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Brand Partnerships: 6 Types, Benefits & How to Find Partners

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A partnership-management platform's taxonomy of the six actual types of brand partnership - the clearest single reference for deciding which kind of deal you're actually trying to structure before you approach anyone.

  • Distinguishes co-marketing, co-branding/integration, and sponsorship as three core types.
  • Six named partnership types cover most real-world brand deal structures.
  • Includes practical criteria for finding and vetting a partner brand.
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It answers 2 questions

  1. Co-marketing vs co-branding vs sponsorship - what's the difference and which should I do?
  2. What's the risk in a brand partnership, and how do I protect my brand if it goes wrong?

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