Rating Drip Campaigns vs. All In Campaigns

Rating Drip Campaigns vs. All In Campaigns

Which is the Best Strategy for Finding Sponsorships? When it comes to securing sponsorships, two prominent strategies often come into play: the drip campaign and the all in campaign. Each approach has its merits, but in the context of forging and maintaining long-term relationships with potential sponsors, the drip campaign stands out as the more…

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How Companies Choose Event Marketing and Pick Events

How companies choose event marketing and pick events

People love experiences. In today’s world we’re constantly bombarded with marketing messages over the television, the radio, the mobile phone, the internet, it’s everywhere. People want to be out and about. Especially since the pandemic there’s been a huge increase in experiential engagement. Event marketing creates a great opportunity for companies to get face-to-face with…

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How Digital Marketing Has Changed What Is Valuable in Event Sponsorship

How Digital Marketing Has Changed What Is Valuable in Event Sponsorship

The world of event sponsorship has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, largely driven by the rise of digital marketing. In the past, sponsors were primarily interested in gaining visibility and brand exposure through their association with an event. However, with the advent of digital marketing, sponsors are now looking for more measurable and…

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Trip to Trinidad – Caribbean Premier League T20 Cricket Group

Trip to Trinidad Caribbean Premier League T20 Cricket Group

Earlier this month I flew to Trinidad to speak to the Caribbean Premier League. The Caribbean Premier League is a T20 cricket group with a very popular tournament. For the 20th anniversary of the league, they put together a sponsor- only event. My topic was “Optimising Sponsorship through Activation”. First, I want to go on…

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Thank You Bill Walton

Thank You Bill Walton

A few words about the recent passing of HOF Basketball Member and World Champion Bill Walton. I had the good fortune of getting to know Bill a bit during a couple of work engagements. His deep voice and never ending enthusiasm for life and people was something to see and hear. I first met Bill…

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How to Write a Sponsorship Proposal-Part 2: Crafting the Proposal

How to Write a Proposal - Crafting the Proposal

In my last blog, I covered part 1 of writing a proposal, setting the foundation. Let’s take a deep dive into part 2 – crafting the actual proposal. Section 4: Sponsorship Features and Benefits Know the difference between a feature and a benefit. Be sure to describe how a given feature benefits the sponsor. Do…

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How to Write a Sponsorship Proposal-Part 1: Setting the Foundation

How to Write a Proposal - Setting the Foundation

Before you start: Only send a proposal to a prospect who has requested a proposal and where you have established their needs and objectives. Crafting a sponsorship proposal is a strategic and essential step for any organization or individual seeking financial support for their initiatives. A well-prepared proposal serves as a comprehensive document that not…

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Rethinking Sponsorship Perks

Rethinking Sponsorship Perks-Moving Beyond Brand Recognition for Big Brands

Moving Beyond Brand Recognition for Big Brands Are you still telling big brands that a potential sponsorship for your event could increase brand recognition? It’s time to think again. The traditional approach of offering brand recognition to big brands may no longer be the most effective strategy. Truth is, big brands already have the recognition,…

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3 Things Every Sponsor Craves-And How to Deliver Them

3 Things Sponsors Want and How to Deliver Them

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…

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Unlock Sponsorship ROI with Events

Unlock Sponsorship ROI with Events

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.

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The One Change You Can Make to Triple Virtual Event Sponsorships

3X Event Sponsorship

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.…

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Selling Sponsorship for Virtual Events

Selling Sponsorships Interview

Western Sponsorship Virtual Conference Feb 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.”

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The Key To Scoring Virtual Event Sponsorships

Sponsors for Virtual Events

The Key To Scoring Virtual Event Sponsorships A Fireside Chat with The Vendry Tuesday, November 10, 2020 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT Moderator: Hannah Foley Guests: Karen Hartline, Alecia May, Larry Weil, Keneisha Williams    Overview: The positives of virtual events are apparent – access to a broader audience, cost savings (in some…

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Sponsor Bundle Strategy: Gold, Silver and Bronze are Dead

Sponsorship Package Strategy

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…

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How Best to Monetize Your Online Event

How Best to Monetize Your Online Event

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…

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Sponsorship Terminology: The Recap

Sponsor Recap

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…

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Sponsorship Terminology: Valuation

Sponsorship Valuation

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…

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Sponsorship Terminology: The Pitch Deck

Sponsorship Pitch Deck

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…

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Do you know the difference between sponsorship and fundraising?

Do you know the difference between sponsorship and fundraising?

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…

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Sponsorship Terminology: Activation, Assets & Inventory

Sponsorship Terminology: Activation, Assets & Inventory

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…

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8 Easy Tips to Improve Your Virtual Meetings & Conferences

8 Easy Tips to Improve Your Virtual Meetings & Conferences

The tsunami of virtual conferences, webinars, video conference calls are wearing me out. I have been one of the loud voices encouraging my clients to go virtual and many companies are taking the change head on. But there are lots of problems. The production quality of many just are not particularly good: There are frequently…

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Creating Sponsorship Revenue for Virtual Events

Digital Events

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…

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Pro Tips: Who is Your Sponsor Prospect?

The Sponsorship Guy’s Pro Tips for Effective Outreach

During a conversation with a colleague recently, she brought up a point that I hadn’t heard considered before. That sponsors mostly don’t think of themselves as a “sponsor”. Their goal isn’t to sponsor something. Their goal is to find new customers, promote or sell their products, educate prospects and existing customers, create a buzz and…

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Why I’m an Evangelist for Digital Sponsorship

Evangelist

Event sponsorship is an ultra-competitive business. Everyone says they want more sponsors. The truth is they want more money. Nothing wrong with that, it’s why we are all in the business. I hear from dozens of event producers every week who are looking for help. My first step in evaluating them as a potential client…

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Using Data to Grow and Sell Sponsorship

Using Data to Grow and Sell Sponsorship

Using data to grow sponsorship is often overlooked or improperly implemented. In this clip from my interview with Dan Kimball the Senior Vice President of Marketing at eventbrite.com headquarters in San Francisco we discuss tactics and trends for the successful use of data to influence and close sponsorship deals.

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Searching for Sponsors? Have you tried these job titles?

Man Looking Through Binoculars

The Sponsorship Guy’s Pro Tips for Finding Leads You are on LinkedIn. You are trying to find new prospects. When I enter “Sponsorship” into the search field, I get 13,805,662 results. Not helpful. By further filtering to just the United States and to the Marketing and Advertising Industry we are down to 429, 938. Still,…

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Great Data Wins Sponsorships: Where to Find It and How to Use It

Great Data Wins Sponsorships

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Have you ever completed a form that asks you for your Age, Sex, Race, and Income? Kind of feels like it is none of their business, doesn’t it? Being a 25 to 35-year-old white male is a pretty diverse group. It is hard for a prospective sponsor to draw many insights from that…

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How to Close Your Sponsorship Deal With Data

How to Close Your Sponsorship Deal With Data

Not all data is created equal, says sponsorship expert Larry Weil. Instead, he’s sharing how to close a sponsorship deal with data points that are actually meaningful to prospects, and what insights to leave OUT of your pitch deck. You have done your homework and have used insights to identify a prospect that is likely…

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5 Tips to Fix Your Call Reluctance and Win More Deals

Larry Weil, The Sponsorship Guy - Business woman on the phone

Would you rather call or email a prospect? Sure, you can send off a bunch of emails, (and I’m not saying you shouldn’t) but we all know the data on email conversions. Has anyone ever responded to an email by thanking you and saying that they are ready to buy? My experience is that you…

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9 Tips to be “Event Sponsor Ready”

Larry Weil, The Sponsorship Guy - Blog - Are you read? Road

This post was originally published on the Eventbrite blog. Read the original post here. Rules for event sponsorship success Sponsorship is a $62.7 billion industry. Its annual growth has surpassed other forms of marketing and advertising. With so much spending, your chances of winning event sponsors could be increasing — right? Sponsorship expert Larry Weil…

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5 Tips for Cold Calling Event Sponsors and Winning More Deals

5 Tips for Cold Calling Event Sponsors and Winning More Deals

This post was originally published on the Eventbrite blog. Read the original post here. What’s your go-to method for contacting event sponsors? In a recent survey of event professionals, nearly half (42%) said their primary method for contacting sponsors was email. So if you said email, you’re in good company. But while email is an effective tool…

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What is Sponsorship and How Does it Work?

Examples of brands sponsoring stadiums

I am often asked, what is sponsorship? It used to be a pretty simple answer. Most people think of sports sponsorships like McDonald’s and the U.S. Olympic team, or Bud Light and the NFL. There are many easy examples to see in sports, so it is a good place to start. Sponsorship has grown to…

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Moving the Needle: Quality and Quantity Required

Moving the Needle: Quality and Quantity Required

Lots of properties contact me to tell me about what a great match they are for one of my clients. They have spent a lot of time rationalizing. Very often they are trying to make something fit because it meets their needs not the sponsor’s. So they twist and mush until they think they have…

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Why Would I Share These Secrets? Two Tools You Must Have

The Sponsorship Guy Blog Why would I share these secrets? Two Tools You Must Have

Many of us have heard the expression that a carpenter is only as good as his (or her) tools. The application to any kind of sales, but especially sponsorship sales is pretty obvious. But you can’t talk about tools without talking about mastery. I recently had a conversation with someone who I consider to be…

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