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The Inches: A Podcast About Sports Sponsorship — 280 episodes

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Rookie & The Vet: What NASCAR can teach us about Sponsorships

2

Rookie & The Vet: The Pricing Gap in Sponsorships

3

Rookie & The Vet: Notes from Coachella Activations for Sponsorships

4

Rookie & The Vet: The Slow Death of Passive Sponsorships

5

Rookie & The Vet: Talking Digital with Alex Kopilow

6

Rookie & The Vet: Turning Global Sport Events into Local Sponsorship Revenue

7

Rookie & The Vet: Jersey Patches...How do we sell them/do they belong?

8

Rookie & The Vet: Our 2026 Sponsorship Predictions.

9

Rookie & The Vet: Managing Your End of the Year in Sponsorship for Success

10

Rookie & The Vet: Insights on Sponsorships from a Premium Event

11

Rookie & The Vet: Selling OT & Extra Innings in Sponsorships

12

Rookie & The Vet: Selling your Team's Super Power to Stand Out in Sponsorshops

13

Rookie & The Vet: The Minor League Focus in Sponsorships

14

Rookie & The Vet: the VICE Category Episode

15

The Rookie & The Vet: Managing Licensing in Sponsorships

16

Rookie & The Vet: The Off-Season Magic

17

Rookie & The Vet: How to close Luxury Brands in Sports Sponsorships

18

Rookie & The Vet: The Shift to Less in Sponsorships

19

Rookie & The Vet: Sponsorship & AI - The Brand Angle

20

Rookie & The Vet: Selling Sponsorships in a Crowded Market

21

Rookie & The Vet: Sponsorships & Artificial Intelligence

22

Rookie & The Vet: 2025 Sponsorship Predictions Review

23

Rookie & The Vet: Selling Sponsorships as a Niche, Local Sport

24

Rookie & The Vet: The No Topic Episode on Sponsorships

25

Rookie & The Vet: When Brands Try Sponsorship Infiltration

26

Rookie & The Vet: The Real Value of Sponsorship Entitlements

27

Rookie & The Vet: Managing Economic Turmoil in Sponsorships

28

Rookie & The Vet: Back at it with Sponsorship Inventory Management

29

Rookie & The Vet: Reach vs. Frequency in Sponsorships

30

Rookie & The Vet: Diving into SuperBowl Ads 2025

31

Rookie & The Vet: Overcoming the 'No Budget' Objection in Sponsorships

32

The Rookie & The Vet: 3 MUSTS for Sponsorship Activations

33

Rookie & The Vet: 2025 Sports Sponsorship New Year's Resolutions

34

Rookie & The Vet: 2025 Sponsorship Predictions

35

Rookie & The Vet: 2024 Sponsorship Resolutions Review

36

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Ready to Launch Sponsorship Activation Ideas

37

Rookie & The Vet: 30 Day Plan after you've closed a new Sponsor

38

Rookie & The Vet: Talking Relationships with return guest Jon Grove

39

Rookie & The Vet: How to re-engage after a sponsorship prospect tells you 'NO'

40

Rookie & The Vet: Resources for Learning in Sponsorships

41

Rookie & The Vet: Diving into Innovation in the Sponsorship Industry

42

Rookie & The Vet: How to maximize & sell 'off the shelf' activations to sponsors successfully

43

Rookie & The Vet: When Your Proposal is Off the Mark

44

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Trends in Sponsorships for the second half of 2024

45

Rookie & The Vet: Managing Sponsors who are Impatient for Results

46

Rookie & The Vet: How to successfully build holidays into your sponsorship packages

47

Rookie & The Vet: Building Championship Inventory into your Sponsorships

48

Rookie & The Vet: Getting internal buy in from other departments

49

Rookie & The Vet: Finding Great Sponsorship Prospects In Unusual Places

50

Rookie & The Vet: How to deal when a sponsorship pitch/meeting goes bad.

51

Rookie & The Vet: Maximizing sponsorship inventory in your offseason

52

Rookie & The Vet: How to break into a Sports Sponsorship Job if you are Outside the Industry

53

Rookie & The Vet: The Rise of Women's Sports and it's Effect on Sponsorships

54

Rookie & The Vet: How to Run Successful Recap Meetings in Sponsorships

55

Rookie & The Vet: The Logo Slap Episode

56

Rookie & The Vet: Diving into our BEST & WORST Moments in Sponsorships

57

Rookie & The Vet: 2024 Super Bowl & Sponsorship Episode

58

Rookie & The Vet: How to manage problem clients in sponsorships

59

Rookie & The Vet: Staying Connected with Sponsors after the sale

60

Rookie & The Vet: How To Successfully Do Prospect Research In Sponsorship

61

Rookie & The Vet: Our 2024 New Year's Resolutions for Sponsorship

62

Rookie & The Vet: Navigating Long Term Contracts in Sponsorships

63

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Must Ask Questions to Help Set Sponsor Expectations

64

Rookie & The Vet: How to think about in-kind/trade in sponsorships

65

Rookie & The Vet: How to Tweak your Follow-Up Strategy to Close More Deals

66

Rookie & The Vet: How to Deal with Sponsor Misalignment

67

Rookie & The Vet: Qualitative VS. Quantitative Results for Sponsors

68

Rookie & The Vet: Diving Into Casino & Gaming Partners with Jose Garcia

69

Rookie & The Vet: Reaching the right person in sponsorship sales prospecting

70

Rookie & The Vet: How to Handle Unsold Inventory in Sponsorship

71

Rookie & The Vet: How To Segment Prospecting In Sports Sponsorships

72

Rookie & The Vet: How to structure your initial sales meeting in sponsorships

73

Rookie & The Vet: Diving into a younger perspective on sports with Andrew Rush

74

Rookie & The Vet: Talking Sponsorship Analytics & Valuation with Joe Casey

75

Rookie & The Vet: Selling sponsorships to travel companies

76

Rookie & The Vet: Revisiting our 2023 sponsorship predictions at the midway point

77

Rookie & The Vet: How to handle initial cold outreach to new prospects

78

Rookie & The Vet: How to create sales momentum and manage sales pace

79

Rookie & The Vet: the 30/60/90 Day plan when starting at a new sponsorship job

80

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Ways To Make Your Sponsorship Sales Pitch More Effective

81

Rookie & The Vet: Chatting Sponsorship Sales with Guest Jonathan Grove

82

Rookie & The Vet: Selling Team IP Into Your Sponsorship Packages

83

Rookie & The Vet: Less is More in Sponsorship Approach

84

Rookie & The Vet: How to handle objections in Sports Sponsorship sales

85

Rookie & The Vet: Hiring The Right Team In Sponsorship

86

Rookie & The Vet: How to Sell the Post-Season in Sponsorships

87

Rookie & The Vet: Competing as a Small Team in a Big Market | Pt.2

88

Rookie & The Vet: Super Bowl 2023 Ad Breakdown

89

Rookie & The Vet: The 3 Biggest Benefits We Sell In Sponsorship

90

Rookie & The Vet: How To Work Through The Prospects That Ghost Us

91

Rookie & The Vet: Looking back at our 2022 predictions

92

Rookie & The Vet: 2023 Sports Sponsorship Predictions

93

Rookie & The Vet: 2023 Sponsorship New Years' Resolutions

94

Rookie & The Vet: Do's & Don't Advice For People Entering Sports Sponsorship

95

Rookie & The Vet: Should you present sponsors with Bronze - Gold Packages?

96

Rookie & The Vet: Opportunities For Sponsors In Your Mobile App

97

Rookie & The Vet: How To Close Sports Betting Partners 2.0

98

Rookie & The Vet: Is your sponsor prepared for an increase in fan demand?

99

Rookie & The Vet: Breaking Through Mental Blocks in Sponsorships

100

Rookie & The Vet: Turning space into revenue with Entitlement Areas

101

Rookie & The Vet: The Legal Side of Sponsorships with David Greenberg

102

Rookie & The Vet: The Art of Upselling Sponsors

103

Rookie & The Vet: The Steps after a Sponsor says YES

104

Rookie & The Vet: The Differences in Selling to Local & National Sponsors

105

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with sponsors who don't live up to their end of the bargain

106

Rookie & The Vet: How to leverage stadium projects into sponsorship revenue

107

Rookie & 2 Vets: A chat with Gina Rotolo on Sports Marketing & Sponsorships

108

Rookie & The Vet: How to deal with diminishing returns in sponsorship.

109

Rookie & The Vet: How to effectively help your sponsors reach youth and families

110

Rookie & The Vet: Looking back at our 2022 Sponsorship Predictions

111

Rookie & The Vet: Selling Sponsors on off-season events

112

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with bad PR on the team or brand side in sponsorships

113

Rookie & The Vet: Helping sponsors utilize your team IP outside of your stadium

114

Rookie & The Vet: Recessions & Sponsorships Part 2

115

Rookie & The Vet: Talking sponsorship fulfillment with guest Toni Campbell

116

Rookie & The Vet: How to keep sales momentum with your sponsors & prospects

117

Rookie & The Vet: Targeting a brand that has never spent on sports sponsorships

118

Rookie & The Vet: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before a Pitch

119

Rookie & The Vet: The Sponsorship Guide to Retargeting

120

Rookie & The Vet: Vetting innovation to ensure it leads to partner outcomes

121

Rookie & The Vet: Why Data is vital to your sponsorship packages

122

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with your point person moving on in sponsorship

123

Rookie & The Vet: How to JAZZ up your sponsorship pitches & presentations

124

Rookie & The Vet: How to utilize your hospitality assets to close sponsors

125

Rookie & The Vet: Building Sponsorship Packages For Healthcare Partners

126

Rookie & The Vet: The Emergence of QR Codes in Sports Sponsorships

127

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with overcrowding in sports sponsorship

128

Rookie & The Vet: Transitioning from ticket sales to sponsorship sales

129

Rookie & The Vet: Finding your Killer Asset in Sponsorship

130

Rookie & The Vet: Selling a Jersey or Helmet Sponsorship

131

Rookie & The Vet: How turning Fans into Influencers can help drive value for your sponsors

132

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with sponsors in competing categories

133

Rookie & The Vet: Looking back at our 2021 opportunities

134

Rookie & The Vet: 2022 Predictions for the Sponsorship Industry

135

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with postponements in sponsorships

136

Rookie & The Vet: How to thrive as a one person team in sponsorship

137

Rookie & The Vet: How to easily build engagement into your sponsorship packages

138

Rookie & The Vet: How to work through Partnership Plateau

139

Rookie & The Vet: What We're Thankful For In Sponsorship

140

Rookie & The Vet: Can Category Spend Help You Prospect In Sponsorship?

141

Rookie & The Vet: Planning Around Your Sponsor's Budget Season

142

Rookie & The Vet: How Referrals Play A Role In Sponsorship Growth

143

Rookie & The Vet: How to get a jumpstart when entering a new market

144

Rookie & The Vet: The Importance of Relationships In Sponsorship

145

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Pillars to Selling Sponsorship as a Small Fish in a Big Pond

146

Rookie & The Vet: Too Much Selling, Not Enough Listening

147

Rookie & The Vet: How to weave events & trends into your sponsorship strategy

148

Rookie & The Vet: Talking through hiring in sponsorship

149

Rookie & The Vet: How Content Marketing Can Help You Close Deals In Sponsorship

150

Rookie & The Vet: How Nostalgia can help you win sponsorship deals

151

Rookie & The Vet: How to LOSE your auto dealer partnerships

152

Rookie & The Vet: How important is expertise in social media essential for sponsorship?

153

Rookie & The Vet: How making it EASY helps in sponsorship

154

Rookie & The Vet: How Timing Fits Into Sponsorship Sales & Activations

155

Rookie & The Vet: The Big Shift Coming In Sponsorship

156

Rookie & The Vet: Communicating BIG changes to your sponsors

157

Rookie & The Vet: 3 things that have stayed the same post-pandemic in sponsorship

158

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Changes Post-Pandemic in Sponsor Needs

159

Rookie & The Vet: The Revival Episode, Getting that Sponsor that left back

160

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with Over-Promising, but Under-Delivering in Sponsorship

161

Rookie & The Vet: Aggressive vs. Persistent Sales Tactics

162

Rookie & The Vet: Setting and Looking at Package Minimum Spend

163

Rookie & The Vet: How To Navigate And Find The $$$

164

Rookie & The Vet: Selling & Prospecting "New" Categories

165

Rookie & The Vet: Why Keeping It SIMPLE Is So Important In Sponsorship Activation

166

Rookie & The Vet: Which Social Media Platforms Should I Focus On?

167

Rookie & The Vet: Podcasts We're Listening To

168

Rookie & The Vet: Your team app's role in sponsorship | PT. 2

169

Rookie & The Vet: Your team app's role in sponsorship | PT. 1

170

Rookie & The Vet: Sales Prospecting - A listener question

171

Rookie & The Vet: Creating A Sponsorship Report Card

172

Rookie & The Vet: Are your sponsorship assets creating more problems than value?

173

Rookie & The Vet: Super Bowl Break Down + Hacking Attention

174

Rookie & The Vet: Navigating Renewals In A Pandemic

175

Rookie & The Vet: How Perceived Value Affects Your Sponsorship Packages Pt. 2

176

Rookie & The Vet: How Perceived Value Affects Your Sponsorship Packages Pt. 1

177

Rookie & The Vet: The New Shift In Sponsorship Dollars

178

Rookie & The Vet: Sponsorship Predictions For 2021

179

Rookie & The Vet: The Value Of OWNING Your Streaming Content In Sponsorship

180

Rookie & The Vet: How To Keep Up With Your Sponsor Renewals That Didn't Sign

181

Rookie & The Vet: Analyzing The Environment When Fans Come Back

182

Rookie & The Vet: Looking At The Opportunities In The Shutdown

183

Rookie & The Vet: Driving Positivity Through Sponsorship In The Next Shutdown

184

Rookie & The Vet: How your team can help small businesses through sponsorship

185

Rookie & The Vet: How Sponsorship Can Help Drive Ticket Sales

186

Rookie & The Vet: The 8 Fan Motivations To Focus On In Sponsorship | Part 2

187

Rookie & The Vet: The 8 Fan Motivations To Focus On In Sponsorship | Part 1

188

Rookie & The Vet: Your first 100 days on the new sponsorship job

189

Rookie & The Vet: Why NOW is the perfect time to rethink your audio assets

190

Rookie & The Vet: Dealing with NO in sponsorship sales

191

Rookie & The Vet: How to make sure your sponsorship assets aren't a commodity

192

Rookie & The Vet: Are Your Sponsors Getting Digital Fatigue?

193

Rookie & The Vet: Overcoming The Fear Of Failure In Sponsorship

194

Rookie & The Vet: 4 Cornerstones To Time Management In Sponsorship

195

Rookie & The Vet: Top 5 Ways To Lose Your Sponsors

196

Rookie & The Vet: How To Build Innovation Into Your Sponsorship Department Culture

197

Rookie & The Vet: Planning For If *Knock On Wood* Sports Come Back To A Halt

198

Rookie & The Vet: How To Communicate Your Activations Correctly To Your Fans

199

Rookie & The Vet: How to properly upsell your assets to sponsors

200

Rookie & The Vet: The 14 Sports Sponsorship Sales Commandments Pt. 2

201

Rookie & The Vet: The 14 Sports Sponsorship Sales Commandments Pt. 1

202

Rookie & The Vet: How Video & Nostalgia Can Bring Value To Your Sponsors

203

Rookie & The Vet: The Next 100 Days In Sponsorship

204

Rookie & The Vet: How To Blend Stadium Health & Safety With Your Sponsors

205

Rookie & The Vet: Pulling Your Fans In While Your Games Are At A Remote Location

206

Rookie & The Vet: Sponsorship's Role In Community Change

207

Rookie & The Vet: Utilizing Audio Content In Your Sponsorship Assets Part 2

208

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Scenarios To Plan For With Games Coming Back

209

Rookie & The Vet: Why Being The People's Champ Is So Important In Sponsorship Right Now

210

Rookie & The Vet: Creating Spaces In Your Arena That Are Social, But Still Physically Distanced

211

Rookie & The Vet: How to approach and re-think your physical assets in sponsorship

212

Rookie & The Vet: The plan to get back into sponsorship sales mode

213

Rookie & The Vet: How To Price Your Assets In The New Sponsorship World

214

Rookie & The Vet: What To Do About Proposals You Sent Out Pre-Shutdown

215

Rookie & The Vet: Our Top 5 Digital Engagements We've Seen In Sports

216

Rookie & The Vet: How To Adjust Your Assets For When Games Come Back

217

Rookie & The Vet: The 90 Day Shutdown Sponsorship Game Plan

218

Rookie & Guest David Millay: Building Sponsorship Assets With A Fan Journey Map

219

Sponsorship Tip Of The Week: Utilizing Instagram Close Friends In Sponsorship

220

Rookie & The Vet: Using Exclusivity Correctly in Sponsorship

221

Rookie & The Vet: Building a winning culture with Mike Johnston

222

Rookie & The Vet: What is digital and how do we class assets?

223

Rookie & The Vet: Selling Benefits, Not Features, In Sponsorship

224

Rookie & The Vet: The Urgency In The Need For Digital Assets In Sponsorship

225

1Q Sponsorship Interview: Tayler Easton - What Brands Are Looking For In Youth Sports

226

Rookie & The Vet: Using FOCUS as your sponsorship super-power

227

Rookie & the Vet: Setting up assets for gaming partners

228

Rookie & The Vet: Looking outside sports for sponsorship inspiration

229

Rookie & The Vet: The Perfect Sponsorship Sales Email Template

230

Rookie & The Vet: Inside the mind of a 17 y/o sports fan |Part 2|

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Rookie & The Vet: Inside the mind of a 17 y/o sports fan |Part 1|

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Rookie & The Vet: 5 Sponsorship Resolutions For 2020

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Rookie & The Vet: Utilizing your players, mascot, and humans in your sponsorship packages

234

Rookie & The Vet: Managing your sponsorship sales pipeline during the season.

235

The Rookie & The Vet: Evolving your sponsorship assets, a case study

236

Rookie & The Vet: How & when to pitch awareness to sponsors

237

Rookie & the Vet: Rich's top 3 out of arena digital activations

238

Rookie & The Vet: Driving Value Beyond Couponing

239

Rookie & The Vet: 3 Digital Contests That Are Sure To Drive Sales

240

Rookie & The Vet: How you can build assets that close Telecom partners

241

Rookie & The Vet: Understanding & closing Fast Food partners

242

On The Road: Chat with Ron Patel at New Mexico United

243

Rookie & The Vet: Understanding your Beer & Adult Beverage partners

244

Rookie & The Vet: Winning With Auto Partners In Sports Sponsorship

245

Rookie & The Vet: Utilizing Audio To Sell Sponsorship

246

Rookie & The Vet: What the heck is Tik Tok and how can it help me in sponsorship?

247

Rookie & The Vet: Prospecting During The Season With LinkedIn

248

The Rookie & The Vet: What To Do When A Sponsor Bails

249

Rookie & The Vet: Closing The Deal In Sports Sponsorship With Deadlines

250

Rookie & The Vet: How To Unlock New Sponsorship Revenue By Understanding Budget Buckets

251

Sponsorship Tip Of The Week 001: Creating Scalable Digital Content With The Snapchat Spectacles

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Rookie & The Vet: How To De-Risk Your Sponsorship Packages For Partners

253

Rookie & The Vet: How To Successfully Run A Sponsorship Sales Pitch

254

Rookie & The Vet: Competing for sponsorship when you're the smaller team

255

Rookie & The Vet: Sponsorship Prospecting

256

Rookie & The Vet: Making Sure Your Partnership Package Pencils Out For Your Partner

257

Rookie & The Vet: Making sure your digital assets pencil out

258

Rookie & The Vet: Getting Started With Digital Assets

259

Rookie & The Vet: Digital vs. Traditional Assets

260

Rookie & The Vet: Matching The Brand To Your Sponsorship Assets

261

Rookie & The Vet: How To Drive Sponsorship Revenue in the Off-Season

262

Rookie & The Vet: What Happens In Sponsorship During a Recession?

263

The Stunt: How to push awareness for your team with Rich Franklin

264

The Dopest Digital Sponsorship Show - EP 001

265

Chatting ISL Agency With Tim Bailey

266

Opening A New Arena With Trinity Gibbons of Portland State

267

New Arena, New Sponsors with Luke Mohamed D.C. United

268

Getting the NBL to top 3 in the world with Jeremy Loeliger

269

Starting a new team in Sin City with Brett Lashbrook

270

Innovation With Penguins & Jack Tipton

271

How To Rebrand A Team w/ Alex Yoh

272

Chat w/ Brett Ehrlich UCI Live

273

Chat w/ Alex Chalmers Sporting KC

274

Chat w: Taylor Mounts, Sponsorship Sales Journeyman

275

Chat w/ Ryan Norys, Sports Sponsorship Vet

276

Chat w/ Cay Young of the LA Sparks

277

Chat w/ Danny Macklin Chief Exec Leyton Orient FC

278

Chat w/ Mark Davies, Head of Global Partnerships for Swansea City FC

279

Give Your Brand Managers Cover With Digital

280

Quick rant on sports sponsor