The refrain, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” is essentially a paraphrase of an exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

It is particularly apt in a sponsorship sense when, even today, we see so many sponsorships that seem bereft of objectives and goals. Those sponsorships are always set up for the comment “We just don’t feel like this sponsorship is working!”. (more…)

“Do we need to spend over-and-above our sponsorship fee to maximise the deal’s return?”

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Sponsorship reporting is nothing new. It has been around since the dawn of sponsorship itself, however, as we know (and have spoken about in this blog before), it has become a lot more purposeful and analytical.

Companies such as Nielsen Sports (formerly Repucom), have, for the past decade or more, been providing data for the reporting of sponsorship wins and losses from a media equivalency/asset value perspective. So successful has this been that it is now seen as somewhat of a currency within the sponsorship industry and a staple expenditure item for anyone reporting their reviews. (more…)

Over the next few months, we’re going to begin seeing a range of Trends in Sponsorship reports bouncing around. For the most part, these are great if we pay attention to what is being said and implement changes relevant to ourselves. We also know, however, that plenty of us just read the report and then either delete it or save it in a ‘Research’ folder somewhere.

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How we buy and sell sponsorship is changing and we’ve been talking about it for a while now.

What we’ve haven’t spent a lot of time on is what the financial aspect of these deals will start to look like. As an industry, we’ve come to automatically accept a traditional way of financial modelling around sponsorship deals where a brand pays a fixed fee and the rights holder gives them access to a suite of benefits. If it’s a top-tier sporting team, event, or attraction, then it is highly likely there is a standardised bonus scheme for the rights holder if certain milestones are reached.

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For various reasons, commercial partnerships end from time to time. What happens, however, when a break-up occurs mid-season or you are notified with a full year to go that a sponsor won’t be renewing? (more…)

Like many around the world, when I started to see PwC’s 2018 Sports Survey across my LinkedIn feed, I followed the prompts and downloaded it to take a look. In its third edition, PwC’s Sports Survey collected the views of 470 sport industry leaders on a wide variety of trends that are prevalent in today’s market.

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Thinking about dipping your toe in the water of a sports-based sponsorship? Or maybe your entire leg? Or perhaps you’re already so up to your neck in a sponsorship that you’re almost part of the rights holder! (more…)

I read a report last week which was released by the Association of National Advertisers and the Marketing Accountability Standards Board titled Improving Sponsorship Accountability Metrics.

Based on the North American market, the study outlines the key factors surrounding the sponsorship industry and success measures that brands have in place to assess their partnerships. (more…)

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