Build Business Value With Your Showcar Program
An effective and sustainable way to activate your motorsports sponsorship and engage with your audience is through a strategic showcar program. No longer do they just transport a car to an event, set up some chairs, and endure the day. We have expanded this more traditional program for our clients by integrating them into a larger marketing mix, now leveraging them as Experiential Marketing & Merchandising Teams (EMTs).
Showcar programs have been used in the marketing world for many years, and for good reason. Using a sponsorship asset in this way allows our teams to bring the excitement of motorsports to you. How often do you get the opportunity to see a real race car up close, see a race-used engine and ask all the questions you want to know about racing? Since expanding the program from a traditional showcar program into a more robust marketing platform, our EMTs have naturally become mobile brand ambassadors for our partners.
Coast to coast in North America, they represent multiple stakeholders and bring brand awareness, product knowledge, and the ability to answer real-time questions for fans and customers. This engagement often results in local media attention and other organic, grassroots marketing value. When working with retail sites, our teams engage local managers and gather live business intelligence that helps drive sales and create a better experience for customers.
By incorporating these teams strategically, we can access a larger group of our partner's key audience and objectives. After initial analysis, this concept drives traffic and sales for clients with retail outlets. According to Statistic Brain, 66% of fans are willing to pay more for a sponsor’s products than those not in the sport. With 75 million NASCAR fans, that adds up to substantial revenue. We activate this willingness by placing our sponsor right next to the place where their products are sold. Using EMTs is one way we work with partners to build custom programs that extract the most value from a particular asset.
To start seeing big ROI through showcars and EMTs, we recommend starting with these rich placement opportunities:
Retail store locations
Industry conventions or trade shows
Corporate gatherings such as shareholder and board meetings
Grand opening parties
Drive traffic at underperforming locations
Use it as an award for sales contests or employee recognition
