Advertising

This page provides information for businesses and service providers who wish to reach Esprit attendees and resources for people promoting Esprit.

To reach Esprit Attendees

We have approximately 180 attendees, instructors, and resource providers during the week of Esprit. Nearly all are looking for clothing, makeup, and accessories, but many are also looking for souvenirs and simple sightseeing/tourist activities. Restaurants and various services are also sought by attendees as well.

We encourage you to be creative with your message. Things like "come in for free sample" or "show Esprit badge and get 10% off entire meal" are usually effective at attracting interest.

Specific programs that we currently offer include:

Banner ads and a descriptive paragraph are still available for free. Submit your descriptive paragraph, contact information (business name, your name, address, phone number, web site URL, etc.) and a 468 x 60 pixel image to the webmistress. If you don't have your own banner image, the webmistress will prepare one at no charge. Just provide a description of what you would like, your website where some graphics can be borrowed, or a high resolution scan of a business card. You will be contacted each year to confirm that you want the banner to run again.
Registration packets are given to every attendee. You may prepare printed flyers (no larger than 8.5x11) and physically deliver them to the Handout Coordinator or email a written summary of your 1-paragraph message, contact information, and special offers that we will print and include in the registration packet. Contact the coordinator for details, quantities, and deadlines.
The Esprit Registration Desk at the hotel has a literature table where businesses may place flyers, coupons, business cards, samples, etc. This area can become quite crowded and we can't guarantee optimal placement or maintenance of your materials.

We are also seeking people and services for our educational program, resource provider program, and entertainment:

If you are knowledgeable on a topic that would be of interest to our attendees and would like to speak as a presenter, contact the presentation Schedule Coordinator with a proposal. Topics of interest include but aren't limited to presentation skills (feminine movement/dance coaching, clothing, makeup, voice, hair), scientific/religious/cultural perspectives, legal protections and discrimination, defining and improving your self image/confidence/personal relationships, caring for your health/skin/hair, medical topics, etc.
Many businesses ask about providing services on-site at the Red Lion during the conference. Unfortunately, space is very limited and we need to ensure that prominent service providers known to the transgender community (some of whom travel from across the country) are adequately compensated for their time and effort. However, there are local services such as nail services which we have started bringing on site to fill specific needs. We continue to experiment with and continuously re-evalute on-site services and businesses are encouraged to contact the Resource Coordinator with questions or proposals. In the past, on-site resources have included makeup/clothing/accessories/body shaping vendors, educational book/video sellers, voice/presentation coaching, photographers, artificial nails, etc.
If you have an entertainment or shopping event you would like to propose, contact the Outreach/Shopping Coordinator. We feature major events where most attendees would want to attend together as well as smaller events on some days to give attendees a variety of choices.
If you're not sure who to contact or just have the beginnings of an idea, you may use this simple form to submit your ideas, proposals, or recommendations.

To promote Esprit:

This tri-fold promotional PDF brochure may be distributed and printed without restriction.
The following banner may be distributed without restriction.

The following HTML reproduces the above and links to this website:

<p>
<a href="http://www.espritconf.com">
<img style="border: solid 1px black" src="http://www.espritconf.com/images/Espritbanner2009.gif">
</a>
</p>

ESPRIT, ESPRIT GALA and ESPRIT 2009 relate only to the yearly transgender conference
held in Port Angeles, WA. The conference and organization is not associated or connected
with the global apparel company Esprit or its marks.

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