named on the menu.
- The dance lesson. Forty-five minutes at the start of the night when every single guest is looking the same direction.
- Something physical. A tasting table, samples, a giveaway, a photo backdrop. These tend to work better than logos.
What comes with it
- Your logo and a link on the event page and in the pre-event emails
- Mentions in our Instagram posts and stories in the run-up
- Signage at the event and mentions from the stage
- Photos from the night you are free to use
- Tickets for your team
Pricing depends on the night and what you want to do, and it ranges from a few hundred dollars for a single element to a full-night partnership. Smaller local businesses are welcome; some of the best sponsorships we have run cost very little and worked because the idea was good.
Tell us what you have in mind
A sentence or two is plenty to start. We will come back with a couple of options and what they would cost.
Prefer to just email? Reach us at info@dcsocialcollective.com, or call (571) 383-5995.