Sports Sponsoring

Sponsorship of sports, arts or events can be a powerful form of marketing communication for businesses and organizations. This new edition of Sponsorship in Marketing introduces the fundamentals of sponsorship-linked marketing, helping the reader to understand how sponsorship can be planned, executed and measured. Drawing on original research and exploring key theory, best practice and cutting-edge issues, the book fully explains how the sponsor can implement successful sponsorship to achieve communication and engagement objectives. It covers every important conceptual and functional area of sponsorship in marketing communications, including: understanding the technology-led transformation of sponsoring learning about audiences, strategies and objectives leveraging and activation in traditional and social media building sponsorship portfolios and rosters managing and ending relationships understanding public policy and legal issues Every chapter includes international case studies and examples, test questions, and data from real organizations, business, campaigns and events, vividly illustrating the link between fundamental principles and effective practice. This updated edition features a new model of the sponsorship process with an ecosystem perspective, discussion of endorsers and influencers in sponsorship, an introduction to the impact of streaming on sponsoring, and entirely new thinking on sponsorship returns and evaluation. No other book provides such a comprehensive, evidence-based introduction to sponsorship, demonstrating how organizations can connect brands to real life. This is essential reading for all students and practitioners working in sport marketing, sport business, events marketing, arts administration, business communication or marketing management.

This book focuses on how the sponsorship of sports works: the costs, the goals, evaluation and selection of the property a sponsor chooses, how to activate a sponsorship, how to create a brand association, public relations and brand image possibilities. Anything is possible in a sponsorship, it is simply what the sponsor and the property can agree to during their negotiations. There is, for example, the opportunity for product category exclusivity--no competing brand at a particular location. With the audience being harder to reach because of technology, sponsorship continues to be a viable way to obtain brand exposure and better connect a brand with a consumer. With global sponsorship spending totaling more than $51 billion, it is clear that many companies see this as an important promotional communication strategy. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Sponsorship of sports, arts or events can be a powerful form of marketing communication for businesses and organizations. This book introduces the fundamentals of sponsorship-linked marketing, helping the reader to understand how sponsorship can be planned, executed and measured. Drawing on original research, and exploring key theory, best practice and cutting-edge issues, this is also the only book to fully explain how the sponsor can implement successful sponsorship campaigns and achieve their communication objectives. The book covers every important conceptual and functional area of sponsorship in marketing communications, including: audiences, strategies and objectives leveraging and activation building sponsorship portfolios measurement and evaluation ambush marketing managing relationships internal audiences public policy and legal issues Every chapter includes case studies, examples and data from real organizations, business, campaigns and events, vividly illustrating the link between fundamental principles and effective practice. No other book provides such a comprehensive, evidence-based introduction to sponsorship, demonstrating how organizations can connect brands to real life. This is essential reading for all students and practitioners working in sport marketing, sport business, events marketing, arts administration, business communication or marketing management.

Although there is significant research on large events that take place within athletics, small-scale events are largely ignored, in part due to the lack of press that they generate. However, these events require planning and preparation in the same way that larger sporting events do. This disparity between the effort that goes into the event and the attention the event draws allows for a gap in strategy or information available to those planning smaller scale athletic events. Principles and Practices of Small-Scale Sport Event Management is a cutting-edge reference publication that examines the successful organization and planning of small-scale sporting events. Featuring a wide range of topics such as community engagement, event planning, and sports management, this book is ideal for event planners, sports managers, marketers, academicians, practitioners, industry professionals, researchers, event organizers/coordinators, and students.

This is the first English language text to analyse and explain sports sponsorship in full, looking at law, marketing and business practice Sports sponsorship is a multi million £ industry and is a key subject in degree courses in sports management and sports marketing at undergraduate and masters Packed full of real-world case studies The authors are respected, successful sports management academics, consultants and business professionals Appeals to students as well as potential professional market of CEOs, marketing directors, communications and PR executives, lawyers and brand managers

Securing sponsorship deals in sport is more important than ever, but it also presents numerous challenges during difficult financial times. Readers of this revised fourth edition of Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans will learn how to overcome the challenges of securing quality sponsorship agreements. Internationally acclaimed author David K Stotlar guides readers in a step-by-step, sequential process of how to build a quality sponsorship proposal that ensures success. Most of the following chapters also include worksheets that will assist readers in constructing a sponsorship proposal: Understanding Sport Sponsorship; Prospecting for Sponsors; Identifying Sponsor Needs; Olympic Sponsorship Opportunities; Individual Athlete Sponsorships; Financial Implications; Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Proposals; Securing Sponsorship Agreements. The intent of the book is simple: to provide a workbook that assists readers in creating a sponsorship proposal through well-defined, industry-proven protocol and following that up by securing and managing sponsorship agreements.

This text concentrates primarily on the objectives of marketing communications in sport and examines how sponsors can utilise sport sponsorship to achieve brand and sales-related objectives.

An informative, step-by-step guide for anyone considering pursing sponsorship, "The Athlete's Guide to Sponsorship" includes worksheets and simple management contracts that will help the reader untangle the complicated contractual webs that professional sponsorships can often weave. 40 photos.

Securing financial resources through sponsorships is a prominent element in the job descriptions of many sport managers and the importance of that task has increased exponentially in recent years. Sponsorship for Sport Managers provides readers with an understanding of how companies use sponsorship in their marketing programs and how sport managers can leverage that knowledge into greater sponsorship opportunities. Widely acclaimed author John Crompton masterfully integrates the conceptual with the applied as Sponsorship for Sport Managers helps readers to: understand how companies use sponsorship in their marketing programs; be responsive to sponsors' needs; charge an equitable fee for providing sponsors with leveraging opportunities; be active partners with the sponsors to help them meet their objectives, and measure the extent to which the objectives were accomplished.