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Looking for creative sports marketing ideas? Check out the new October Issue of the Partnership Activation 2.0 Newsletter. The issue includes industry trends, creative marketing tactics, and new ways to leverage corporate partners - just released to…
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You may want to check out the new September Issue of the Partnership Activation 2.0 Newsletter (attached). The newsletter details tons of new trends and activation ideas in the sports marketplace! - http://is.gd/3DUUO
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agency
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GMR Marketing
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Account Executive
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Marketing
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The Top 5 Activation Ideas from the U.S. Open...

Are you looking for some best-in-class activation examples? Are you looking for new ways to leverage brands in the tennis space?

Check out: http://www.partnershipactivation.com/headlines/2009/9/14/the-top-5-activation-ideas-from-the-us-open.html

Posted on September 14, 2009 at 9:01pm —

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The 100 Hottest Promotional Items in Sports

Are you looking for new ideas for promotional giveaways? Are you looking to track the hottest promotional items in the sports marketplace?

Partnership Activation recently compiled a list of the 100 Hottest Promotional Items in Sports. The list captures a variety of items utilized by sports organizations across the world to drive attendance and incremental fan interest.

Check… Continue

Posted on April 19, 2009 at 10:19pm —

Brian Gainor

Leverage T-Shirt Premiums to Drive Store Traffic

by Brian Gainor, PartnershipActivation.com

Are you looking for new ways to use sponsorships to drive store traffic? Are you looking for ways to take your game day giveaways to the next level?

Corporate partners searching for new ways to drive store traffic and reward consumers while doing so, should consider creating and distributing coupon t-shirts (as shown below). Brands could use coupon t-shirt as an effective measure to drive traffic to s… Continue

Posted on February 22, 2009 at 10:16pm —

Brian Gainor

The Suns Influence Social Buzz With Special "Tweet Up" Event...

By: Brian Gainor, PartnershipActivation.com

Are you looking to influence and control what bloggers are saying about your organization or brand? Are you looking to tap into non-traditional forms of media?

Organizations looking to take greater control of their brand image/messaging in the social media marketplace should consider benchmarking the efforts of the Phoenix Suns. The Suns, led by the charge of Amy Martin (Director of Media Research),… Continue

Posted on February 11, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

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Lakers Fans Love Their "Virtual Burgers"...

by Brian Gainor, PartnershipActivation.com

Are you looking to implement a unique text message promotion that engages fans in-venue? Are you looking for a new way to leverage QSR partners?

The Los Angeles Lakers and Carl's Jr. recently partnered to create a unique "Virtual Burger" promotion that effectively captures the attention and interest of fans in-arena. Realizing that Carls Jr. consumers have a high propensity to use mobile technology, t… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 11:21pm — 1 Comment

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At 6:28pm on April 1, 2009, NicKovatch said…
Hey Brian, I enjoy reading your blog posts. When your site was down for a couple of days I lost all the entertainment in my google reader. Keep up the good work.
At 10:47pm on October 14, 2008, Jeremy Beynon said…
Will do Brian, will dig up the article.

Cheers
Jeremy
At 8:53am on October 10, 2008, Red said…
Nice job with this.
At 12:59am on October 3, 2008, Tim Horton said…
Hi Brian,
I like a lot of the soccer examples on your partnership activations website. I will definitely be checking back. We have started a new community for my soccer coaching educational website soccer interactive.com. The community is at http://community.soccerinteractive.com.
Cheers
Tim
At 11:54pm on October 2, 2008, Ryan Knapp said…
Brian,

I just read the last newsletter and it had a lot of great insights that I feel I can use for promoting my NPSL soccer franchise here in Buffalo.

Look forward to reading the next!

-Ryan
At 10:54am on September 23, 2008, Burt Barnes said…
Brian, are you guys looking at leveraging online communities for your overall marketing strategy for clients? If you we should chat...
At 1:07pm on August 6, 2008, Janae Laverdiere said…
Glad you found me on here! thanks for all your help!
At 10:03am on June 2, 2008, Ed Sullivan said…
Brian,
Thanks for creating your site. It is an excellent resource.
-Ed-
At 1:21am on June 2, 2008, Michael Marino said…
Brian,
I saw your posting on the Partnership Activation site, and wound up giving it a thorough look tonight. I wound up reading through almost every aspect of the site, and there is a ton of useful resources and information on there. It gave some great insight, such as the Miller promotions, and will be a very useful site that I will be sure to check back often in the future. Thank you very much.

Thanks,
Mike Marino
 
 

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Romi Mardela

Sports Marketing in Indonesia 2 Replies

I am a graduate student at the University of Padang, Indonesia. I want to do research on sports marketing at the Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (KONI/National Sports Committee of Indonesia), a fo…

Tagged: indonesia, marketing, sports, study, research

Started by Romi Mardela in About Sports Marketing 2.0 - news from the admin. Last reply by Romi Mardela 11 hours ago.

Andrew McConachie

Social Media within Football (Soccer) - is there a place for it? 11 Replies

Within the current climate, is there a place for social media within football clubs who cannot control the views of the public. With such outrageous views such as racism, sectarianism, sexism - How c…

Started by Andrew McConachie in Web 2.0 general ideas. Last reply by Andrew McConachie 1 day ago.

federico smanio

sports sponsoring by a bank 7 Replies

Hello! I am studying how a bank could sponsor a sports event or championship. Do you have any ideas? It's the first italian bank and they are targeting young people age 6-18. The bank is very well kn…

Tagged: Italy, youngsters, sport, sponsor, bank

Started by federico smanio in Sponsorship Strategy. Last reply by federico smanio Dec 19.

Joe Gill

Seeking advertisers for Boston Sports Website 2 Replies

Looking for partners to advertise on http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/. This site is unique due to its mix of current and historical sports content. We also have rates for our National, Chicago, a…

Tagged: webadvertissers, boston, sportswebsites, sportsmarketing

Started by Joe Gill in Sponsorship Strategy. Last reply by Joe Gill Nov 17.

Mark Gleason

Atlanta Astros 09 MSBL World Series Champs

Phoenix, Arizona October 25th, 2009Two C.H.A.M.P.S. Athletes Help Win MSBL – The Atlanta Astros, Norcross, GA. Coached by Mr. Marty Kelly, won the 2009 MSBL World Series by defeating a team from Cali…

Tagged: Athletics, Arizona, Phoenix, Baseball, MSBL

Started by Mark Gleason in Web 2.0 general ideas Nov 6.

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Pepsi moves away from Super Bowl to create its own movement, online

MILWAUKEE – Pepsi’s Super Bowl streak is over after a 23-year run. Ads for the drinks won’t appear in next year’s Super Bowl on CBS. Instead, the company plans to shift ad dollars to a new marketing effort that’s mostly online. “In 2010, each of our beverage brands has a strategy and marketing platform that will be [...]

Thanks to Facebook, (and IKEA and Intel), the Era of Social Commerce is upon us

In the very near future, I foresee sports and entertainment properties selling tickets via promotions like these. Stay tuned.

RCA earns fan love and generates Word-of-mouth on MyColts.net, Facebook

This is NOT your father’s register to to win program MyColts.net launched a new promotion last week in which title sponsor, RCA, is giving away flat-screen TVs for the fans who write the best blogs. RCA is asking Colts fans to talk about what it’s like to watch Colts games on TV, and how much [...]

Sponsor Tweets from SBJ in NYC today

Kathleen Hessert @kathleenhessert is live blogging from SBJ’s Sponsorship Symposium today in NYC. She has posted some juicy tidbits about sponsorship and social media. Here are some of my favorites: “Sponsorship hasn’t changed. The world has changed.It’s been a sobering year” AmEx Rich Learfield VP Global says Social Media allows them to gain scale & engage passionate [...]
 

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