How Many Ways Could Your Business Benefit from Exposure to Hundreds of Real Estate Investors, Landlords, and Business Owners? Become an OREIA Vendor!

If you’ve got a product or service designed to benefit small business owners, renovators, home sellers, landlords, or real estate professionals or wannabes of any kind, we’ve got an opportunity designed to benefit YOU.

The Ohio Real Estate Investors Association (OREIA) holds the nation’s oldest and largest real estate investing convention and expo in Columbus, Ohio in the fall of each year..

This event, which drew more than 700 investors from all over the United States in 2008, is unlike anything your company has ever been exposed to. The education is real, the excitement is real, and the chance for you to interact with hundreds of serious, qualified investors over the course of 3 days (or longer, depending on the package you choose!) is incredible.

“Vending year after year at OREIA has continuously put our organization in front of our end user- thousands of qualified real estate investors. Each year, OREIA exceeds our expectations in terms of vendor treatment and handling… Pre-show advertising is also top-notch with OREIA. Additionally, their popular ice cream social with the vendors provides much appreciated networking time with the attendees at the show.”—Jeff Desich, principal, Equity Trust Company (self-directed retirement plans)

OREIA’s attendees represent a cross-section of investors and landlords nation wide. You’ll meet old pros and wide-eyed newbies; people who invest in single family homes, apartments, mobile homes, and commercial properties; people who buy to sell, buy to lease/option, and buy to rent. Each and every one owns a home-based business.

And they all look to OREIA, in part, to expose them to the vendors who will provide them with the products and services that will make their lives easier and their businesses more profitable. If you provide such a product or service on a regional or national scale, we guarantee that our attendees will be excited to learn more about what you have to offer.

Whether you provide money to buy or renovate properties, tax or 1031 exchange services, building materials, management or evaluation software, marketing for investors, property insurance, small business services or support, health insurance for the self-employed, or any of the hundreds of other things OREIA attendees need and buy each year, it’s sure to be a profitable 3 days for you and your company.

OREIA’s 2009 Conference and Expo takes place November 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati, Ohio. Space is really limited in our new location. In the past we’ve had room for 40 or more vendors but space is really limited in our new location. Only 25 vendors can attend. There’s never been a year when this expo hasn’t SOLD OUT early, and with the reduced space they won’t last long, so figure out which vendor package best suits your business, and sign up today!

You know your product; we know how to expose it to our members and attendees. In fact, OREIA offers you 2 different ways to show our audience all the benefits your company offers—you simply choose the package that works best for your particular product or service.

Since our Sponsor package costs less than, say, running a 1/8th page, non-targeted display ad in the city paper or mailing 5,000 letters to a purchased list (and since our attendees are sooooo much more qualified to be customers of your business!) getting one of these packages is clearly a great use of your marketing/sales dollar. But which package you choose should be based on the ways in which you’ve observed your product or service sells best. Tell us which of these marketing methods work well for you, and we’ll show you which package to choose:

“I like using display ads to sell my product”

. “The annual OREIA expo is one that I never miss. The setup is great for us, because we’re right out in the flow of traffic instead of stuck off in some separate room where no one ever comes. Plus, there’s no other event in the country that puts so many actual investors who need property insurance in front of us year after year. Between the potential clients we meet on-site, the leads we get from the marketing OREIA does, and the word of mouth from people who meet us there, we always find the OREIA expo to be extremely profitable—Tim Norris, Norris & Associates Insurance”

How much would it cost you to buy a display ad in your city paper? $5,000? $20,000? more? And how many of the readers of that paper are really and truly prospective customers? So how much would it be worth to you to know that more than 20,000 qualified prospects would view your ad, and that many of them would even keep it for reference?

When you become an OREIA vendor (and submit your ad no later than September 1st!) you automatically become an advertiser in our 24-page convention “catalog” at no additional charge. This catalog contains our convention schedule and Expo ads, and is mailed to more than 20,000 investors in late September PLUS sent to more than 50 real estate associations throughout the country for distribution at their meetings.

In fact, investors look forward to our catalog year after year, and even call to request it. Our attendees even report that they keep it for future reference to the vendors and service providers—that’s you!

Available at: all levels, when ad is submitted in print-ready form by 8/11/09
Sponsor Level—Full page ad (approx. 8” x 10.5”)
Vendor Level—Business card-sized ad

“I make money when I can explain my product to customers one-on-one”

Every vendor in our expo gets a 6-foot table/display area to meet and greet potential customers throughout the 3 day event. With your good signage and an interesting display (and our detailed handout showing the location and service offered by each vendor), many attendees will approach your booth just because you have a product or service they’re interested in. Because the attendees CAN’T be qualified to win your doorprize without leaving you their contact information, most will come to you if for no other reason than to drop their business cards in your collection box, giving you the chance to practice your “elevator speech” and snare them with your great come-on. Send your best networkers to “work” the table, and you’ll be sure to talk to hundreds.

Available at: all levels; higher traffic areas go to Sponsors

“My service sells well when I can drive potential customers to my website”

“Ohio Rehab Loans has participated in the OREIA Convention every year since 2003 and have enjoyed the event every year. OREIA does a great job of bringing in qualified attendees. It is definitely worthwhile and we have experienced an increase of business as a result.” Kim Knoppe, Owner, Ohio Rehab Loans

If you’re web-saavy, you already know that links TO your site from other sites drive your webpage up in the rankings of all search engines. If you become a platinum or gold-level vendor at the OREIA expo, we’ll link OREIA’s site back to yours through June of 2010, giving you the chance to attract clicks from the group leaders, investors, and convention attendees that use OREIA.com throughout the year.

And perhaps you’ve found that email is a very effective way to advertise your product or service as well, whether you’re trying to get visitors to your site, let them know about special or sales, or get them to “opt in” to your blog or e-zine. As you know, federal regulations preclude you from using our e-mail list, but they don’t stop US from using it on your behalf!

Become a Sponsor and OREIA will send 2 emails to our current and previous attendees on your behalf. Use one before the expo, to attract attendees to your table or lunchtime lecture (see below) and one after, to bring customers directly to your website. Just provide us with the text you’d like to send, and we’ll email on your behalf, with our

Links to OREIA.com available at all Levels
Emails to current and previous attendees available at Sponsor Level Only

“If I can get a potential customer’s address, I have a great direct mail campaign to sell my service”

Throughout the 3-day expo, you have the opportunity to entice attendees to leave you their business cards by providing a door prize (minimum value $25) that will be drawn from YOUR collection of contacts on Sunday. You can, of course, use these contacts to follow up with your leads by mail or phone.

And if you become a sponsor, we’ll take it one step further and give you a complete mailing list of everyone who registered for the convention—you won’t miss out on a single lead!

Name collection at table for door prize available at all levels
Complete mailing list of all attendees available at Sponsor level only

“If I can get in front of a room for 30-45 minutes, I can always fully explain and sell my product to an audience”.

For certain types of products and services, the “the more you tell, the more you sell”. That’s why we give our Platinum-level sponsors the opportunity to do up to two 30-45 minute “lunchtime presentations” to our attendees.

During your choice of breakfast or lunch, we’ll provide you with food to feed 50-75 people, give you meeting space for one hour, put you on the schedule, and let you pitch to whoever you attract. You get to choose who attends your free breakfast or lunch presentation by handing out the invitations we provide. When your representatives identify the attendees seriously interested, they can give them a personal invitation to enjoy a free meal and learn more about your company.

If you run a business with an expensive product or service or a high profit margin, creating just 1-2 new customers through your breakfast or lunchtime lecture can more than pay for your Sponsor level for years to come!

“I just want my business to be in front of my prospect’s eyes all day, every day!”

If your favorite approach is simply to flood your potential customers with contacts, you definitely want to become a platinum sponsor. Only 6 of these positions are available, and they include:

As a Sponsor, you get so much exposure before, during, and after the 2009 OREIA and expo, our attendees will never forget you!

Remember, only 6 Sponsors and 24 vendors can take advantage of these benefits, which are sure to take your business to the next level. There’s a complete list of packages, benefits, and prices in the attached vendor registration form.

Grab your spot today, before the chance to put your awesome service in front of our hundreds of attendees and thousands of qualified names runs out! Just call Ginny at 888-275-8363 for more information or to register-or
to print out and mail or fax your registration form!