Sports Sponsorship - Golf and Others

With many sports becoming increasingly popular with audiences world-wide, there is a sharp rise in businesses wanting to explore this not-so-new but demand driven market for advertising and creating brand awareness. Banking on this boom in sports sponsorship market, more and more public and private sport clubs and groups are exploring unique ways to generate funds on a regular basis. Today, sports sponsorship has become one of the most promising revenue creating opportunities.

Sports sponsorship can be defined a process or campaign through which an organization, company, or individual provides a sport individual or organization money/funds as well as products and/or services to gain commercial advantage. Sport sponsorship can best be described as a business relationship that is mutually beneficial to both the sponsored and the sponsor. Of course, much like any business transaction, sponsor companies seeks a hefty return on their funding support ranging from brand awareness, higher media exposure, increased sales to generating goodwill within the local community.

Sport sponsorship is also about building long-lasting business relationships. The longer this relationship can stand the test of time, the greater will be the values gained from it. While not an exact science, sport sponsorship does manifest itself in multiple forms across multiple levels, each being equally important for both the sponsored and the sponsor.

In some business circles, sport sponsorship is also referred to as 'Ambush' marketing - a term often frowned upon by the industry in general. Sport sponsorship can also be for a particular event, as opposed to a longer duration, where the brand pays to get the privilege of becoming the official sponsor of a single event while some other brand (s) try to connect themselves with the vent as well, without paying the sponsorship fee, and also ensuring they are within the bounds of the law. While terribly effective, Ambush or guerilla marketing can also have repercussions as they try to attract prospective customers at the expense of their competitors. Not only does this tactic undermine the integrity of the particular event, but more importantly, it also loses its ability to attract sponsorship for future events.

Most sport sponsorships are cash driven, however in-kind sport sponsorship are useful as well as effective. Sport sponsorships where the sponsor facilitates services, management expertise, or equipment as part or complete part of its funding for the sponsorship rights help sports persons and clubs to promote their sport further. Some organizations may even provide funds to these sporting clubs in other ways such as:

- Charitable donations - Zero commercial advantage is expected. Company makes the donation to develop an image of a responsible corporate citizen.

- Corporate patronage - A middle-way between donations and sponsorship, patronage helps create a reputation for the sponsor at a low level amongst a small influential group.

- Corporate hospitality - Done with the objective to pursue business by meeting customers and network in informal circumstances, it's considered a part of the sponsorship package.

- Public or community relations - Sport sponsorship can also be used to meet a company's social or political objectives. The aim of the sponsorship can simply be to better its image rather than sell products.

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