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Fans see over 3,000 sponsorship ads on game day. Here’s why that is a problem.

Close your eyes and think back to the last sports game you attended as a fan. What is the first thing you see? Maybe it is the field/court/ice? Maybe the concession stand of your favorite food...

Why Education > Awareness In Sponsorship

Awareness drives me insane in the sponsorship activation & advertising world.  Logo placement obviously has its value, the more times the customers see the logo the more likely they are to recognize and purchase the product...

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 industry. It is forever progressing as our brands and fans change with...

Dealing with game postponements in sports sponsorship

As we sit here in the early stages of 2022, most of us are probably feeling a bit of bad deja vu. Just as we thought we were out of the impacts of COVID to...

Rethinking Minimum Spend Limits In Sports Sponsorship

Since I started in the sponsorship industry...we’ve always had a minimum spend. I was always told “We need a brand to commit to our value.” or “the smaller deals take too much time.” Both are valid...

Are We Headed for a Sports BOOM….Then BUST?

There are cycles in almost everything in life. Nothing ever grows exponentially forever. This can be seen in nature, our economy, and countless other places in our lives. No bull market lasts forever. No Bear market...

The new era of prospecting in sponsorship comes in your social feeds

One vital thing to understand is brands are still spending dollars in this pandemic. Despite what we may hear from them about budgets being tight or locked, a massive amount of money is being spent...

How to Successfully Market Your Digital Activations & Contests With Your Fans (After Launching…

If an activation is promoted, and no fan is there to hear it, does it even exist? Well…yes…but it wouldn’t be very successful. Marketing your activations are a HUGE part of launching a new campaign with...

We were over-leveraged in sports and the pandemic exposed it…here’s how we can diversify

‘It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change’. Commonly misquoted to Charles Darwin, it was actually written by...

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2023 Sports Sponsorship Predictions

What a year that we are headed into with sports sponsorship. The struggles from a pandemic that shut down our business and games seem...

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...

Understanding Awareness in Sponsorship Today

Awareness…it is something that advertising has lived off for centuries. We use this metric to show our brands how many fans we’ve reached and hopefully...

The 90 Day Plan For Sports Sponsorship.

The first stage was a bit of a shock for most of us when games ended. It seemed like overnight we were game-less, plans...

Reap Rewards With Effective Sports Fan Engagement 

We as humans are hard-wired for engagement. We crave the ability to connect, feel, and vibe with others. It is how we become a...