Our President and CEO, Ian Malcolm recently published a guest blog for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to discuss the key sponsorship trends brands should be focusing on heading into 2022. The global COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting
2022 Sponsorship Outlook– A Property Perspective
As part of our semi-annual Lumency team off-site this past week, we had the pleasure of hosting an engaging panel discussion featuring four sponsorship industry experts, representing some of Canada’s most iconic properties: Dana Gladstone, Vice President, Partnership Strategy & Licensing at Hockey Canada; Mark Ditmars, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships at Toronto Blue Jays; Patrick O’Brien, Manager,
Safe Activation Playbook for Live Engagement
We are together once again, at festivals, at sporting events, at community events. As marketers in these spaces, we recognize the continued priority that must be placed on health and safety. In fact, since March 2020 we have continuously invested
For a brand’s Olympic and Paralympic athlete partnerships, the medal podium is a bonus
Athlete partnerships bring degrees of risk for brands. The risk for the brand comes in two forms: reputational risk, and performance risk. Reputational risk can have real downside impact on your brand when an athlete you’re partnered with has a
Trends In Sponsorship
Our President and CEO, Ian Malcolm recently published a guest blog post for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to discuss key trends in sponsorship that have become more prominent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the blog post below (originally posted on the
Demonstrating your brand values around DEI and ESG
Consumer and employee expectations for how brands behave, not just what brands say, continue to rise. People want to have relationships with brands and organizations that share their values. The killing of George Floyd in 2020 started a long overdue
Managing Sponsorship Initiatives Post-Pandemic
Our President and CEO, Ian Malcolm recently led a webinar for the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) to discuss sponsorship post-Pandemic. In the webinar he provided guidance on what marketing and marketing procurement professionals should be focusing on and aware of as we move
What the Uncertainty Surrounding the 2021 Games Means for Everyone Involved
As Olympic organizers, athletes, sponsors, and fans prepare for an unprecedented Games’ cycle, Lumency has taken a closer examination of the pandemic’s impact on each of these groups, and how COVID may affect both this and future Games…..
Evaluating Sponsorship
Sponsorship can be an important way for brands to create emotional connections with consumers and to demonstrate a brand’s values. Sound strategy lies at the heart of a brand’s ability to achieve this successfully. Implementing that strategy though effectively and efficiently requires the ability to measure and understand the value a particular sponsorship (assets, entitlements, associative benefits) can deliver to a sponsoring brand.
The Rapid Shift in Consumer Sentiment
In North America, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, consumers were already beginning to show signs of change in how they engage with live events across sports, music, arts, culture and community. The pandemic, with cancelled events, shortened or reconstituted seasons has had a significant impact on the assets that a rights holder has been able to deliver to its sponsors.
Talent Endorsements Re-Imagined
Athlete endorsements have historically been leveraged by brands as a way to communicate directly with an endorsee’s engaged and loyal audience. The competitive pressures surrounding the more sought-after athletes has left brands with little negotiating power over fees and the entitlement packages that endorsees offer to their brand partners. With athlete endorsements traditionally delivering a portion of their entitlement commitments in association with live events, new deal structures and means of activating rights in 2021 and beyond should be expected.
Lumency’s Six Key Asset Production Considerations
Physical asset production is often a large percentage of experiential marketing budgets but the spend is not always optimized. The right asset can help to create a memorable consumer engagement and drive program success. However, when done wrong can lead to inefficient spend and hinder the ability to deliver on marketing and business objectives.
What Sports’ Broadcast Shift Means For Sponsors
The restart of play across major league sports will bring with it many new opportunities, leading to changes in the way consumers watch games and marketers build activation plans with not just the NHL, but major pro leagues across North America.
Don’t Waste A Crisis
If you are a brand side marketer or marketing procurement professional, maybe your organization’s management of its sponsorship investments hasn’t pressure-tested very well during the coronavirus pandemic…
Where Is The Turning Point For Sponsors?
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned sponsorship upside down and it may be a very long time before it looks anything like it used to, if ever. With so much uncertainty around the mid to long term impact of the pandemic, sponsors and rightsholders are having to revise their plans almost on a weekly basis…
Sponsorship Portfolio Healthcheck™
NOT EVERY SPONSORSHIP PORTFOLIO IS HEALTHY. Over time, sponsorship portfolios can become a collection of disparate properties that may or may not support current business and brand objectives.
Designing Live Consumer Experiences for a New World
As we shift from COVID-19 crisis to a post-COVID-19 reality, the pandemic has reshaped consumer expectations for how they want to interact with the world around them. Some new consumer behaviors, and new expectations, may be short-term and some will be more permanent.