Week 11: sponsorship Flashcards
marketing OF sport
Marketing sports products and services directly to sports consumers, participants or spectators
marketing THROUGH sport
marketing other consumer products/services through sports promotion, some companies use sports as a communication tool (eg. using sports to communicate)
sponsorship
a promotional approach in which an organization or individual offers resources (ie. financial, in-king) and/or services to support a sports organization’s event program or product offering
three reasons why would want sponsorship
- integrated approach =
Use other elements of the promotional mix which is more effective
2/ Maximize communications effectiveness =
Contribute to building brand equity
Helps get the brand out there to a wider audience
- Part of a marketing strategy =
Implications on the brand
Helping bring good views or feelings about your brand
key conceptual elements of sponsorship
- sponsor
- sponsee
sponsor
Cash investment
Product investment
Service investment
Image Transfer
Activation
Evaluation
sponsee
Revenue generator
Budget reducers
Marketing Platform
Activation
Exclusivity
Evaluation
best practices for sport sponsorship
- fit
- relationships
- employee motivation/involvement/education
- community/cause
- knowing other parties objectives
- exclusivity
- activation
Fit (best practices)
they are both forced on the same outcomes or target audience, can be product fit or audience fit
relationships (best practices)
there have to be resources from both parties to invest in the relationship
Employee motivation/involvement/education → there should be that buy-in, for long-term relationships
community/cause (best practices)
see it most often in charity sporting events
knowing other parties objective (best practices)
exchange of resources,the sponsor is giving the resources and the sponsee is allowing the image to transform
activation
driving consumer action through brand interaction. Anything the sponsor or sponsee do to let the consumer know there is a relationship
leveraging
strategic use of the brand image of the sponsee to amplify the brand of the sponsor
two key elements of activation
- standard activities
- value-added activites