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Behind closed doors: What sponsors really think about measurement

Behind closed doors: What sponsors really think about measurement

Dec 4, 2025 |

On 27th November, The Sponsor hosted a Leaders Roundtable debate at the St James’s Club in Mayfair, where senior brand and marketing leaders gathered to tackle one of the industry’s most persistent measurement questions: how do you credibly demonstrate sponsorship returns? The ambition was straightforward. The reality, as anyone in the room will attest, was anything...
Where do you get your data? A guide to credible sponsorship measurement

Where do you get your data? A guide to credible sponsorship measurement

Nov 14, 2025 |

When it comes to sponsorship measurement, rights holders and agencies have one thing in common: each of them has a vested interest in presenting your sponsorship in the best possible light. That doesn’t necessarily make the data wrong, but it does mean brands must scrutinise how that data is sourced, interpreted, and presented. In an industry where “success” is easily...
Media value vs market value: How to correctly price sponsorship

Media value vs market value: How to correctly price sponsorship

Sep 29, 2025 |

For decades, media value has been the go-to measurement for the sponsorship industry. The rise of AI-driven logo capture technology has only reinforced this reliance, delivering increasingly precise counts of how long and how often a brand is visible. Within its own boundaries, media value remains an excellent tool for benchmarking one sponsorship against another and for...
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