Thursday, January 30, 2014

What’s your sponsorship worth? - McKinsey


5 metrics marketers need to value sports events

Cost per reach
Unaided awareness per reach
Sales/margin per dollar spent
Long-term brand attributes
Indirect benefits

How much is it worth to sponsor Tiger Woods or Lionel Messi or Rafael Nadal? What’s the payoff for being a sponsor of the Super Bowl, Olympic Games or the World Cup? Considering the huge amounts being spent on sponsorships, companies have surprising difficulty answering these questions.