The Worldwide Authority on Sponsorship
For more than two decades, IEG has been developing new and better ways for companies and brands to partnerwith sports, arts, events, entertainment, nonprofits, and causes—for mutual benefit.As the leading provider of strategic counsel, valuation, research, published information and training, IEG isdedicated to helping sponsors, properties, agencies and others involved in the global sponsorship industry.Our suite of services and products are used by some 5,000 clients each year—from the NFL, UNICEF and theHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo to Credit Suisse, Diageo and General Motors.From its unique role at the center of sponsorship, IEG has unequaled access to real-world information on boththe buy-side and the sell-side of the business. Combining our robust information databases with the deepanalytic capabilities of our team of strategists, analysts, creatives, and financial and legal experts, has madeIEG the “go-to” company for consultation, thought leadership and innovation.Our expertise extends beyond sponsorship to partnerships of every type: branded entertainment, strategicalliances, promotional partnerships, cobranding initiatives, online and new media programs, and strategicphilanthropy, as well as experiential, affinity and social marketing.Each of our clients and customers benefits from the fact that no company has been as influential as IEG inestablishing sponsorship as an industry and a business essential and thus has an unparalleled understanding of how and why the medium works.
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IEG’sAdvisory Servicesgroup designs custom growth and measurement strategies for sponsors and propertiesthat have generated hundreds of millions of dollars for its clients
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The IEGValuation Servicecreated the internationally accepted protocol for determining the fair marketvalue of sponsorship
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IEG produces the world’s largest, oldest and most acclaimedsponsorship conference, which brings 1,200marketers to Chicago each March
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IEG issues the annualSponsorship Sourcebook, which connects more than 6,000 sponsors, opportunities,agencies and suppliers
IEG was acquired by WPP Group plc’s media investment management operation, GroupM in 2006. WPP is one of the world's leading communications services groups, whose clients include more than 330 of the Fortune Global500, more than one-half of the NASDAQ 100 and more than 30 of the Fortune e-50. WPP companies includeJWT, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Y&R, The Voluntarily United Group, Grey Worldwide, Bates Asia, MindShare,MediaCom, Mediaedge:cia, Millward Brown, Wunderman, Hill & Knowlton, Burson-Marsteller, and Landor amongothers. WPP employs more than 91,000 people in 2,000 offices in 106 countries.