Real leadership, not advertising.
An in-the-room-only day with 150 senior leaders defining how brands win in AI search. No booths. No banner ads. Just the people setting the GEO category — and your team among them.
Sponsorships close August 15
■ Sponsorships close August 15
Every benefit is optional
You receive every benefit listed in your tier, but you have the option to waive any benefit if it does not meet your goals. For example, you can sponsor without speaking.
Partner
$5,000 USD
Get on stage and in the room.
- Speaking slot (up to 15 min) in your preferred format — solo, panel, or Q&A
- Three (3) VIP tickets, including speaker
- Homepage sponsor logo placement
- LinkedIn "I'm speaking" announcement graphic
- Recognition during the opening address at the conference
- Digital gift-bag offer
- Post-event email recognition to 50,000+ contacts (includes general network and affiliates)
Strategic Partner
$7,000 USD
More stage time, premium placement, and a seat at the dinner table.
- Speaking slot (up to 20 min) in your preferred format — solo, panel, or Q&A
- Four (4) VIP tickets, including speaker
- Premium homepage logo placement — above all Partner sponsors
- LinkedIn "I'm speaking" announcement graphic
- Recognition during the opening address at the conference
- Digital gift-bag offer
- Post-event email recognition to 50,000+ contacts (includes general network and affiliates)
- Private pre-event dinner with the hosting committee, sponsors, and speakers
- Full attendee contact access, including emails, for follow-up (with permission to email)
- Preferred placement in the post-event email recognition to 50,000+ contacts
Leading Partner
$9,000 USD
Maximum impact: keynote, concierge intros, and the most visible presence on-site.
- Keynote slot (up to 25 min) with prime agenda placement
- Six (6) VIP tickets, including speaker
- Top-tier homepage logo placement — most prominent position on the site
- LinkedIn "I'm speaking" announcement graphic
- Recognition during the opening address at the conference
- Digital gift-bag offer
- Post-event email recognition to 50,000+ contacts (includes general network and affiliates)
- Private pre-event dinner with the hosting committee, sponsors, and speakers
- Full attendee contact access, including emails, for follow-up (with permission to email)
- Preferred placement in the post-event email recognition to 50,000+ contacts
- Curated 1:1 introductions to the attendees you most want to meet
- Targeted outreach to 100 prospects you name — we get your ideal audience in the room
- 1-year premium placement on Cubbie.com
Secure card checkout — you're confirmed the moment you pay. We'll follow up to collect your logo, speaker, and VIP ticket names.
What sponsors ask before they commit
Straight answers to the questions we hear most from prospective sponsors.
- Who will be in the room?
- GEO draws a deliberately senior audience — fewer than 1% of past attendees held entry-level roles. Expect CMOs, VPs of Growth, Heads of Content, and senior brand strategists at companies actively investing in AI search visibility. 30% of attendees at our last event came from Fortune 500 companies or organizations with over 1,000 employees.
- How large is the audience for speaking sessions?
- We guarantee a minimum of 100 people in the room for your session, with a total event capacity of 150. There are no breakout tracks — every attendee is in the same room for every session. You're not presenting to a half-empty side room.
- Do I get to choose my own topic and format?
- Yes. Sponsors choose their topic and preferred format — solo presentation, panel, or fireside Q&A. We review the agenda to ensure overall balance, but sponsors have real discretion over their content and narrative. This is earned thought leadership, not a scripted ad slot. We do ask that speakers reserve 1–5 minutes at the end for Q&A — one of our core promises to attendees is that GEO is intimate enough to actually talk to the people on stage, and that access is a big part of why they show up.
- What do speakers need to bring?
- Just a laptop. There's no need to send slides in advance — bring whatever you'd normally present with and you're set. Our team handles the rest on-site.
- Are there booths, an expo floor, or swag tables?
- No. GEO has no expo hall, no booths, and no swag tables. It's a single-room, sessions-only format. Every sponsor is there as a speaker and a participant — not as a vendor behind a table. This is intentional: attendees come to learn and connect, not to be sold to, which is why the conversations sponsors have at GEO tend to be more valuable than anything that happens in a booth.
- How many sponsors are there per tier?
- There is no hardcoded number, but we aim to cap each tier around ~5 sponsors to protect the room experience and ensure meaningful visibility for everyone. There is no exclusivity by industry, but spots are genuinely limited — if being one of a handful of voices in the room matters to you, moving quickly is the best way to lock it in.
- What exactly is the post-event email to 50,000+ contacts?
- After every conference we send a summary email to our full contact database — people who attended, people who registered but couldn't make it, and our broader network of subscribers and affiliates across the GEO and marketing community. Your logo and recognition reach all of them, not just the people physically in the room.
- Are sessions recorded or streamed online?
- No. GEO is a closed-door, in-person-only event by design — no recordings, no livestream, no public replays. Every session and conversation stays in the room. Attendees show up knowing that what they hear isn't going on YouTube, which is part of why the dialogue is unusually candid. It also means your speaking slot reaches the people in that room, not a passive internet audience.
- Can we bring a photographer or videographer?
- Yes — photography and professional videography are welcome at GEO. You're free to photograph or record your own session without making any advance arrangements with us. GEO intentionally does not bring its own videographers, by design: our "in the room only" philosophy is a core part of why attendees speak candidly and show up at all. That said, sponsors who want to record their own session for their own use are welcome to do so. Just bring whoever you need — no advance coordination required.
- When do we need to finalize our speaker and talk topic?
- Your speaking slot is confirmed the moment you pay, and you can update your speaker details and talk topic anytime from your sponsor dashboard — right up until 2 days before the event. There's no hard deadline imposed upfront. The dashboard keeps things flexible so you can refine your content as the conference approaches without any back-and-forth with our team.
- Can I co-present with a client or partner?
- Yes, and it's one of the most effective formats you can choose. Bringing a customer on stage as a live case study — letting them describe results in their own words, in front of 150 senior peers — is more credible than any solo presentation. It's also a more dynamic session for the audience. Just list both speakers when you fill out your sponsor profile and note the format in your talk description.
- What is the cancellation and refund policy?
- You have 48 hours from the time of purchase to cancel for a full refund. After that window closes, GEO Conference begins incorporating your brand into marketing collateral — sponsor pages, promotional announcements, outbound communications, and materials distributed to our network. Because that work starts immediately after the 48-hour window, we aren't able to issue refunds once it has passed.
- What's included in the attendee contact list?
- Sponsors receive a post-event list of all registered attendees for their event. Each record includes first name, last name, job title (where provided), company, email address, and LinkedIn profile URL. All attendees explicitly consent to their information being shared with event sponsors at the time of ticket purchase. The list is not segmented — every attendee who registers is included as a single export.
How to make the most of your sponsorship
A sponsor slot is a starting point, not the whole strategy. The sponsors who get the most out of GEO treat the event as one piece of a broader campaign. Here's the playbook.
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Turn VIP tickets into relationship capital
Your included VIP tickets are a business development tool, not just perks. Bring your highest-potential prospects, existing customers you want to deepen, or key partners. When they watch you command a room at GEO — alongside Google, Expedia, and Fortune 500 brands — the relationship dynamic shifts. You become the authority they came to see.
- 02
Run a ticket giveaway before the event
Drive pre-event attention and social reach by giving away one or two tickets through your newsletter or LinkedIn. Frame it as exclusive access: "We're sponsoring GEO and have two seats for the room." You get engagement, followers, and warm leads who already know you'll be on stage.
- 03
Build a custom landing page for GEO attendees
Create a page specifically for people who saw you at GEO — something like yourcompany.com/geo. Offer something the room earned: a free audit, an extended trial, or an exclusive resource tied to your talk topic. Add it to your slides, mention it from the stage. GEO attendees are warm, senior leads who just watched you present for 15–25 minutes. Treat them that way.
- 04
Publish before and after you speak
Announce your talk topic on LinkedIn and email one to two weeks before the event. Build anticipation and let your audience know you're speaking. After the event, post your key takeaways and tag attendees you connected with. The post-event window is your highest-leverage content moment — the room is fresh in everyone's mind and your credibility is at a peak. Strike within 24 hours.
- 05
Repurpose your talk into a content campaign
Your GEO session is a thesis, not a one-day moment. Turn it into a LinkedIn article, an email sequence, a short-form video, or a sales deck leave-behind. "As I argued at GEO Conference…" is credibility that compounds long after the event. Sponsors who treat their talk as the anchor of a broader content campaign consistently get the most durable return.
- 06
Work the breaks, not just the stage
The coffee breaks and lunch at GEO are where many of the best conversations happen. Make a list of 5–10 people you want to meet before you arrive — attendees, other speakers, or people in specific roles at specific companies. Arrive early for check-in. Sit next to people you don't know at lunch. Your team members who aren't speaking can cover twice the ground if they're briefed on your objectives.
- 07
Follow up while it's warm
The 48 hours after GEO are your best window. Send a personal follow-up to everyone you spoke with — reference the specific conversation, attach a relevant resource or your attendee landing page, and propose a clear next step. Generic conference follow-ups get ignored. Specific ones get meetings. "Great to talk about your Perplexity traffic problem — here's the case study I mentioned" converts. "Great to meet you at GEO!" does not.
- 08
Brief your whole team, not just the speaker
If multiple team members attend, brief them beforehand: who to meet, what to say about your company's GEO work, and how to hand off conversations to the right person. A three-person team with a coordinated plan gets three times the coverage. Some of the best introductions happen while the main speaker is off stage — make sure your team is ready to carry the thread.
A fit if you're defining the AI-visibility category
These are the teams our attendees come to meet. If that's you, claim a tier above.
- AI & search infrastructure
- GEO / SEO tooling platforms
- SaaS w/ visibility-driven growth
- Agencies & consultancies
- Teams launching new products
- Content & brand teams
Ready to sponsor?
Pick a tier and you're confirmed the moment you pay.
Please allow 48 hours for our team to make preparations.
Questions? hello@geo-conference.com
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