The professionalization of football brings up new innovative ways to connect with fans and it offers new touch points that blends digital and face2face breeding grounds in terms of additional monetization opportunities. Every match day is an excellent sports event, which is the core of the operations of a professional football business and whether the […]
Archive | April, 2014
Obvious long-term commercial options to be exploited in major sports events and collegiate sports
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 29, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
With the awareness and the attention-grabbing role of collegiate athletics in the US, it is interesting to explore the commercial landscape tied to collegiate sports rights and events. As it is noted by Rein et al. (2006), “established professional teams in leagues such as MLB and NBA are fighting for an ever-fragmented market share in […]
#Sport #SocialMedia #Trends #FanEngagement – by ‘guest blogger’ Malene Hejlskov Mortensen
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 23, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Guest blog written by Malene Hejlskov Mortensen, BA in Sport Management, University College of Northern Denmark & MA in Sport Management, London Metropolitan University, passionate about sports and the business of sports – (Kenneth Cortsen, ed.). The way in which we consume media has changed rapidly. Earlier, traditional mass media showed all the news, gossip […]
Fan Engagement – a comparative look at the Danish Super League and the German Bundesliga
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 15, 2014 in Sport & CSR, Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Football has a strong history and is by far sport number one in Germany. The Bundesliga made a healthy development in terms of early investments in new and modern stadiums. Some nations have forgotten that. Italy is a clear example of that. It may have been too easy to attract people previously but some nations […]
The cohesion between sporting and business performances – the case of Manchester United & the English Premier League
Since David Moyes took charge as manager of Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson, the sporting position of Manchester United in the English Premier League has gone downhill. This development is hurtful for the fans of the club and it has caused lots of turmoil around United that the club hasn’t come positively out of […]