Leah Donlan
University of Central Lancashire
12 Papers
2 Citations
Leah Donlan is an academic researcher from University of Central Lancashire. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brand awareness & Brand equity. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 12 publications.
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Leveraging sponsorship to achieve consumer relationship objectives through the creation of ‘marketing spaces’: An exploratory study
Leah Donlan,Philip Crowther +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the emergence of sponsorship-linked events as a strategy to leverage relational outcomes through sponsorship investment and find that there is a shifting orientation among sponsors towards the pursuit of relational objectives.
The Role of Brand Knowledge in Determining Sponsorship Effectiveness
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report findings from a cross-sectional survey, measuring the comparative brand-building effectiveness of sponsorship for new and established brands, concluding that sponsorship is capable only of building awareness for new brands, while for an established brand, sponsorship exposure is found to impact positively on brand associations, perceived quality and brand loyalty.
Profiling Contemporary Sports Sponsorship Objectives
Leah Donlan
- 01 Sep 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the objectives most commonly pursued by sports sponsors and explore whether these differ by sport, sponsorship type and sponsor product category, with imagebuilding being the most commonly cited objective, followed by brand awareness.
Sport Sponsorship as a Tool for Customer Engagement
Leah Donlan
- 01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the findings from a series of semi-structured interviews with Sponsorship Managers in major UK-based sports sponsors, where the key theme explored is the use of sponsorship leverage strategies as a means of deepening engagement with both existing and potential customers.
Determining the Brand-Building Success of Sponsorship
Leah Donlan
- 01 Jul 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the brand building capacity of sports sponsorship within the conceptual framework of consumer-based brand equity, and proposed a broad theoretical model to understand how sports sponsorship works.