
The company has also announced an exciting chance to watch 2010 FIFA World Cup in high definition for free - through Al Jazeera Sport Channels, The official broadcaster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa - benefiting customers subscribing to eLife triple play bundles.With sponsorship spending surpassing $60 billion on a global basis, more emphasis is being placed on the application of advanced methodological approaches to improve understanding of the returns firms receive from their investment in sponsorship.To that end, within this issue are several innovative, novel papers that break new ground on the topic of sponsorship return on investment (ROI). This is a unique global campaign for Africa’s first FIFA World Cup, says Zayd. Diplomacy and with trade, investment, tourism and export promotion.Copyright © 2018, Emerald Publishing LimitedThe ‘Celebration’ theme of the Coca-Cola 2010 FIFA World Cup commercials will be supported via digital and mobile programs and is pulled into activation by a Coca-Cola- sponsored 'corner celebration', epitomized by Roger Milla in the commercial. Furthermore, the DoT also established a component internally to deal specifically with the issue ofThe case of South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup is therefore an interesting one. The DoT established a dedicated functional structure led by senior managers to coordinate the intergovernmental public transport planning for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The intergovernmental public transport planning for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
McCune, who began his career with Anheuser-Busch, spent 16 years overseeing Coca-Cola’s global marketing of the Olympics and FIFA World Cup as the Vice President, Global Partnerships and Experiential Marketing.Jonathan Jensen previously served in sponsorship consulting roles with leading global sport marketing agencies in Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group, where he evaluated and negotiated sponsorship investments for clients such as McDonald’s, Miller Brewing Co., Morgan Stanley, and Sharp Electronics Corporation. While in global agency roles at present, Fischer previously served as the Manager of National Sponsorships & Media with State Farm Insurance, while Lubenetski has worked with several global brands at Wasserman Media Group, including American Express and Nationwide.Goldstein, who previously served in sponsorship-related roles at Octagon and LG, currently oversees MasterCard’s global sponsorships of The Open Championship, Rugby World Cup, and UEFA Champions League. Johnson, a 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist in rowing, spent seven years with International Management Group (IMG) before joining Visa in 2013. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse UniversitySenior Vice President, Global Sports & Entertainment Consulting, GMRVice President and Senior Business Leader, Global Sponsorships, MastercardVice President, Head of Global Sponsorship Marketing, VisaVice President Marketing, Brands, Wasserman Media GroupFounder, McCune Sports & Entertainment VenturesTogether with the papers included in this issue, this approach provides those interested in the advanced academic study and practice of the assessment of return on investment in sponsorship with insights from a variety of divergent perspectives, including brands, agencies, and properties.For example, prior to joining the academy Burton served as the Chief Marketing Officer with the US Olympic Committee (USOC), Commissioner of Australia’s National Basketball League, and in various marketing and advertising roles with Miller Brewing Company. Advanced quantitative approaches were used to ascertain the impact that doping scandals and ambush marketing have on returns for sponsors.Given the journal’s focus of bridging the gap between academia and industry, we also thought this was an opportune time to empanel a distinguished group of industry experts to provide the latest perspectives on sponsorship measurement, evaluation, and ROI, including:David B. Innovative experimental designs were employed by researchers in the US to better understand the impact that implicit memory and identification have on the effectiveness of sponsor exposure on television.

Residual advertising, promotions, PR, etc., all contribute and should be part of the algebraic computation.Fischer: The biggest challenge in ROI measurement and tracking is the amount of simultaneous inputs and variables in the marketplace for a respective brand. Self-liquidating), but it is very hard to suggest a sponsorship drives 100% of a sale or absolutely generated an ROI of x. I think sponsorships can be made cost-neutral (i.e. For example, if you are in a retailer and sell more products during the week or month of an event…how much of that is tied to the sponsorship? 100%? 50%? Did you have any other consumer-facing activity happening during that time period? Also, what about B2B leads that then have deals close after you host someone at an event? Is that because you were able to showcase your products and services or would that deal have closed even if you didn’t have the sponsorship at all?Burton: That it is very difficult to isolate all factors and say that a sale is due solely to a sponsorship. ROI is probably still sacred, but the industry is shifting in its approach to segmentation, defensive blocking, and other factors that contribute to sponsorship measurement, and that might not be considered ROI.Jensen: What do you perceive to be the main obstacles in the ROI challenge facing brand marketers, properties, and their agencies?Goldstein: The biggest challenge is isolating the variable that is sponsorships.
Partnerships are ultimately a relationship between a brand and a fan base and, just like all relationships, it takes time to develop trust and deepen commitment.McCune: First, is ensuring brands have clear and measureable objectives and that they work with the properties to ensure they measure the outcomes, vs just outputs.Johnson: An example of where sponsorship gets really challenging for us is that because we Visa as a payment network live behind the scenes so much more with the Ubers and Starbucks. Therefore, if short-term wins are the main or only objective that will resonate internally, the partnerships should be built with that in mind from the onset. The lack of patience in society (and marketing executives) puts more pressure on short-term returns – which are sometimes harder to prove pure causality around. Most partnerships are built to solve both short and long-term marketing needs and objectives. The willingness and ability of a brand to provide proprietary sales data and other internally controlled inputs is also critical.Lubenetski: Patience is the main obstacle.
The ability for brands to cancel out “other marketing noise” to correlate partnership activity to a change in consumer perception or business lift is imperative, and something more brands are doing better in conjunction with their internal measurement partners and/or agency support. Therefore, the biggest trend is the creation of opportunities to test sponsorship ROI against control variables. Those are friction points that we’re seeing in the context of sponsorship.Jensen: What are some of the newest trends you have seen in sponsorship metrics, measurement, and return on investment?Lubenetski: One of the largest gaps in measurement continues to be identifying causal return on lower funnel metrics. The problem is for us to do that and to pull ourselves out in front of the Uber app, we would have to work in tandem with Uber and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have to be comfortable with that.
