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 have to make up $17Bn in...
As I’ve written about before, I was in college during the 08 recession. I wasn’t yet in the professional world & not yet selling sponsorship.
By the time I got into the game, the economy was pretty well recovered and I rode...
In sports, perfection is often the illusion.
A perfect record. A flawless play. A pristine image on the jumbotron.
But in the realm of sponsorship, where connection matters more than control, perfection can be a liability. It distances. It polishes away the very...
In the infamous words of acclaimed Chicago Poet Chance the Rapper:
“The people’s champ must be everything the people can’t be.”
These words have always rung out to me whenever hearing them when the song would come onto my playlist. What does it...
Value is a very interesting dynamic in economics. Why do we spend $1,000,000 for a Ferrari over $30K for a Toyota?
Are the parts really 33X better? Have they built a brand that is 33X better than Toyota?
In short…yes.
Really, the only thing...
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 does either.
How you navigate those peaks...
I’m young in this game. I’ve only been doing this for 5 years in the world of sports.
That is selling sponsorship.
I look back at the early days of sports sponsorship…seeing Ebbets Field in the ’20s filled with signs of Chesterfield Cigarettes....
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 points...but also dangerous ones. Whenever we...
For over a century, banks in America have been leveraging sports sponsorships as a means to connect with mass audiences and engage with their communities, predating the era of television.
In the early days, stadium walls...
We should always be selling benefits over features in sports sponsorships.
Features are the what. They commoditize our product. Benefits are the Why. They bring context to why a brand should spend with your team over...
It's an unfortunate part of sales. Sometimes we think there is a fit, we have the prospect excited, then...GHOSTED. Radio silence, no answer to our emails or calls.
In sports sponsorship, it is no different. We...
What a year that we are headed into with sports sponsorship. The struggles from a pandemic that shut down our business and games seem to be finally fading off, getting us back to full stadiums...
It's a new year in sports sponsorship.
The history of New Year's Resolutions dates back almost 4,000 years to the ancient Babylonians. In their 12-day celebration for a new year, they would project forward what they...
The best thing about a full client list is we have customers that have believed the pitch and spent dollars on your assets. It shouldn't take much to upsell your current sponsorship clients in sports.
They...
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 shifts to "How many signs can I get sold?".
Many times though,...
The power and emotion of sports are powerful tools. Our teams have created fan bases with similar characteristics, and followings that rival some religions.
Fans want to be part of something, it is a human need...
Digital baseball in-game promotions are taking ball games for a turn. Upping the game.
A summer day of baseball at the ballpark is one of the most coveted American pastimes. Generations have been raised on hot...
