Sponsorship in marketing
Subtitle: effective communication through sports, arts and events
By: T. Bettina Cornwell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780415739795; 9780415739801
Subjects: Marketing; Performing arts sponsorship; Corporate sponsorship; Special events; Sports sponsorship
Description: "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 objectivesleveraging and activationbuilding sponsorship portfoliosmeasurement and evaluationambush marketingmanaging relationshipsinternal audiencespublic policy and legal issuesEvery 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: How We Got Here; title: Views of Sponsorship; title: Sponsorship Audiences Strategy and Objectives; title: How Sponsorship Works; title: Leveraging and Activation; title: Establishing Sponsorship Portfolios; title: Measuring Sponsorship Outcomes; title: Evaluating Sponsorships; title: Ambushing and Legal Issues; title: Relationships Beginning Managing Ending; title: Memory for Sponsorship Relationships; title: Internal Audiences for Sponsorship; title: Public Policy and Social Responsibility.