Garage
APMA Garage - Accelerated Business Development
The APMA Garage is a membership platform designed for accelerated professional network development, B2B meetings, marketing assistance, and media coverage. It allows qualifying companies to bring to bear the full arsenal of tools of the APMA for accelerated business development needs. At a cost of $25,000, the program is designed to run over the course of a full year and will provide the following services:
Event Access/Sponsorship
The APMA calendar is comprised of key industry events attended by relevant industry people. However, accessing them individually and networking those events can be a laborious and expensive undertaking. As a member of the APMA Garage, companies get access to all APMA sponsored or controlled events. Representatives from the Garage company will be personally introduced to key people (targeted beforehand) by APMA staff.
AutoNews Canada Congress
Advanced Transportation Manufacturing Summit – Toronto
APMA Annual Conference & Trade Show
JC Armer Sessions/ConnecTEC Sessions
Annual CyberSecurity Conference
Business to Business Meetings
Outside of the events schedule, the APMA will also commit to setting up relevant business-to-business meetings for qualifying Garage companies with other companies without and within the membership. APMA staff with work with companies to target the most relevant potential customers and set up introductory meetings with them.
Media Coverage
Using the APMA’s media connections and publications, the APMA will commit to providing a minimum of two media pieces for each Garage company. Publications will include:
Mentions in Traditional media (when and where relevant)
Article in Lead, Reach, Connect
Podcast sponsorship
Podcast guest (when relevant)
Internal Marketing
Regular mentioned in Weekly Newseltter – APMA eNews
Priority status for Constant Contact membership outreach
Current Garage Members
Cycle Time Management (CTM)
Trillium Networks
SAIC