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Five Ways the Sports Sponsorship Landscape Will Evolve for Brands—and Fans—This Year

Event Marketer

Corona took a direct approach to its 2021 Indiana Pacers sponsorship with elaborate mobile locker room fan activations. Now, as vaccines continue to roll out and stadiums, arenas and ballparks gradually return to full capacity, brands are looking ahead to what sports sponsorships will look like in a post-pandemic world.

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Event Sponsorship in 2021: What It Looks Like and How to Capitalize On It

SpotMe Blog

Event sponsorship is a well-used tactic to help with both funding and value delivery for large and small events. . What Are Event Sponsorships? Event sponsorship is when an organization agrees to cover part of the cost of an event in exchange for promotional benefits. In-kind sponsorship. Why Do Sponsorships Matter?

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Sponsorship: When Sundance Went All-digital Again, Acura Was Prepared for the Pivot

Event Marketer

After the Sundance Film Festival took an all-digital format in 2021, 12-year sponsor Acura approached this year’s festival with a hybrid strategy aimed at reaching new audiences online while reviving its programming on the ground in Park City, UT. Then the Omicron variant came knocking, and Sundance, this year Jan.

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How Six Sponsors are Serving up Fan Experiences at the 2021 US Open

Event Marketer

Fans and brands have made a triumphant return to the 2021 US Open Tennis Championships after spectators were banned from last year’s event due to COVID. Sports Sponsorship Q&A: How American Express Keeps it Fresh at the US Open. The big draw for 2021 were the first-ever American Express Courts at Pier 76 in New York City.

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Expos Don’t Work Well in a Virtual Environment

Velvet Chainsaw

It will be interesting to see how virtual CES 2021 addresses these challenges! Up Your Sponsorship Game. While these virtual expo predictions are sobering, conference organizers should be taking steps to diversify revenue by going all in with sponsorship. Limit the number of sponsors at the Premier level to 4 – 6.

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How 12 Brands Engaged Festivalgoers at the 2021 Governors Ball

Event Marketer

More Music Festival Strategies: Lollapalooza 2021: Good Vibes and Music Lovers Kick Off an In-person Festival Season. The post How 12 Brands Engaged Festivalgoers at the 2021 Governors Ball appeared first on Event Marketer. Take a photo tour of what’s new and different this year at New York’s homegrown festival.

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Sports Sponsorship Update, Part 3: What Brands Need to Know About Pickleball

Event Marketer

It expanded by nearly 40 percent between 2019 and 2021 and now boasts 4.8 Consumers’ interest in the sport is booming—and that translates to big-time sponsorship opportunities for brands who take the time to understand who the fans are and how to speak to them authentically. million active “picklers” in the U.S.,