Posts by Larry Weil

Planning an event or conference is a large task, but without a solid marketing strategy, you are not going to secure the sponsors you had hoped for. Whether you’re organizing a corporate conference, music festival or charity gala, effective marketing is essential to bringing in both attendees and sponsors. Before diving into marketing strategies, it’s…

If you read our last newsletter, you know that I am a fan of utilizing Artificial intelligence (AI) to drive business results. This month, I’d like to delve further into the untapped potential of AI to revolutionize your sponsorship campaigns. Imagine your analytics soaring and sponsors lining up, all by harnessing the power of AI.…

Sponsorship is a powerful way for brands to connect with their target audience, increase brand awareness, and generate leads and sales. But not all sponsorships are created equal. To make the most of a sponsorship investment, savvy sponsors will consider three key factors: brand alignment, scale of the audience, and activation strategies and tactics that…

There are a ton of cool ideas out there. Many very bright people reach out to me with their concept thinking that a sponsor will provide them with the funds they need to launch their idea. Please wipe that idea from your thinking.

Larry Weil and the Daily Ad Brief discuss sponsorship and tips to plan, buy, traffic, analyze and report on sponsorship media.

If you have responsibility for your event sponsorship revenue, you have made major adjustments with a virtual environment.

Digital Event Bags were used for in-person events long before the pandemic and offer unique advantages for sponsors and event planners.

A digital event bag is a cost-effective, digitally measurable, and sustainable way to assist event organizers and their sponsors in delivering information to attendees. You may have heard them called a digital event bag, an online goodie bag, or an e-gift bag. No matter what name it goes by, it has the same purpose: a…

Listen to this conversation, as Hopin were joined by an expert lineup of event professionals who have extensive experience with event sponsorships — from creating in-person event activations with some of the world’s top brands to designing virtual event sponsorships that generate quantifiable results.

We have been through many ups and downs with sponsorship these past two years. Virtual events have provided a way to deliver many of our event objectives to your audience regardless of physical location. The technology continues to improve, and we are all learning more about how to put on successful digital events in 2022.…

Digital Champions – All we do is sponsorship. We help event producers attract and retain high value sponsors.

Western Sponsorship Virtual ConferenceFeb 3, 2021 “Larry provides a deep dive into the mindset, assets, and strategies that make it possible to be successful with sponsors in this environment. It is full of specific and actionable information you can start using right now.”

Here is a chance to listen in on a casual interview where Chris and Larry chat about selling sponsorship, tell a few stories, and muse about where the industry is now.

In this video, I talk about email etiquette and why it can single handedly affect the success of your pitch to sponsors.

One of the most important things that people forget is that there’s some sales skill required in reaching sponsorship decision makers.

The typical sponsor packages usually come in bundles, such as gold, silver, bronze. However, there is an issue with this. It is not customized. People do a lot of business through the internet and they want things that are customized. Similarly, sponsorship packages should be put together more based on customization. One of the things…

This post was originally published on the Corporate Meetings Network. Read the original post here. Written by Clare Tattersall Now almost six months into the worldwide pandemic, most businesses have pivoted from in-person gatherings to virtual events. But despite more people than ever using online platforms, companies continue to struggle with monetization, which may be essential…

When you get to the end of your sponsorship, what you want to do is get in front of your sponsor with a recap of what you provided. It’s important because it lets the sponsor know that you’re interested in how they did. Then to open the conversation about the next sponsorship opportunity, or you…

Valuation is when you attempt to determine how much should a sponsor pay for the sponsorship. Valuation and sponsorship tends to be where you roll up everything. The activations, benefits, the website, the views, all of these kinds of things get added up and then put into a quote valuation. This is not the same…

A pitch deck is your presentation and it is typically a summary of what you’re offering. It provides an introduction to who you are and what you’re about, and then offers some kind of an opportunity to connect and collaborate and is hopefully supported with a lot of data. The simple thing to say about…

Sponsorship in general is a relationship, similar to advertising. The sponsor has an expectation of some kind of commercial return, such as generating new business, brand recognition, or another measurable result. There is a primary element of access to the audience. Fundraising is more about identifying and giving to causes that people care about. Understanding…

Let’s say you have a sponsor. So, what are you going to do? In the old days you had a live event. You know, they’re going to be able to speak to the people attending the event, maybe collect some information, do a presentation. And so on. Now in the virtual world, it’s the same…

Two weeks ago I shared this brand new presentation with a small group of digital event experts. Now I am opening it up to my connections and subscribers. It is all about creating a place for the sponsors you had at your destination events and the sponsors you would like to add, as part of your…

This post was originally published on the Eventbrite. Read the original post here.  In wake of the pandemic, many event brands are taking the steps to move online. Even if you’re one of the lucky creators who can pull it off and still make a profit, you may still wonder how to recoup sponsorship revenue from…