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“If I’m going to spend my money with (your team here), what would be on my checklist?”​

Bonus, there is an editable spreadsheet at the end to help you create your own checklist. Read through to the bottom). Look, it’s been overstated…but you can’t operate the same way you did before the crisis. For...

Essential vs. Expendable. How you should be thinking about your sponsorship packages

(BONUS: An active worksheet your team can use to game plan your outreach…but first you have to read the article to understand & use it. It will be worth it…I promise) I’m a fanatic about how...

Re-thinking your physical booth sponsorship assets for next year

We have no idea what sports will look like when we get back. How will our spaces change? Will the concourse still be a bustling corridor of energy & excitement? Or will it be empty...

The math behind why brands opt for digital over your traditional sponsorship assets

For all the people who are going to comment with full caps about how traditional ads work and brands have been buying them forever… You are right. Of course, they work. If they had a success...

7 Sponsorship Campaigns Perfect For The Remote Restarts In Sports

Games are coming back…which is amazing. It is an amazing opportunity to get back to Zero with any sponsorship make goods we lost in the shutdown. The keys we need to remember is 2 fold: We...

How you can authentically add your sponsors into your health & safety messaging

We’re on the horizon for getting fans back into our stadium barring a major health setback. (knock on wood). With fans back we’ll need to ensure that they feel safe, are safe, and still have...

The end of seasonality in sports sponsorship

I’ve always been intrigued with seasonal businesses. Summer beach restaurants, pumpkin patches, Christmas stores…they have a 3-month window to sell 90% of their inventory. If they hit big, they hit big. If they have a slump,...

The 14 Sports Sponsorship Sales Commandments by Rich Franklin (1–7)

I said it before, but the value I get when chatting with Rich Franklin on sponsorship is always unrivaled. I’m blessed to have him as a resource and knowledge base for all things sponsorship. When I...

Your fans are the experts on how they like to consume & connect with your sponsors…not your team

I believe in constant auditing of what you’re doing. The way we keep from being complacent is to constantly challenge what we’re building, creating, and putting out there in the world to connect with our...

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Why deadtime in your stadium is the most valuable sponsorship inventory you have

There is a misconception that I hear a lot from teams I speak with as far as why digital is not for them. I hear...

Corona Virus, The Effects On Sports Sponsorship, & How To Prepare.

I held off on writing this because I really didn’t want to incite panic on what might happen and drive clicks if it wouldn’t...

More relationships touchpoints, less logo touchpoints in sports sponsorship

In sports sponsorship, and really all sponsorship, we get bogged down in assets. It somewhat makes sense...it is the product we sell. Our mindset sometimes...

Sports Sponsorship Predictions For Growth In 2022

It seems as though each year we are met with new opportunities, obstacles, and trends in sponsorship. It’s something that I love about our...

5 Opportunities In Sports Sponsorship Going Into 2021

2020 was a hell-of-a year for the sports industry. One that we’d like to forget. But as we look back at it, there are...