by Chris Baylis | Apr 27, 2020 | Event Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship for Major Gift Officers, Sponsorship Fulfillment, Sponsorship Packages
Event sponsorship often seems like one of those unobtainable, too good to be true options. It’s hard to imagine a company would be willing to provide a large chunk of the funding needed to run your event. We need to change the way we think about sponsorship, from that... 
by Chris Baylis | Mar 2, 2020 | Cause Sponsorship, Corporate Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation
We’ve all heard it from our prospects, that “we don’t do sponsorship anymore.” How can this be? Sponsorship spending is at an all-time high, is more nuanced than ever before and is more effective and measurable than at any point in the past. Sponsorship encompasses... 
by Chris Baylis | Nov 1, 2019 | Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation
The Path to Big Ticket Sponsorship Sales: A Case Study Approach to $10 million in Sponsorship Transactions Over the last two years, we have worked on more than $10 million dollars in event and facility naming rights, major campaigns, multi-year agreements and... 
by Chris Baylis | Apr 9, 2019 | Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship Fulfillment, Sponsorship Recruiting
Five stages of sponsorship? But isn’t sponsorship about setting a budget goal, creating a package with three levels (Gold, Silver, Bronze) and then dividing that budget goal across those three levels and e-blasting your stock proposal to every company you can think... 
by Chris Baylis | Nov 5, 2018 | Asset Valuation, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship Inventory, Sponsorship Sales
The sponsorship landscape has changed dramatically over the last five years and the pace of change has picked up, with no signs of letting up. While this increased pace of change makes it challenging for sponsorship sales professionals, it also opens up opportunities.... 
by Chris Baylis | Oct 30, 2018 | Cause Marketing Basics, Event Sponsorship, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship Fulfillment, Sponsorship Packages
In part one of my corporate sponsorship gone wrong post I covered three examples of what NOT to do with your sponsors. If you liked those three examples, you are going to love these last two examples. Have a horror story of your own to share? Leave it in the comments!... 
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