How to Donate or Buy Media

The Media Auction is the largest fundraising component of The Windy City Biz Bash. Thanks to our generous media donors, bids can start at 30-40% of opening rates. The proceeds from the Biz Bash Media Auction fund the BMA Chicago education, operations, programming and events. For more information on the Biz Bash Media Auction, please contact Marla Schrager.

2011 Media Deals to Date

Donation	Donor	Value
"Junior Page" Black & White (up to 5 column x 18”, 9.02” x 18”, 90 column inches) in the US edition of The Wall Street Journal. Must be incremental to current campaign.	The Wall Street Journal	$165,963
(One) full-page color ad in Bloomberg Businessweek Global edition (Ratebase=900,000). Must be incremental to current campaign and not a replacement unit. Must run by 12/31/11.	Bloomberg Businessweek	$118,575
One (1) FORTUNE North America ad page (P4C or P4CB). Must be incremental to current schedules. Must run by 12/31/11. Not subject to agency discount. No positioning guaranteed.	Fortune	$124,500
One Leaderboard placement sizes 300x250 and 728x90, 20,000 ROS banners	CNNMoney	$20,000
One full-page, 4-color print adverstisement within the December issue of Food Processing.	Putnam Media	$7,599

How It Works

If you are a corporate marketer, media buyer, or advertising agency—make a bid!

We are able to offer these rates because of the generous donations given by the publishers and media companies. In many cases, the opening bid can be 30%-40% off open rates. It’s a great way to stretch your campaigns and budget in this economy. Whether you are in the Chicago area or not, you can bid! First come, best bid wins!

An extra bonus — if you are looking for specific media to buy let us know! We will contact the publisher and negotiate on your behalf!

If you are a publisher of online, offline or other media

Please contact us to contribute donated media space to the BMA Windy City Biz Bash. You may donate printed ad space, online banners or ads, integrated online/offline programs, digital billboards, transit advertising, airport advertising, network/cable television ads, radio advertising, etc. Any media that targets B2B markets is perfect. Coverage may be regional or national. Although we prefer that the bidder have 12 months from purchase to use the placement, we understand and agree if you need to limit it to implementation within the calendar year.

We will publish and auction your contribution off to the highest bidder. Any purchases made by bidders are in addition to any contracts or schedules that may already be in place with your company. You also retain permission to accept or reject any bid based on the parameters of your publication or online requirements.