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Sterling Taplin is a basketball creator and athlete with a strong family-first personal brand and a clear lane in hoops development. With his TAP basketball pages and consistent basketball-focused content, he’s a natural fit for brands looking to reach sports-minded audiences, parents, and young athletes who value training, discipline, and performance.
I played D1 basketball and played overseas and can rep and help different brands to expand and succeed to help people get better at anything they want to achieve in there life!!
Apollon
University of Tulsa
American Athlete Conference Player of the Week
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1 post & 1 story with the Sterling Taplin promoting your product.
Long-term deal involving appearances, photoshoots, social media and more.
Have Sterling Taplin make a live appearance at your next event
Brands can sponsor Sterling Taplin on OpenSponsorship by creating a free account, browsing Sterling Taplin's profile, and sending a sponsorship proposal for social posts, appearances, or integrated campaigns. OpenSponsorship handles messaging, deliverables, and deal terms in one platform so you can connect directly with this athlete.
Sterling Taplin is listed on OpenSponsorship and available for brand sponsorships. Brands can review campaign packages, audience details, and pricing on this profile, then submit a proposal to start a partnership with this athlete.
According to OpenSponsorship, estimated pricing to sponsor Sterling Taplin starts at $4,000 for a social media post, $6,000 for a appearance and $36,000 for a brand ambassador campaign. Final rates depend on deliverables, usage rights, and campaign scope. Sign up on OpenSponsorship to view packages and send a proposal.
According to OpenSponsorship, Sterling Taplin's audience includes 18K+ Instagram followers, interests including Home Life, Marriage & Family, Kids, Basketball, Video Games, and more, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Brands can use this profile to evaluate reach, content niche, and sponsorship fit before sending a proposal.

How do you measure influencer marketing ROI when half the numbers social media gives you are vanity metrics? It is the question brands ask us most, and it came up again when I joined Massimo Marinelli on the Berkida Ventures Podcast. After more than ten years and thousands of brand deals with athletes and creators at OpenSponsorship, here is how we think about it, and the framework we use with our clients.
October 28, 2026