This
New York Times blog post about the sponsorship of the World Cup discusses one of the points covered by the Sports and Social Media Conference: With the potential power of social media when it's used correctly, the importance of official sponsorships doesn't carry as much weight. Instead, it's all a matter of audience engagement. Bet Adidas wished it thought this one through a little more...
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I completely agree. When you talk about World Cup commercials, almost anyone will mention the epic Nike commercial; it has more than 17 million views on YouTube right now. I personally think its a shame that all the sponsors of the World Cup in South Africa are European and American orgs like Coca-cola and McDonalds, but this year's cup shows that being an official sponsor can be circumvented by more creative and original ads and PR work by other "supporting" organizations.
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