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Research And Consulting - Sports Entertainment Leisure
Sweeney Sports was established in 1996 and is considered the pre-eminent research driven sports consultancy in Australia.  Drawing on the resources of one of Australia’s largest market research firms, Sweeney Sports specialises in delivering insight and guidance on everything related to sport in Australia.

CUSTOMISED SOLUTIONS


Understanding & optimising in sponsorship...

  • Reach of sports and profiling of the fan base
  • Sponsorship fit
  • Sponsorship leverage and activation
  • Sponsorship effectiveness and benchmarking

Product development...

  • Evaluating the fan experience
  • Membership package design, pricing and uptake projections
  • NPD evaluation
  • Brand health and benchmarking
  • Consumer segmentations

Ambassador program development & performance monitoring...

  • Athlete selection and matching
  • Ambassador program effectiveness and benchmarking

Managing the event experience...

  • Attendee profiling
  • Evaluating the consumer experience at-venue
  • Event development and evaluation

Maunfacturer & retailer...

  • Usage and attitude evaluations
  • Consumer segmentations
  • Advertising testing and evaluation

SYNDICATED SOLUTIONS


The Sweeney Sports Report

Now in its 25th year, the Sweeney Sports Report is considered the authoritative planning tool for rights holders and sponsors to monitor Australians’ sporting interests and the impact of sponsorship activity.

Used by rights holders, brands, event owners, manufacturers, and media and activation agencies, the report provides the reliability and brand credibility for stakeholders to make informed strategic and tactical decisions relating to optimising the fit and performance of their investment in sport.

Fieldwork is continuous via a national telephone interview of 2,000 16-65 year olds and for the first time, the report has migrated to an online environment. This provides subscribers with a more engaging and flexible planning tool, where data can be instantly accessed and interrogated for specific requirements. In addition, subscribers receive an electronic Quarterly Bulletin, covering the key consumer insights from the sporting landscape.

The key metrics captured in the Sweeney Sports Report include:

  • For 25 sports – total interest levels, passion, participation, attendance, TV viewing, radio listening, newspaper, internet and mobile
  • Sponsorship awareness levels by sport (for selected sports)
  • Sports event, competition and club following
  • Sports related spend
  • Sports involvement and lifestyle characteristics
  • Imagery of sports
  • Best TV coverage – and PayTV and Freeview penetration

The Sweeney Sports Olympics Report

Sweeney Sports and Entertainment has also evaluated Australians’ interest and engagement in the Summer Games over the past 16 years from Barcelona (1992) through to Beijing (2008). The reports deliver unique and reliable insight into...

  • Australian’s interest in the Games
  • Viewing preferences and engagement with the Olympics
  • The world of Olympics sponsorship, including the campaigns that have had the most impact among Australian consumers over the last 5 Summer Games