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Evolving Team Sponsorship Model Better Aligns NASCAR with Partner Goals
The sport of stock car racing is a pioneer when it comes to many aspects of sponsorship. The establishment of NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series...
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Dec 12, 2024
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Will Brands’ Interest in Juan Soto Match the Mets’?
By now even those with a passing or even no interest in sports, or baseball in particular, are aware that 26-year-old Juan Soto just...
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Dec 10, 2024
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Where College Sports Sponsors Should Lean In and Back Off
Partnering with sports and entertainment properties has always been about balance for brands. How to become involved with activities...
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Dec 4, 2024
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Brands Seeking New Women’s Sports Opportunities Are in Luck
With the rush to take advantage of the multiple marketing benefits offered by women’s sports properties, marketers may find themselves...
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Dec 2, 2024
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Not-for-Profit Sports Organizations Should Be Up to Date on Sponsorship Tax Regulations
With universities, amateur sports bodies, bowl games, golf tournaments and other nonprofit organizations attracting an increasing number...
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Nov 27, 2024
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Three Ways to Amplify Activation in 2025
Many reports from the second running of Formula 1’s Las Vegas race this past weekend noted the sheer volume of brand activation and...
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Nov 25, 2024
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The Healthspan Trend: Can Your Partnerships Help Fans Live Better, Longer?
In a recent report on the top five global consumer trends for 2025, market research company Euromonitor International highlighted the...
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Nov 20, 2024
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Another Reason for Rights Holders and Brands to Think Beyond Media Value
More than four years on, many aspects of life during the Covid pandemic have receded in our collective memory—a fact brought painfully...
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Nov 18, 2024
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Your Next Partner May Be Rated AAA and XXX
If I told you that a widely recognized brand that has dabbled in sponsorship is seeking to build upon its awareness, shift its image and...
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Nov 13, 2024
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Tariff Plan Could Influence Sponsorship Spending, But How?
The incoming U.S. presidential administration has said that import tariffs will be a top priority beginning in January. According to the...
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Nov 11, 2024
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It Doesn’t Always Require Data to See a Partnership Is Working
Evaluating the performance of sponsorship and partnerships is a crucial element of sports marketing. Often, including in many posts on...
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Nov 6, 2024
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FIFA’s Club World Cup Relaunch Offers Valuable Lessons
Seeking to capitalize on the massive global interest in professional soccer, FIFA, the sport’s international governing body, has gone all...
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Nov 4, 2024
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Measure, Measure: Little Caesars Should Know More about Its NFL ROI
“I can’t quantify it, but it’s a pretty good assumption that we’re definitely getting new guests outside of the venues based on the...
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Oct 30, 2024
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Timing Is Everything: McDonald’s and Taco Bell’s Changing Baseball Fortunes
Prior to the start of the baseball season, Taco Bell made the decision to end a two-decades-old official partnership with Major League...
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Oct 28, 2024
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Did Campbell’s and HBSE Just Break the CPG Sponsorship Mold?
There is a great deal to unpack from the recent announcement that Campbell’s has become an official sponsor of five sports properties:...
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Oct 23, 2024
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Should You Market Your Partnerships as Luxury or Commodity Goods?
I had the immense pleasure of joining business and marketing guru Seth Godin on stage last week at the annual TicketManager Partner...
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Oct 21, 2024
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Is It Time to Re-Engineer Partnership Sales Operations?
As the nature of the business relationship between marketers and sports, entertainment and other properties has evolved over the past few...
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Oct 16, 2024
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Consumer Research Yields Valuable Insights into Why Partnerships Work
Sports and entertainment marketers have decades of success stories about sponsorships that helped brands achieve business objectives. We...
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Oct 14, 2024
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Proposed Restrictions on Sports Betting Ads Could Benefit Partnerships
While we are a long way from official action—especially considering the way things have been working, or not, in the U.S. Congress in...
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Oct 9, 2024
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No-Names Making a Name through Jersey Patch Deals
The evolution of the marketplace for jersey patch partnerships in U.S. pro sports has been fascinating to watch ever since the NBA got...
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Oct 7, 2024
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