Cause and effect. If this then that. Attribution is the holy grail of marketing. The quest to provide evidence of the impact of a sports sponsorship on the sponsor's business. The digital era was supposed to solve this puzzle. But it might have made it worse. To discuss this big question are Tom Smith and Charlie Boss. Tom is Chief Product Officer at Datapowa, the sponsorship analytics company. You'll hear him reference datapowa VENN, which measures customer acquisition by securely matching partners' first-party audience datasets. You can contact the company here for more info on that. Charlie is Chief Commercial Officer at Southampton Football Club, having previously held senior positions at The Jockey Club and ESPN-Disney. This episode is sponsored by SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit, which is taking place in the UK this year at Birmingham’s ICC.  From 7 to 11 April global leaders and senior execs from over 125 International Sport Federations, the IOC, rights holders, professional leagues, host cities and major event organising committees from all continents will be meeting to make decisions that will shape the future of sport. With a thought-provoking conference programme, busy exhibition and a host of networking events, evening receptions and cultural activities SportAccord is your chance to organise a year’s worth of meetings in a week with executives from across the global sport ecosystem.   With senior execs from FIBA to FORTNITE, from FIA to Kansas City Chiefs don’t miss the chance to rub shoulders with the worlds sports and business leaders.  SportAccord are offering Unofficial Partner  community a discount of 10%, just click here to get your UP 10% discount More information at https://www.sportaccord.sport Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartner We publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 300 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series, you can reach us via the website.