B2B Opps: DailyPay teams up with Houston Rockets, hires CMO (Score 59)

Sales lead: Reach out if you can help this company increase awareness. 

  • DailyPay recently entered a long-term deal to become the official On-Demand Pay Partner of the Houston Rockets and Toyota Center. 
  • The company will also serve as presenting sponsor of the Rockets' Employee of the Month program. 

In other news:

  • DailyPay hired Gino Palozzi as CMO in April 2023.
  • Palozzi most recently served as marketing VP at Persistent Systems. 

Target demographic: Businesses that need on-demand payment services

The company will likely:

  • Seek additional sponsorships/partnerships to raise awareness
  • Ramp ad spend back up
  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners

Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: DailyPay spent about $1.6k on national TV ads YTD, a huge decrease from $233.9k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend equaled $216.5k in 2021 and $233.9k in 2022. 
  • Ad programming: It placed ads during NHL Hockey.

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: DailyPay spent around $31.1k on digital display ads YTD, a significant decrease from $1m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022.
  • YTD data: 4.9m impressions via Facebook (65%), Instagram (19%), and desktop display (17%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend equaled $1.2m in 2021 and $1m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 89% of these ads directly onto sites such as facebook.com, instagram.com, shrm.org, and ebay.com. It placed 11% of these ads through multiple indirect channels onto sites such as fandom.com, slashdot.org, cnn.com, sfgate.com, and vox.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Contact the new CMO to see if you can pick up some of DailyPay's business. 
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for this company. 

Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics.