ASON PRESENTS

THE SMAC REPORT

Talent × Brand Intelligence
Partnership Strategy

8 Clients · 24 Partnership Concepts · 14 Open Lanes

Intelligence as of July 2026

ASON CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

Eight Clients From The Roster. One Intelligence System.

8
Clients Analyzed
330
Brands Assessed
24
Partnership Concepts

ASON is the intelligence layer between brands, talent, and culture. We took eight of SMAC’s clients — athletes, broadcasters, and entertainers — and scored each for brand-readiness. What follows: a BrandHeat score per client, twenty-four partnership concepts, and the condition to clear before each goes to market.

THE SCORING SYSTEM

The BrandHeat Index

ASON’s proprietary 0–100 score for how commercially brand-ready a client is right now. Five weighted dimensions, one number brands can act on.

20%

Market Presence

Digital footprint, cross-platform reach, earned media value, audience scale.

20%

Brand Clarity

Identity architecture, narrative coherence, archetype strength, message consistency.

25%

Commercial Velocity

Active partnership portfolio, deal pipeline depth, revenue trajectory, category coverage.

20%

Cultural Capital

Trend alignment, audience loyalty, cultural conversation share, cross-demographic appeal.

15%

Partnership Readiness

Brand safety score, category availability, activation infrastructure, crisis resilience.

90–100 Generational Generational asset. Protect and expand aggressively.
80–89 Marquee Elite commercial platform. High upside, low risk.
70–79 Strong Strong opportunity. Category-specific activation.
60–69 Developing Development phase. Strategic investment required.
Below 60 Building Pipeline stage. Long-term positioning play.

THE ROSTER, GROUPED

One Roster, Three Worlds

SMAC’s eight clients span three commercial worlds — an NFL rookie and a WWE Hall of Famer aren’t judged on the same curve.

World 01

Athletes & Coaches

5 Clients · NFL, NCAA, Flag Football

Scored on competitive standing, off-field brand development, and open category opportunity. This group carries the widest score spread on the roster — from an 83 Olympic-track asset to a 53 client still working through an off-field window.

Deion SandersDiana FloresTravis HunterStefon DiggsDK Metcalf

World 02

Media & Broadcasting

1 Client · Sports Media

Scored on platform reach, content IP, and audience monetization efficiency. Runs an owned business (WEAR), so BrandHeat here leans heavily on commercial velocity rather than raw follower count.

Erin Andrews

World 03

Sports Entertainment

2 Clients · WWE / Wrestling

Scored on cultural momentum, Netflix amplification, and entrepreneurial portfolio. Both are Hall of Famers who came back for a second act, and both are being amplified by WWE’s Netflix deal at a scale the sport has never had before.

Brie GarciaNikki Garcia

SEASON 2026

Current Roster

8 Clients Ranked by BrandHeat — click any card to jump to their chapter.

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LIVE BRANDHEAT SIGNAL

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83
BrandHeat · Olympic-track pioneer
FLAG FOOTBALLACTIVE

Diana Flores

The face of a sport about to go Olympic — and the investment window is closing fast.

28 · Mexico City · Flag Football QB · Mexican National Team Captain

  • The momentFlag football hits the LA 2028 Olympic stage and Mexico is world #1. Brands that lock now own the runway — qualification resolves at Düsseldorf in August 2026.
  • The openingOpen lanes outside athletic apparel: recovery tech, premium travel, bilingual beauty.
  • Open lanesFitness tech · premium travel · bilingual beauty · youth culture.
Combined reach
310K+
Olympic year
2028
12-mo range
$200K–$2M

Who Is Watching

Core

Mexican National-Pride Core

Spanish-language fans who frame Diana as a national champion and a source of country pride. They activate hardest around national-team moments and Spanish-first storytelling — the emotional center of her audience.

Crossover

Flag-Football Ecosystem

Girls' and women's flag teams, national-team peers, coaches, and youth recruits across the US and Mexico — a grassroots, participation-driven audience that treats her as the sport's authority.

Advocacy

Women's-Sports Advocacy

Women-in-sports orgs and creators who read her as a barrier-breaking role model. Purpose-led and highly shareable when the message is education and representation.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Oakley campaign conceptOpen lane
Oakley
Performance Eyewear · Vision
“Eyes Up”

Flag football is a read-and-react game played outdoors in hard light — vision is performance equipment, not an accessory. Build a training-and-gameday series where the eyewear is the tool she competes in, bilingual across her Mexico and US audiences.

Invisalign campaign conceptOpen lane
Invisalign
Confidence · Everyday Performance
“Confidence, Visible”

Her whole brand is being seen — captain, broadcaster, the face of a sport growing into the Olympics. A confidence-and-camera-readiness story built on the years of visibility ahead of her, not a beauty-category borrow.

Opportunity range
$200,000 — $2,000,000
Pre-Olympic window is now

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82
BrandHeat · Sideline icon & founder
BROADCASTINGACTIVE

Erin Andrews

Two decades on the sideline — and she's built an empire from there.

48 · Hermosa Beach, CA · Fox NFL No. 1 Sideline · WEAR Co-Founder

  • The momentBroadcast longevity plus founder credibility — brands buy a trusted American sports household name who has already proven she can sell product.
  • The openingCategories that respect her platform without fighting owned apparel: premium skincare, elevated travel, home security.
  • Open lanesPremium skincare · luxury travel · home security · wellness.
Cross-platform
4.45M
WEAR revenue
8 figures
12-mo range
$500K–$5M

Who Is Watching

Core

Team-Loyal NFL Gameday Fans

The dispersed national NFL-viewing public — Erin is the trusted face inside the broadcast ritual, week after week. Reach is broad, tone is mainstream, and that earned trust is the asset a brand rents.

Crossover

WEAR “Where's-the-Link” Shoppers

Fans who self-organize to find and buy her sideline looks — rare, measurable purchase intent from a sports audience that already converts to product.

Advocacy

“Sideline Queen” Role-Model

Aspirational viewers who treat Erin as a career and representation figure for women in sports media; responds to mentorship and behind-the-scenes access.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Four Seasons campaign conceptOpen lane
Four Seasons
Travel · Hospitality
“On Location”

An NFL-travel and Montana-lifestyle series — every city, every stadium, one bag. A premium hospitality narrative that fits her real schedule and reaches a purchase-ready audience.

Ring campaign conceptOpen lane
Ring
Home Security · Safety
“Protected”

A documented privacy-and-safety advocate becomes the most authentic home-security ambassador available — smart-home safety content built around a real, lived story rather than a script.

Opportunity range
$500,000 — $5,000,000
WEAR provides built infrastructure

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81
BrandHeat · Coach & culture force
COACHING · NFL HALL OF FAMEACTIVE

Deion Sanders

The most commercially powerful figure in college football — and he's just getting started.

58 · Fort Myers, FL · Head Coach, University of Colorado

  • The momentThe “Prime Effect” generated a reported $340M+ in media exposure in its peak 2023 season — no peer among active collegiate coaches.
  • The openingExtend beyond existing deals into financial services and NA spirits/RTD, where his authority and equity track record fit cleanly.
  • Open lanesFinancial services (regulated) · NA spirits / RTD · luxury timepieces. Automotive is held at review across all lanes.
Cross-platform
7.66M
Peak-season exposure
$340M+
12-mo range
$5M–$25M+

Who Is Watching

Core

Buffs Nation & CU Authority Web

The CU Boulder program, Denver media, former players, and the Sanders family network — the operational, football-first center of his X audience. Older, engaged, and tuned to program news and coaching authority.

Advocacy

Faith-and-Grind Believers

Scripture-first Black professionals, Divine Nine and HBCU-affiliated, who follow Prime for the faith-and-work-ethic message as much as the football. Values-led and deeply loyal.

Rising

Coach Prime Recruiting Pipeline

Next-gen high-school recruits (classes 2027–31) who follow Prime as the recruiting kingmaker — a young, aspirational feeder audience that ages into consumers.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Aflac campaign conceptConditions apply
Aflac
Insurance · Financial
“Coach Prime × Duck”

Sustain the most visible coach-brand pairing in college football — the Coach Prime × Duck campaign already carries national recall. High-frequency TV plus sideline integration keeps it working.

Before outreachExisting personal endorsement — renewal lane, not net-new. An authenticity and sensitivity review applies.

Financial Services campaign conceptConditions apply
Financial Services
Regulated Products · Fintech
“Prime Your Future”

A regulated financial-services ambassadorship built on his real investment track record (BLK & Bold, Redcon1 equity) and cross-generational authority. Keep strictly to regulated players — crypto is off the table.

Before outreachRegulated products only, crypto excluded. Crypto-adjacent fintech is RED — do-not-pitch absent deal-terms sign-off. Mitigation must be written into the deal brief before outreach, not handled post-hoc.

Opportunity range
$5,000,000 — $25,000,000+
Protect, expand, diversify

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80
BrandHeat · Hall-of-Famer & founder
WWEACTIVE

Brie Garcia

A Hall of Famer who came back at 42 — not for nostalgia, but for gold.

42 · Phoenix, AZ · WWE Women's Tag Team Champion · Hall of Famer · Entrepreneur

  • The momentA WrestleMania 42 tag-title win, carried on Netflix — peak visibility meets peak marketability on the platform now history.
  • The openingA lifestyle-entrepreneur portfolio (Bonita Bonita, Birdiebee, Colugo) ready for activation, plus a rare animal-welfare differentiator.
  • Open lanesFitness / wellness · wine (Bonita Bonita) · family lifestyle · cruelty-free beauty.
Instagram
8M
Netflix subscriber base
260M+
12-mo range
$500K–$6M

Who Is Watching

Core

Bella Army Devotional Core

A self-naming stan community (“Brie Mode,” “mother”) loyal since the Total Divas era — deeply activated, membership-driven, and commerce-responsive. Captured on the shared @NikkiAndBrie account: a joint Bella Twins audience, not Brie-solo.

Crossover

WWE Women's Peer-Authority Web

A dense web of verified WWE peers who follow and actively engage — a cross-promotable industry-authority layer. Shared twin-account audience.

Advocacy

Animal-Welfare Advocacy Audience

PETA-aligned viewers activated by her animal-advocacy content on her own IG — her single sharpest differentiator. A contested audience: cause activation needs message discipline, not an assumed consensus.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

HelloFresh campaign conceptOpen lane
HelloFresh
Family Lifestyle
“Brie Mode: Mom Life”

The Hall of Famer who main-evented WrestleMania and runs a household — mother of two, stable family, organic-food advocate. A family-lifestyle content series anchored in meal-kit partnership.

Bonita Bonita campaign conceptActive partnership
Bonita Bonita
Wine · Owned Venture
“Bonita Bonita”

Scale her existing Napa Valley wine brand — a NASCAR-at-Sonoma sponsorship already proves the crossover appetite, and Mexican-Italian family-winemaking heritage gives it an authentic origin story.

Opportunity range
$500,000 — $6,000,000
Act within 18 months

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BrandHeat · Two-way phenomenon
NFL · HEISMAN WINNERACTIVE

Travis Hunter

The rare true two-way player in the modern NFL — a brand category unto himself.

23 · Suwanee, GA · Jacksonville Jaguars WR/CB · Heisman Winner

  • The momentTwo-way play (WR + CB) is the brand differentiator no other active NFL player can claim — backed by $12.8M in NFLPA group licensing, 2nd all-time among rookies.
  • The openingAn outdoors-and-adventure lifestyle wildly under-monetized for someone who could be the face of a $60B industry.
  • Open lanesOutdoor / fishing (YETI) · adventure auto (Rivian) · premium audio.
Instagram
2.2M
NFLPA licensing
$12.8M
12-mo range
$3M–$12M

Who Is Watching

Core

Duval Faithful

Jacksonville's Duval civic base — season-ticket holders and hometown-team pride. A concentrated local-market audience that adopts him as their own and shows up for city-first activations.

Crossover

Prime Nation

Colorado and Coach Prime-era fans who followed him from Boulder to the NFL — a migrated, ready-made national audience that travels with the Prime story.

Rising

Next-Gen Two-Way Hopefuls

High-school and youth DB-WR recruits who follow him as the living two-way archetype — a young, aspirational audience that treats him as a how-to model.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Premium Audio campaign conceptConditions apply
Premium Audio
Consumer Audio · Upgrade Lane
“Sound on Both Sides”

A premium-audio partnership around his gaming and streaming identity — the two-way player whose second life is online. High-value and well-matched, but the existing JLab agreement has to be scoped before any conversation opens.

Before outreachConditional on JLab / EA exclusivity verification. Rep-verify before pursuing Beats, Sony or Bose — the existing JLab deal should be allowed to expire or be bought out first.

Rivian campaign conceptConditions apply
Rivian
Automotive · Adventure
“Two Ways to Drive”

An outdoors-and-adventure lifestyle meets a values-aligned, next-generation auto brand — a clean, forward-looking partner for a two-way athlete building a national profile.

Before outreachDEI-maintained, but carries separate EV-market-positioning tradeoffs. Timed 2027.

Opportunity range
$3,000,000 — $12,000,000
Needs anchor deal + social stability

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BrandHeat · Reinvention story
WWE · ENTERTAINMENTACTIVE

Nikki Garcia

Rebuilt from the ground up — new name, new ring, same fire.

42 · Napa Valley, CA · 2× WWE Divas Champion · Hall of Famer · Podcast Host

  • The momentA massive multi-platform footprint and a Gold-button YouTube channel — shared with Brie — place her among the most-visible women in wrestling — a mainstream media platform, not just an in-ring one.
  • The openingUnder-monetized by 40–60% versus comparables; a co-founded venture (Bonita Bonita) plus an investor role in tequila — both ready for partnership activation.
  • Open lanesLatina beauty (L'Oréal) · tequila (Madam Paleta) · family / motherhood.
Podcast
700K/mo
Ventures
5+
12-mo range
$300K–$3M

Who Is Watching

Core

Bella Army Stan Core

The deep-devotional fan base — the decisive, identity-driven center of the audience. Her individual IG returned a data gap, so this is captured on the shared @NikkiAndBrie account: the joint Bella Twins audience, not Nikki-solo.

Crossover

Broad Pro-Wrestling Fandom

The wider WWE / AEW internet-wrestling community around the devotional core — broad reach, opinionated, and culture-fluent. Shared twin-account audience.

Advocacy

WWE Women's Peer Web

~20 verified women's-wrestling peers and media who follow and engage the account — an industry-credibility layer that amplifies partnerships. Shared twin-account audience.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Madam Paleta campaign conceptActive partnership
Madam Paleta
Tequila · Investor Role
“Madam Paleta”

Scale her existing tequila brand — Mexican heritage gives an authentic origin story in a proven celebrity-spirits market (a $1B+ celebrity-spirits category with proven exit precedent).

Before outreachInvestor and 'Chief Margarita Officer', joined 21 May 2026 — NOT a founder. The brand is a pre-existing 2023-founded, women-owned company; stake size undisclosed.

Carter's campaign conceptOpen lane
Carter's
Family · Motherhood
“Fearless Mom”

Fearless self-reinvention across a large family audience — a motherhood-lifestyle series with family-care partners, built on her own story rather than a current in-ring storyline.

Opportunity range
$300,000 — $3,000,000
Injury timeline creates near-term uncertainty

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BrandHeat · Physique & portfolio
NFL · LIFESTYLEACTIVE

DK Metcalf

Built like a Greek god, invests like a mogul, and happens to play wide receiver.

28 · Oxford, MS · Pittsburgh Steelers WR · Lululemon Pioneer · Author

  • The momentThe first NFL player ever signed by Lululemon, plus equity in ZICO and Therabody — a portfolio more diversified than receivers twice his age.
  • The openingZero active fitness or supplement deals despite a legendary combine — a wide-open, high-visibility category.
  • Open lanesFitness / supplements · wearables (WHOOP/Oura) · men's grooming.
Contract
$132M
Equity
ZICO + Therabody
12-mo range
$500K–$7M

Who Is Watching

Core

Seattle 12s / PNW Legacy

The dominant Seahawks “12s” tribal base still anchored to his former team — a passionate, place-based legacy audience that follows him regardless of jersey.

Crossover

Metcalf-Burgh Adopters

Steelers fans adopting him post-trade, rebranding their handles into a Pittsburgh-fusion identity — a fresh, enthusiastic market claiming him as their own.

Rising

Ole Miss Hometown Roots

Rebel fans and Mississippi/Memphis locals following the native son — a hometown-pride audience that responds to roots-led storytelling.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

WHOOP campaign conceptOpen lane
WHOOP
Sports Tech · Wearables
“Data-Driven Beast”

Combine metrics plus a data-driven performance narrative — a natural extension of his existing Therabody recovery equity. Recovery and readiness as the story.

Bevel campaign conceptOpen lane
Bevel
Grooming · Personal Care
“DK Daily”

A physique-forward brand identity extends naturally into grooming and skincare — a clean, high-visibility category with a daily-ritual content hook.

Opportunity range
$500,000 — $7,000,000
Signable now, upside on risk clearing

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BrandHeat · Fashion crossover
NFL · FASHIONACTIVE

Stefon Diggs

The NFL's most credible fashion crossovers — elite talent with genuine editorial taste.

32 · DMV / New York · NFL WR (Free Agent) · 4× Pro Bowl · Fashion Icon

  • The momentThe NFL's most legitimate fashion crossover since Odell — profiled by MR PORTER, V Magazine, Flaunt, Coveteur, with a signature ASICS SportStyle collab and his own LIEM label.
  • The openingThe score reflects an active, resolvable window (unsigned free agent + a recent news cycle), not a weak talent — the fashion platform is durable regardless.
  • Open lanesFashion / luxury · lifestyle & home design · grooming / fragrance.
Instagram
2.5M
Footwear
ASICS + UGG
12-mo range
$500K–$8M

Who Is Watching

Core

Fashion-Forward Style Audience

Followers who read his feed as editorial style, not sports content — the audience a luxury or fashion house actually wants, and his single most brand-actionable segment.

Advocacy

NFL Pro-Athlete Peer Web

Active NFL, Olympic, and combat-sports peers who engage him directly — a credibility and cross-promotion layer more than a consumer base.

Top 3 Partnership Ideas

Lifestyle / Home campaign conceptConditions apply
Lifestyle / Home
Home · Design
“The Diggs Collection”

Interior-design interest, a pottery hobby, and a UGG precedent give unexpected depth beyond athletics — a home-and-lifestyle collection with genuine taste behind it.

Before outreachNot separately scored by the Risk Verification Matrix this pass — treat as adjacent to the Fashion/Luxury YELLOW. Report-level floor applies: the talent-side PR-liability load floors every lane at YELLOW minimum.

Premium Men's Grooming campaign conceptConditions apply
Premium Men's Grooming
Grooming · Fragrance
“The Signature”

Editorial style and fashion authority extend naturally into fragrance and grooming. The complication is his own portfolio: an active equity holding in the category has to be resolved before an outside partner makes sense.

Before outreachSELF-CONFLICT — gated on clearing the Mad Rabbit equity soft-block. Diggs is a Series A equity investor in Mad Rabbit (Feb 2022, active holding), which soft-blocks skincare and grooming-adjacent categories.

Opportunity range
$500,000 — $8,000,000
Activation tied to next NFL signing

THE COMPLETE PICTURE

Roster Portfolio

The complete SMAC brand readiness picture — 8 clients deep.

Roster portfolio: rank, client, BrandHeat score, category, top brand fit and deal range for all eight clients.
Rank Client BrandHeat Category Top Brand Fit Deal Range
#1
Diana FloresDiana Flores
83 FLAG FOOTBALL Under Armour $200,000 – $2,000,000
#2
Erin AndrewsErin Andrews
82 BROADCASTING Charlotte Tilbury $500,000 – $5,000,000
#3
Deion SandersDeion Sanders
81 COACHING Luxury Watches $5,000,000 – $25,000,000+
#4
Brie GarciaBrie Garcia
80 WWE Alo $500,000 – $6,000,000
#5
Travis HunterTravis Hunter
72 NFL YETI $3,000,000 – $12,000,000
#6
Nikki GarciaNikki Garcia
70 WWE L'Oréal $300,000 – $3,000,000
#7
DK MetcalfDK Metcalf
66 NFL Optimum Nutrition $500,000 – $7,000,000
#8
Stefon DiggsStefon Diggs
53 NFL Luxury Fashion-House lane $500,000 – $8,000,000

The Window Is Open

Three clients on this roster — Diana Flores, Brie Garcia, and Nikki Garcia — sit inside commercial windows measured in months, not years: a pre-Olympic runway, a peak-visibility championship run, and a contract clock all closing before 2028. The remaining five carry longer runways — though one of them, Stefon Diggs, has open structural gates that must clear before any outreach begins. ASON’s recommendation: move on the time-sensitive tier now, and resolve the named gates in parallel so the platform tier is ready when it opens.

BEFORE ANYTHING SHIPS

What Has To Clear

Every partnership idea in this report that carries a condition, and who owns clearing it. Nothing here is a blocker on the idea — these are the checks that protect the client and the deal. Conditions are quoted from the underlying intelligence reports, unchanged.

Every partnership idea with a condition attached, its status, the condition, and the party responsible for clearing it.
Client Brand Status Condition Owner
Brie Garcia Alo Conditions apply Peloton carries a named financial-stability caveat: fourth major layoff round in under 4 years, market value collapsed ~$50B to ~$1.8B. Short-term or performance-based structure only. SMAC deal structure
Deion Sanders Aflac Conditions apply Existing personal endorsement — renewal lane, not net-new. an authenticity and sensitivity review applies. Cultural-sensitivity review
Deion Sanders Financial Services Conditions apply Regulated products only, crypto excluded. Crypto-adjacent fintech is RED — do-not-pitch absent Deal-terms review sign-off. Mitigation must be written into the deal brief before outreach, not handled post-hoc. Deal-terms review
Stefon Diggs Luxury Fashion-House Ambassadorship Conditions apply Conditional on rep-verifying ASICS / UGG exclusivity scope. ASICS, UGG and his own LIEM Homme ownership together close footwear and apparel/streetwear. §9.7: 'Do NOT send outreach yet on any category.' Mitigation must be written into the deal brief before outreach. Rep verification
Stefon Diggs Lifestyle / Home Conditions apply Not separately scored by the Risk Verification Matrix this pass — treat as adjacent to the Fashion/Luxury YELLOW. Report-level floor applies: the talent-side PR-liability load floors every lane at YELLOW minimum. Rep verification
Stefon Diggs Premium Men's Grooming Conditions apply SELF-CONFLICT — gated on clearing the Mad Rabbit equity soft-block. Diggs is a Series A equity investor in Mad Rabbit (Feb 2022, active holding), which soft-blocks skincare and grooming-adjacent categories. Talent equity review
Travis Hunter Rivian Conditions apply DEI-maintained, but carries separate EV-market-positioning tradeoffs. Timed 2027. Timing — 2027
Travis Hunter Premium Audio Conditions apply Conditional on JLab / EA exclusivity verification. Rep-verify before pursuing Beats, Sony or Bose — the existing JLab deal should be allowed to expire or be bought out first. Rep verification
Nikki Garcia Madam Paleta Active partnership Investor and 'Chief Margarita Officer', joined 21 May 2026 — NOT a founder. The brand is a pre-existing 2023-founded, women-owned company; stake size undisclosed. Disclosure review
Deion Sanders Luxury Watches Open lane No named blocker beyond standard authenticity review + CP4 review. Cultural-sensitivity review
Erin Andrews Charlotte Tilbury Open lane Any health or fertility activation requires Cultural-sensitivity review (Cultural Sensitivity) sign-off. Cultural-sensitivity review

THE PROCESS

How We Built the Pipeline

01
Ingest

Pull cross-platform social, deal history, and media mention data for every client on the roster.

02
Normalize

Standardize follower counts, engagement rates, and earned media value across platforms and categories.

03
Sentiment Scan

Run audience sentiment and brand safety analysis across 36 months of public activity.

04
Archetype Mapping

Map each client’s brand identity, narrative, and cultural positioning.

05
Category Audit

Map existing deal categories and surface open, uncontested open category space.

06
BrandHeat Scoring

Weight and score all five dimensions into a single 0–100 commercial readiness number.

07
Brand Matching

Cross-reference client profile against nearly 300 candidate brands for category and audience fit.

08
Concept Development

Build named campaign concepts for the top-fit brands, with tone and activation notes.

09
Deal Range Modeling

Benchmark against category comparables to produce a defensible low-high deal range.

10
Delivery

Package the full pipeline into a single living report SMAC can act on immediately.

Who is ASON?

ASON is a cultural intelligence company. We sit between brands, talent, and the culture that moves both — turning fragmented social data, deal history, and audience sentiment into a single system brands and client representatives can act on the same day they read it. We don’t guess at fit. We score it, rank it, and hand over the shortlist.

This report is built the same way we build every ASON deliverable: pull the data, normalize it against category comparables, score it against the five BrandHeat dimensions, and translate the score into named brand concepts with real deal ranges attached. No client on this roster was scored in isolation — each is read against the athletes, broadcasters, and entertainers competing for the same partnership dollars, within its own category. An NFL rookie and a WWE Hall of Famer are not scored on the same curve.

DATA SOURCES & CONFIDENCE

BrandHeat inputs are drawn from public social platform data, third-party earned media valuation models, publicly reported contract and equity data, and ASON’s proprietary sentiment index. Deal ranges are triangulated against category-comparable partnerships signed in the trailing 24 months. Confidence is highest on Market Presence and Commercial Velocity (directly observable) and more directional on Cultural Capital (sentiment-modeled). Every brand status and condition shown is drawn from the underlying client-intelligence reports; where two sources disagreed, the claim was omitted rather than reconciled.

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