Date: May 30, 2012  University: Mälardalen University, Sweden  Program: MIMA- International Marketing  Course Name: Master Thesis (EFO705)  Title: Creating Brand Awareness Through Event Marketing  The Off-Field Competition of Sportswear Companies in the Olympics  Authors: Laura Dolge and Malin Marmbrandt  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to research how companies are promoting themselves efficiently to increase brand awareness through advertisement in major sporting events, through viral marketing and athlete endorsement.  Research Questions: Firstly: What are the major differences and similarities between the official and non-official sponsors and their marketing activities when creating brand awareness in sporting events?  Secondly: How do official and non-official sponsoring companies increase brand awareness in sporting events through viral marketing activities?  Thirdly: How do official and non-official sponsoring companies increase brand awareness in sporting events through athlete endorsement?  Method: Data was collected with a qualitative multi-method approach that consists of observations of online social networks and media (netnography), and semi-structured interviews was applied.  Conclusion: The main differences between the official and the non-official sponsor´s marketing campaigns are that the official sponsor has the advantage of using the event’s logo in its campaigns, and is able to advertise during the event. Whilst, there are many rules that restricts the non-official company´s campaigns. Regardless, non-official sponsors are still able to associate themselves with the event by using creative viral marketing campaigns and endorsing athletes, thus create brand awareness by so called ambush marketing.

The last decades sport sponsorship has grown into a massive industry. This has given marketers unique opportunities and challenges to develop their brand strategy in order to stay competitive. Although the increasing research made within sport sponsorship, marketing researchers is just in the beginning of understanding the full effects of it. There is still a gap within this research field in Sweden and the rest of Europe. Though, researchers have found common desired brand objectives for using sport sponsorships which are called the sponsorship portfolio. The purpose of this study is to investigate companies’ perception and use of sport sponsorship. The purpose will also be to investigate how well companies’ use of sport sponsorship match with their customers perceptions of it. This study is based on a qualitative multiple case study using a semi-structured interview technique. Two companies, Craft and Team Sportia, were interviewed with five different managers to investigate their perception of sport sponsorship. Two focus groups, one on each company, where conducted in order to compare the results of the interviews. The study will be limited to the Swedish sport sponsorship market. In the case of Craft, findings indicate that Crafts sport sponsorship strategy is in overall congruence with the most important brand objectives using sponsorship in the theory. Though are the focus group perception of Crafts sport sponsorship and their brand not quite as consistent as company want to reflect. Results from the case of Team Sportia reveal that they could be seen as a company with a positive brand image. The brand itself is perceived as less strong than their competitors by the focus group due to weak perceived brand awareness. New findings in this study are Crafts product development through sport sponsorship as well as the message of brand familiarity through Team Sportias sport sponsorship.

Today, sponsorship is an integrated communication tool used for the achievement of commercial objectives. As the marketing environment changes sport sponsorship has evolved into one of the fastest growing marketing sectors. Yet, research up to now has been somewhat limited to one dimension of the sponsor relationship, without further consideration of the other. Therefore, this study has assessed both sides of sponsorship arrangements. Relevant literature has been reviewed and a survey was carried out in order to answer the purpose within this thesis. Our findings show that identification and commitment to a sport team was positively related to attitudes and purchase intentions toward favorite team sponsors. Moreover, mean scores suggested that negative associations from rival teams could “rub-off” on sponsored brands. This was evident in forms of attitudes but not in avoiding sponsors products. The study showed potentials with sponsorship while at the same time described sponsorship as a complex business which one should treat with caution in order for it to not become a double-edged sword.   Key words: sport sponsorship, social identity, in-group, out-group, identification and commitment to a sport team

Background/Problem: Sponsorship has grown a lot for the past twenty years, to become a part of the marketing activities not to say a full-fledged tool. Being now a major marketing tool, it is crucial to understand how the whole sponsorship process works, in order to control it perfectly. Purpose: To offer an overview of the whole sponsorship process, from the sponsoring side. Theory: In the theory part is a literature review about sponsorship. First a definition of sponsorship is presented. Then the different motivations to start a sponsorship activity are discussed, followed by the selection criteria. Finally, the evaluation methods of the activity are reviewed. Research questions: How do companies select their events and manage their portfolio? Which are the factors influencing the future decisions of continuing a sponsorship? Method: In order to identify what are the most relevant elements in the whole sponsorship-decision process, a quantitative approach was used. An online survey was created online in order to collect data that has been analysed through SPSS. Conclusion: Our results show that the selection of the event and the evaluation of the sponsorship activity are very important for the portfolio, although if there is a lack of evaluation among the companies.

During the 1980s and 1990s, commercial sponsorship grew with a rapid pace with an increase in worldwide spending from $2 billion in 1984 to $18.1 billion in 1997. Also, when the sponsorship market grew the interest amongst business researchers grew and finally became an own topic within business. Further, within marketing there was also a change occurring during the same time. It was an evolutionary paradigm shift from the marketing mix and the 4Ps to Relationship Marketing and the focus on long-term relationships. The marketing mix and the 4Ps had been the dominating model since the 1950s however when industries matured, market demand changed, competition increased and customers became more sophisticated and demanded more. Both the rapid growth within sponsorship and move to Relationship Marketing can mainly be explainedby the developments in Information Technology and globalization. However, despite the increasing interest sponsorship and relationship marketing separately,few researchers have tried to combine these two even though several researchers have challenged others. In 2003, Farrelly and Quester studied the relationships between the sponsor and the sponsored. The intentions of the researchers are to extend this research to the relationships between the sponsor and their customers. The purpose of this thesis is to explore how sponsors utilize sponsorship to build and maintain relationships with their customers. The intention is to create a foundation that can be later tested with the sponsors’ customers through a series of propositions. This study is done from the sponsors' perspective and in a B2B context. It is a qualitative research using six of the main sponsors as case studies for HV71, one of the largest ice hockey teams in Sweden. For the data collection the researchers used face-to-face interviews with managers from Husqvarna, Swedbank, Öhrlings PriceWaterhouseCoopers,Nybergs Bil, Ernst&Young and June Emballage. The researchers have identified four different ways how sponsors utilize sponsorship to build and maintain relationships with their customers. The sponsors use sponsorship to create meeting places outside the business office, increase communication, add value totheir offerings and predict customer needs. The goal is to increase trust and value because when they increase, the relationship between the sponsor and customer grows stronger.

As the raising concern of corporation social responsibility in recent years, this trends has also arouse more attention to the stakeholders and other related issued for corporations in Taiwan. On the other hand, community development has been under progressing greatly in the country, while some of them are postponed due to the insufficient aids. This situation will be improved if the findings from corporations can transfer to the communities. The objectives of this research are, to investigate the current situation of sponsorship on community development from corporations; to understand the sponsorship behavioral model on community development from corporations; to analyze and compare sponsors¡¦ aspects and focus among different corporations. This research has interviewed five active community-concerning corporations, including Chunghwa Telecom, TSMC, Senao International, Ben Q, and Gigabyte. Several important conclusions are found: 1. Comparing to the past, corporations have develop active and long-term sponsorship programs; 2. Major motivations of sponsor programs are based on corporate social responsibility; 3. Community locations, types of activities, special events, corporation sponsor policies, specialized department in corporations, and previous experience are the factors of sponsorship programs; 4. The top three corporation sponsorship programs are community infrastructure, art and culture programs, and community economy development. Budget donation is the most frequent sponsor model. Many corporations prefer to cooperate with specific foundations; 6. There is no accurate and precise assessment mechanism to evaluate these sponsorship programs so far.

<p>During the 1980s and 1990s, commercial sponsorship grew with a rapid pace with an increase in worldwide spending from $2 billion in 1984 to $18.1 billion in 1997. Also, when the sponsorship market grew the interest amongst business researchers grew and finally became an own topic within business. Further, within marketing there was also a change occurring during the same time. It was an evolutionary paradigm shift from the marketing mix and the 4Ps to Relationship Marketing and the focus on long-term relationships. The marketing mix and the 4Ps had been the dominating model since the 1950s however when industries matured, market demand changed, competition increased and customers became more sophisticated and demanded more. Both the rapid growth within sponsorship and move to Relationship Marketing can mainly be explainedby the developments in Information Technology and globalization.</p><p>However, despite the increasing interest sponsorship and relationship marketing separately,few researchers have tried to combine these two even though several researchers have challenged others. In 2003, Farrelly and Quester studied the relationships between the sponsor and the sponsored. The intentions of the researchers are to extend this research to the relationships between the sponsor and their customers.</p><p>The purpose of this thesis is to explore how sponsors utilize sponsorship to build and maintain relationships with their customers. The intention is to create a foundation that can be later tested with the sponsors’ customers through a series of propositions. This study is done from the sponsors' perspective and in a B2B context. It is a qualitative research using six of the main sponsors as case studies for HV71, one of the largest ice hockey teams in Sweden. For the data collection the researchers used face-to-face interviews with managers from Husqvarna, Swedbank, Öhrlings PriceWaterhouseCoopers,Nybergs Bil, Ernst&Young and June Emballage.</p><p>The researchers have identified four different ways how sponsors utilize sponsorship to build and maintain relationships with their customers. The sponsors use sponsorship to create meeting places outside the business office, increase communication, add value totheir offerings and predict customer needs. The goal is to increase trust and value because when they increase, the relationship between the sponsor and customer grows stronger.</p>

<p>The main question in this thesis has been to see how the brand strategy of Linköpings Hockey Club has changed during the years in the Swedish elite league. We will also look at the content of the brand, as well as the association as the city of Linköping. This thesis will also see the sponsorship view of the development of the brand, because of the sponsorship power to help the association to build and strengthen the brand.</p><p>We have been interviewing important persons at the association Linköpings Hockey Club and also done interviews with a few sponsorship partners to get important information to analyze.</p><p>As an association it is of outmost importance to disseminate the association’s image in the right way, which Linköpings Hockey Club has according to their sponsorship partners. The association has during the last years been working hard to take care of and strengthen the brand, which can be seen among the sponsorship partners. The way they have been strengthening the brand can be seen on the basis of different aspects, such as events and collaboration on different levels.</p> / <p>I uppsatsen har vi valt att utgå från frågeställningen hur varumärkesstrategin inom Linköpings Hockey Club har förändrats under åren i elitserien. Vi kommer även att se på innehållet i varumärket, såväl för föreningen som för Linköping som kommun. Uppsatsen kommer även att ta in sponsorers synvinkel på föreningens utveckling av varumärket, detta eftersom sponsorerna är av stor vikt för att såväl kunna stärka som bygga varumärket på ett bra sätt.</p><p>För att få fram ett material att analysera har intervjuer gjorts hos Linköpings Hockey Club med relevanta personer samt att ett antal enkäter gått ut till utvalda sponsorer vilka vi även intervjuat personligen.</p><p>Det gäller för en idrottsförening att se till att få ut den tänkta imagen på rätt sätt, vilket Linköpings Hockey Club anses har gjort i samarbetspartnernas ögon. Linköpings Hockey Club har under de senaste åren aktivt jobbat med att stärka och vårda sitt varumärke, vilket märks bland annat vid kontakten med sponsorerna. Sättet de stärkt det på kan ses utifrån olika aspekter, såsom olika evenemang och samarbeten på olika plan. För ett idrottslag är det väldigt viktigt att skapa ett starkt varumärke eftersom det drar såväl sponsorer, publik som nya spelare till sig. Även ekonomin kan ses som en viktig aspekt för att lyckas få ut sitt varumärke. Den utvidgning som föreningen gjort i och med Linköpings Fotbolls Club har de gjort på ett bra sätt, vilket kan vara en bidragande orsak till att varumärket har stärkts på marknaden och även fungerar som en bidragande faktor till att invånarna i Linköping blir mer medvetna om LHC: s image.</p>

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This paper seeks to examine how major college athletics have grown into a billion dollar industry, and the way businesses, advertisers and the schools themselves can effectively grow their brands. By understanding the theoretical framework referenced by the social identity theory, disposition theory and identity through mass media, this paper offers a look into the reasoning for America’s strong affinity towards college athletics. Resulting in a mass market for intercollegiate sports delivered though various media outlets, and the business models that conferences and television networks operate in an effort to capitalize on their demand. In addition, the observation and analysis for organizational dissension between conferences and membership is explored in order to better understand the reasoning for shifts between university teams and conferences. / text