Sports Marketing: Canon Takes Tennis Strategy To West Coast
Canon is leveraging its multiyear partnership with tennis star Maria Sharapova in its activation strategy at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells CA. The sponsorship is part of the company’s expansion effort to include more West Coast event marketing for its PowerShot line of cameras.
How to Integrate YouTube Into Events
Prepare to ditch the creative briefs and the commercial-quality stuff. It’s time to go YouTube. The video sharing web site that’s getting more press lately than Britney’s breakdown (well almost) is making its mark on events with brands from Jeep to Intel to Shell getting on board and getting some play. Whether they’re creating the...
Websites Extend the Lifespan of Live Events
Having a web presence as part of a fully integrated event campaign is no longer a nice add-on; it’s now an almost expected part of the mix both for b-to-b and consumer events. But marketers are taking the medium to the next level.
How to Protect Sponsorships from Fallen Stars
It’s all fun and games until somebody loses the series—or fails a drug test or wrecks that shiny new race car or gets arrested or burns a house down or well you catch our drift. Can your sports sponsorship stand on its own if your team (or its marquee athlete) doesn’t perform? As any experienced...