Corporate Marketing Objectives and Evaluation Measures for Integrated Television Advertising and Sports Event Sponsorships

Abstract

To determine how integrated TV advertising and event sponsorship should be evaluated, a theoretical framework derived from global exploratory research of academic literature and consulting reports of more than 50 authors was validated by 16 experts. To investigate how evaluation was managed in practice, 12 campaigns which had sponsored a televised event and placed advertisements during the broadcast of this event were analyzed via case studies. The investigated competitions included the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in London and the Olympic Games in Sydney. The examined brands comprised automotive, financial services, retail chain, office equipment, and consumer goods. The study identified the key techniques that lead to increased corporate sales—four objectives and necessary performance measures, which could be useful to all executives promoting brands through televised sport.

KEYWORDS:

• advertising
• corporate sponsorships
• event marketing
• integrated marketing communications
• Olympics
• sport
• television
• Wimbledon Tennis Tournament