⚡ AI-powered local sponsorship engine

Generate more sponsorship revenue without adding more work.

You keep growing registrations. We handle your sponsorship — the outreach, the closing, and the fulfillment.

Built for clubs · tournaments · academies · leagues · events

Purpose-built for ClubsAcademiesTournamentsYouth Leagues
The opportunity
$19B
U.S. youth sports industry, annual direct spending
$30K+
Local sponsorship the average club leaves unclaimed each year*
1.5×
More likely parents notice a local team sponsor vs. a pro team
~12%
Annual growth in youth sports sponsorship (2025)

*IOI estimate — 20–30 local sponsors at ~$1,000 each; most clubs collect only a fraction today.

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See your local sponsors in seconds

Enter your zip and we'll surface the nearby businesses most likely to sponsor your club — the same engine that powers every campaign.

How Fit is scored — Industry 30%Proven local sponsor 25%Proximity 15% Size / budget 15%Marketing activity 10%Reachable 5%
More filters coming: sponsorship-fit scoreestimated budget already sponsors locallyyears in business has a marketing contact
The problem

Every club needs revenue. None of them have a sales team.

Sponsorship money is sitting in your community. The reason it never shows up is the same everywhere.

Coaches aren't closers

Directors and volunteers are asked to sell sponsorships off the side of their desk — and it rarely happens.

No system, no follow-up

A one-off email blast with no targeting, no CRM, and no follow-up sequence leaves most prospects untouched.

Fulfillment falls apart

Even when a sponsor says yes, logos never get placed and renewals quietly die — so sponsors don't come back.

Money left on the table

The local businesses most likely to write a check are never even contacted.

How it works
HOW IT WORKS How IOI SponsorFlow works From local search to signed sponsor — we run the whole play on the club's behalf. AUTOMATED BY IOI HUMAN CLOSE AUTOMATED 1 Discover & Build Lists We scan the club's localmarket and build a scoredlist of hundreds of likelylocal sponsors. Restaurants · Realtors · Auto · + 2 Automated Outreach On the club's behalf we runcampaigns that prospect forsponsors around the clock. Email SMS Voice 3 Human Sales Close When a business responds,a real IOI rep steps in totalk, negotiate and closethe deal. Real human handoff 4 Activate & Notify We email the club the newsponsor's logos and assets— ready to use across alltheir marketing. Logos · Banners · Social kit Steps 1, 2 & 4 run automatically · Step 3 is a real human close · IOI SponsorFlow

The six phases, in detail

You give us four inputs — SponsorFlow handles everything from discovery to the deposited check.

1

Market Discovery

AI scans your radius and returns 500–2,000 local prospects — restaurants, realtors, mortgage, insurance, dealerships, orthodontists & more — each with a fit score and estimated potential.

2

Contact Discovery

Finds the owner, marketing manager, or GM and collects email, website, LinkedIn, and phone. Your CRM is populated automatically.

3

Auto-Built Deck

From your logo, reach, and stats we generate a Canva deck, PDF guide, landing page, and one-page proposal — plus four ready-to-sell packages.

4

Outreach Engine

Personalized sequences across email, LinkedIn, and SMS: an initial touch plus four follow-ups, each referencing the prospect's business.

5

Sales Pipeline

Track opens, clicks, replies, meetings, and closed deals — with live dashboards for revenue, pipeline value, and conversion.

6

Sponsor Fulfillment

On close, the system builds a fulfillment checklist and assigns tasks to your staff — so sponsors actually renew.

What sponsors buy

Four tiers built for local-business budgets

Packages are auto-generated for each client and scale with your reach.

Community Partner

$500
Logo on the club's website
Call-out on the club's Facebook & Instagram
Thank-you in the club's email newsletter

Silver Partner

$1,000
Everything in Community, plus
Announcement in the club's team app
Blog post / news-story feature
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Gold Partner

$1,500
Everything in Silver — delivered 2× a year, plus
A dedicated email featuring the sponsor

Premier Partner

$2,500
Everything in Gold, plus
Custom banner created & placed at the club's fields

Most local sponsors land in the $1,000–$1,500 range.

Earning potential

What your program could raise

Local sponsors writing $500–$2,500 checks add up fast — and SponsorFlow does the work to land them.

Your tournament
30 sponsors × $1,000
$30,000
per event
Your club season
20 sponsors × $1,500
$30,000
per year

You keep coaching. We handle the outreach, the closing, and the fulfillment.

Plans

Two simple ways to work with us

Start with zero risk — or go fully managed and we'll create every sponsor's marketing assets for you.

No risk

Performance

$0 upfront
25% of sponsorship revenue — we only earn when you do
What's included
  • Local market scan & scored sponsor list
  • Automated email, SMS & voice outreach
  • A real IOI rep closes each deal
You approve every deal — pay only on results.
Most popular

Managed Service

$999 one-time setup
+ a lower 15% commission — plus done-for-you assets on every sponsor you close
Each time a sponsor signs, we create
  • Instagram & Facebook social graphics
  • A blog post announcing the partner
  • A ready-to-post message for your team app
  • A drafted announcement email
  • Banner creative, drafted when signage is included
Hands-off sponsorship plus the assets to activate it.
Why SponsorFlow

Why this wins

Purpose-built for the niche

Sponsorship firms chase big brands and pro teams. Nobody is built for youth sports' $500–$2,500 local checks.

AI does the unscalable work

Prospecting, enrichment, deck-building, and follow-up — exactly the tasks that kill volunteer-run programs.

Fulfillment = retention

By closing the loop on deliverables, sponsors renew — turning one-time sales into recurring revenue.

A product, not a favor

The same playbook runs across every club, tournament, and academy. Land one, template it, scale it.

Let's build your sponsorship department.

Tell us your club or event and we'll send back a sample prospect list and sponsorship plan — free.

The outsourced sponsorship department for youth sports.
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