{"id":2106,"date":"2025-03-11T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2025\/03\/11\/why-sponsor-coastlink\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:19:35","slug":"why-sponsor-coastlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2025\/03\/11\/why-sponsor-coastlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Why sponsor Coastlink?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsorship at the Coastlink Conference is more than just visibility, it\u2019s about meaningful engagement and providing businesses with a powerful marketing tool to increase brand awareness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a sponsor you will benefit from:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Connect<\/strong>\u202fdirectly with key clients and prospects&nbsp;in the&nbsp;short sea shipping, ports and logistics sectors<\/li>\n<li class=\"_mce_tagged_br\"><strong>Network<\/strong>\u202fin person with 100+ influential delegates\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_mce_tagged_br\"><strong>Positioning your brand<\/strong>\u202fat the heart of the well-established event&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_mce_tagged_br\"><strong>Build\u202f<\/strong>lasting, high value relationships\u202fin person<\/li>\n<li class=\"_mce_tagged_br\"><strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Maximum exposure<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;audience reach over 23,000+ with a full marketing package reaching our Port Strategy &amp; Coastlink databases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsorship not only enables you to promote your brand in person, but also gives you the opportunity to reach our engaged digital audience of ports, terminal operators, logistics companies and shipping lines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Options include branding on delegate bags, lanyards, and product display areas, ensuring exposure through event materials, social media, and on-site promotions. Sponsors also benefit from pre-event marketing, complimentary delegate passes, and listings in industry databases for extended reach.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These opportunities provide a strategic way to connect with attendees and enhance brand recognition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not sure which opportunity to go for? Why not contact our sponsorship team: <a href=\"mailto:DSpicer@MercatorMedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DSpicer@MercatorMedia.com<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"mailto:DAhraoui@MercatorMedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DAhraoui@MercatorMedia.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or check out our&nbsp;<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/d245ovzhixo1a2.cloudfront.net\/Uploads\/e\/e\/s\/clk2025sponsorbro_v2_360673.pdf\">Sponsorship Brochure<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial opportunities are still available for 2025!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coastlink","category-news-coastlink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}