Sponsors are businesses and corporations that allow for an angler to utilize and maximize his talents and capacity to help improve their quality of products and services. These groups not only rely on serious fishermen for assistance and input, but they assist in making an angler be more successful at his craft; catching fish. Sponsors enable anglers to compete in tournaments and participate in the expensive world of fishing with less financial stress or burden. They provide anglers with anything from free or reduced priced products to as much as substantial amounts of money used for investing into fishing-related activities. An effective sponsorship partnership and agreement enables anglers like myself to spend more time focusing on skills and resources needed to individually succeed and improve all facets of the partnering company, rather than how I am going to finance my personal activities and catch fish.

In today's struggling economy and business world, the decisions on where to utilize advertising dollars and product endorsements are becoming more stressful and difficult. The corporate world is fierce and its water is full of hungry business-minded fishermen. By partnering with me, you will maximize your exposure due to my location in a large market viewership area, and versatility of being able to reach out to an audience through diverse media outlets and my expert technological and communication knowledge.

In order for your sponsorship to succeed with me, I hereby provide a list of expectations that I strictly adhere to throughout my long season of intense fishing and industry related work:

By partnering with me, your business or company will:

• Increase its exposure through my ability of reaching out to a large audience in a big city market of Chicago, Illinois - including the surrounding Great Lakes and Upper Midwest regions.

• Have a strong presence in a variety of my participating media outlets such as publications (print & digital), video, blogs, and websites.

• Have its products and services be expertly and effectively communicated to an audience comprised of both anglers and non-anglers.

• Advance your company's online presence and appearance through my skills of marketing, website design, and graphic arts.

• Increase its sales of product and services.

• Improve its reach and notoriety with a younger generation of anglers and the future of fishing.

• Be represented by a responsible, educated, dedicated, and energetic young angler who rarely accepts "no" for an answer.

By partnering with me, the following are guaranteed:

• Exclusive advertising rights and promotions on each fishing website I own (with terms and logo/link placements agreed upon).

• Advertisements on print and digital media.

• Yearly gear and product reviews for websites, blogs, and publications.

• Nationally and regionally-published articles featuring your company's products and services.

• Company's apparel worn in photographs & videos, and at events & public appearances.

• Company links and product advertisements on social media outlets, blogs, and discussion boards.

• Product placements in published fishing reports.

• Product placements in videos.

• How-to videos displaying products used in a successful manner.

• Video advertisements and commercials for online and website/blog use.

• Promotional contests and giveaways for readers and audience.

• Promoting your company and its products through trade shows and public speaking engagements.

• Creative ideas and new-age input for product development, design, testing, and manufacturing.

• Above and beyond communication between myself and anglers, audience, readers, and target markets.