We are a
fast growing global community of business professionals and volunteers. We provide FREE advise, education,
mentoring and turnkey cause-related partnership marketing programs to youth sports
teams, clubs and organizations. We volunteer our time to non-profit
youth sports organizations. We are committed to increase awareness for
sports-related causes and help organizations raise much needed funds.
Our independent associates incorporate charitable planning into their
business. They embrace the concept that winning companies do not only
provide strong returns to their shareholders but also share their
successes with youth sports community. They are very proud of their
efforts. While companies and professionals benefit financially,
philanthropy also enhances team building in their companies.
We have over
a decade of experience. Our unique approach and obvious passion make an
impact everyday - everywhere around the world. We are proud of our
contributions. We are making a difference.
Why you should join?
It's all about relationships. Our associates leverage their time and expertise in unique ways. Participation affords you the opportunity to connect with youth sports community and business leaders, while giving back to community in which you live and work.
You can meet leaders and work with athletes whom you probably would not have met through other business networking and volunteer activities. You can showcase your success, what you are doing and help your businesses grow at the same time.
SportSOS Business Alliance offers many opportunities for anyone who wants to join. Get involved. You'll be glad you did. You too can be in the spotlight!
Here's how you can get involved.
Start by volunteering with local youth sports organizations as a Sport-SOS mentor, advisor or a business coach
Sponsor FREE educational programs that are geared toward athletes and their families
Offer FREE seminars, team building programs, leadership and career development tips
Discuss about how athletic skills can contribute to athletes' success in the business world - beyond the playing field
Coach youth athletes how to become future employees and employers
Teach practical applications of what it takes to volunteer or run a successful business or sports program
Talk about life and leadership
Bring other local business leaders together in your community
Our mission is to inspire, identify and empower companies, leaders and professionals. We bring them together to take action.
We are
dedicated helping non-profit youth sports organizations develop
successful enterprise ventures. Such ventures provide a non-profit with
an unrestricted earned-income stream that supports the organization's
work and leads to greater independence and financial stability.
Considering
enterprise initiatives is one way that the Sport-SOS® community can
remain vibrant, creative and successful. We are committed to being a
catalyst for this vision.
It is amazing what a community of committed people can do!
Our Goal
Increase awareness for worthy causes
Help non-profit youth sports partners raise much needed funds through partner programs
Connect non-profit and for-profit communities, companies, organizations and individuals
Communicate direct to affinity memberships and high-value clients through youth sports partner programs
Provide FREE education and ongoing support to non-profit youth sports organizations around the world
Create and manage co-op partnership awareness, fundraising and marketing programs
Deliver youth sports related news, reports and email alerts
Develop cause-related consumer products, services and marketing programs with our key partners
Create new opportunities for all partners
Independent Business Associates
Share their business expertise with youth sports community
Deliver customized tie-in marketing programs, goods and services to non-profit youth sports organizations
Help
non-profits and their memberships, charities, affluent, high-net-worth
and ultra-high-net-worth individuals & families, individual and
corporate donors plan and select products & services that meet
their specific requirements
Acquire most of their unique clientele through word-of-mouth recommendations and cause-related partner programs
Build partnerships with non-profits, their memberships and philanthropists locally, regionally, nationally and globally
Are committed to increase awareness for youth sports related causes
Donate a percentage of their cause-related fundraiser program revenues direct to our non-profit and charity partners
The Benefits of Cause-Related Marketing?
Embracing a cause makes good business sense. Nothing
builds brand loyalty among today's increasingly hard-to-please consumers like a
company's proven commitment to a worthy cause. Other things being equal, many
consumers would rather do business with a company that stands for something
beyond profits.
Cause-related approach adds powerful marketing edge and
can become a cornerstone of your marketing plan. Your cause-related marketing
activities should highlight your company's reputation within your target market.
They can also positively differentiate your company from your competitors and
provide an edge that delivers other tangible benefits, including increased
sales, visibility, customer loyalty, enhanced company image and positive media
coverage.
By choosing a cause that you are passionate about,
cause-related marketing is emotionally fulfilling. It's a way to merge your
profit center with your "passion center" and build a business that mirrors your
personal values, beliefs, and integrity. If your cause also resonates with your
target market, your activities will generate tremendous goodwill with media
attention as its side effect.
Cause-Related Partner Programs
Sport-SOS®
serves over 40 million youth sports enthusiasts in North America alone.
Sport-SOS® sponsored partnership programs afford a multitude of
possibilities for new and existing business associates. Companies can
join SportSOS today and start promoting cool products and services
direct to youth sports-related consumer market.
Sport-SOS®
partner programs provide funding for awareness, education and
communications initiatives that benefit non-profits, youth athletes and
their families around the world. Every time a consumer purchases a
product or service from one of our preferred business associates, their
purchase will benefit a specific worthy cause, non-profit organization
or a charity.
Our
independent business associates make it easy, fast and convenient for a
consumer to regularly make a difference – everywhere around the world.
Individuals
and companies are invited to join Sport-SOS® Alliance. As our associate,
you are indicating your belief in the youth sports and your desire to
increase awareness for worthy youth sports-related causes and help much
needed funds for non-profits.