Use the video and/or the cheatsheet below to help you list your Housing Property on the Recess platform correctly.
What is the name of the event?
Complex Name - Student Housing Product Sampling @ University Name
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Complex Name - Conventional Housing Product Sampling
Ex: The Ave at Norman - Student Housing Product Sampling @ The University of Oklahoma
Select all event types that best describe your event.
Family / Education
Please provide a detailed description of your event. Include things like planned activities, special guests, demographic info, etc.
Copy and paste the following description, and fill out the missing information below.
Our spaces are the perfect place for brands to drive trial and sample among college students in the best college markets. Our dedicated team is capable of helping to distribute your products to all of our residents to promote the visibility of your product toward the college student demographic
{Complex Name} consists of {number of beds} beds across {number of units} units up to {largest number of bedroom floorplan} bedrooms.
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Our spaces are the perfect place for brands to drive at-home trial and sampling in our market. Our dedicated team is capable of helping to distribute your products to all of our residents to promote the visibility of your product and/or services.
{Complex Name} consists of {number of beds} beds across {number of units} units up to {largest number of bedroom floorplan} bedrooms.
Ex: The Ave at Norman consists of 896 beds across 314 units up to 4 bedrooms.
What day and time does the event start?
List your event for the next full month. Starting on the first day of the month at 9 am and ending on the last day of the month at 5 pm. Our team will copy your event for the rest of the months so that you only have to fill out this form once.
What time zone is your event located in?
List your time zone
How often does this event occur?
Every Month
Is your event date(s) 100% confirmed?
Yes
What is the most realistic number of attendees you think your event will have?
List the total number of beds that your property contains.
Is the setting primarily indoors, outdoors or virtual?
Indoors
What is the name of the venue where the event takes place?
List the name of your property.
What is the address of the venue where the event takes place?
List the street address of your property.
Would you be able to pass out promotional items from brands to your attendees/guests?
If you are willing to distribute product and/or promotional items from brands - select yes. (You will approve each product/promotional item before it is sent to your property)
Please confirm if you agree to our standard promotional item pricing?
If you agree to the standard pricing for product sampling - select yes. If you do not agree to the standard pricing - please contact dustin@recess.is
# items min
List the number of beds that your property contains
#items max
Multiply the number of units that your property contains by 4. (Brands commonly place 4 products at each front door because 4 bedroom is the most common floorplan.)
How many pallets are you able to receive and store at a time?
Pallet storage is not common with student housing because you’re generally not receiving entire pallets of product at a time. If you aren’t able to receive a whole pallet of product - list 0 - otherwise list your storage capacity.
Please describe where the promotional items could be distributed to attendees at the event?
List any/all of the following ways that you could execute product sampling:
door to door drop bags
lobby tabling
existing event integration
placing items in tenant mailboxes
Would you agree to post a sponsor’s branded message on your social media accounts in exchange for a fee?
If you are willing to post about a brand on your social media, select yes and list the cost. A standard price for a social media post is $50 but you can list your own price here.
Can sponsors play video content for the entire audience to see?
No
Do you offer sponsors space at the event where they can set up a physical booth/activation?
If you would be interested in a brand coming onsite themselves for an in-person activation - select yes and choose the size of space you can provide and the daily cost for a brand to be on-site if there is one. (The suggested price will not be relevant to you here because we are listing your event for an entire month and the algorithm uses that timeframe to figure a suggested price)
Please describe where the on-site spaces for sponsors will be located at your event?
If a brand were to come on-site for an in-person activation, where would you have them set up?
Do you offer space where brands can set up their food truck or trailer?
Same as above.
Please describe where the food truck and mobile trailer on-site spaces will be located at your event.
Same as above.
Who can we contact for sponsorships?
Select yourself and anybody else you would like for us to contact if you receive an offer or we have questions about your listing.
Photo
Upload a high resolution 16:9 image that represents your property.
Are brands allowed to collect information from attendees that choose to opt-into their marketing communications (i.e. subscribing to a newsletter)?
If an onsite brand can exchange a product or promotion in exchange for a tenant providing their email address - select yes. (participation is not required by the tenant)
Can sponsors sell items to attendees at your event?
If an onsite brand can exchange their product or promotion in exchange for payment from a tenant - select yes.
Can sponsors distribute food to attendees at your event?
If you or brands who are onsite are allowed to sample their food product - select yes.
Food: Restrictions
Check any of the rules that apply to food distribution.
Can sponsors distribute beverages to attendees at your event?
If you or brands who are onsite are allowed to sample their drink product - select yes.
Drink: Restrictions
Check any of the rules that apply to food distribution.
If a brand is a sponsor, what additional rights or benefits will you provide?
Check any/all of the additional benefits that you would provide to a brand that’s partnering with you at no extra cost.
Feedback
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