Bonham Shuts Doors

Sad day... Bonham Group, a pioneer in the sports marketing space, is closing doors. Bonham sports marketing shuts doors, citing economy They are a great firm and I have a soft spot for them since I had my very first sports marketing interview with them (about a decade ago). Hopefully they will come back bigger and stronger than ever with their new venture, Bonham Sports and Enterta...

4. Numerous Coaches - Coors Light

Numerous/None - Coors Light Draft FCB cleverly picked up on the trend for colorful NFL press conferences, by using real footage from coach press conferences including the likes of Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Brian Billick. Bill Cowher Mike Ditka and others. Continue to #3 >>

Perfect Pitch Fridays!

What's the best way to pitch a sponsor? We're not sure how long this question dates back, but if you have the answer definitely let us know. Powerpoint, word docs, cold calls, proposal submission services, email, networking events, word of mouth/referral, sourcebook listings, etc etc. We see the chatter a lot on our LinkedIn group and groups like it (PS - you should join!) The tru...

"Dew Something"

We've got a ton of cool stuff coming through our inbox already. Mountain Dew, in conjunction with the launch of its new Voltage brand, has created a grant program called the $100,000 Mountain Dew Program, which seeks to foster unique ideas for positive community change. A kick-off event will be held at this weekend's Dew Winter Action Sports Tour stop in Vermont. From their release: Do S...

Test

The Fiji Water Girl may have set the world on fire at last week's Golden Globes, but the truth is the bottled water brand is no stranger to the red carpet. In fact, after going viral less than a week ago, Fiji Water was back at it as a sponsor of last night's Critics Choice Awards. Though the brand has sought to be more sporty with partnerships in recent months, the LA-based brand's bread a...

Your Guide To The New SponsorPitch

Over the last year SponsorPitch has talked to brand side marketers, sponsorship sales professionals, and both buy and sell side agency representatives. We heard the same concern many times over. There are fiercely protected fiefdoms of stale insight in every corner of the market, hoarding information that would have much more value if unleashed to the masses. The result, to our industry's det...

PBR Days in New York

Haven't seen too many bulls around Manhattan for the better part of the past year or so (tags: nyse, nasdaq) so when we got the invite to attend a sponsor reception prior to Pro Bull Riding's Built Ford Tough Series event at the "world's most famous arena," it was hard to take a pass. First off.. If you haven't seen the opening pyrotechnics at one of these things, you've got to check it ou...

Two Important Feature Updates

At SponsorPitch, we take privacy very seriously. We believe that it's important that you have full control over every aspect -- with whom you interact and how you interact with them -- always. We put it into action with two updates to the application last Friday. - Users now have the ability to hide their profiles from search so that if you're a sponsor or a property and you don't want to ...

Beta Tester Appreciation Day - This Friday!!

Well, it's been over a month since we launched our beta. We've gotten a ton of helpful and very insightful feedback on SponsorPitch. Now it's our turn to thank you so we're instituting 'Beta Tester Appreciation Day' this Friday, January 17th. If you haven't signed-up for an account (either property or sponsor), you'll want to by then. Friday, we'll draw and announce winners for various ...

SponsorPitch in KillerStartups.com

Good morning!! For some crazy reason, yesterday was our best day yet, in terms of beta sign-ups. A few notes for Tuesday.. 1. Killerstartups.com reviewed SponsorPitch this morning. Despite a few grammar issues, this seems to be a good review: SponsorPitch - Let Marketers Find You 2. It seems SponsorPitch has made it across the pond. EDP sports marketing, a sports marketing agenc...