Photos: From AaB’s training match vs. HSV from the German Bundesliga in Flensburg. Due to the professionalization and commercialization of football (and sports in general), the postmodern football economy is characterized by increased focus on fan relations. In that regard, the Danish Super League and its clubs have joined this trend and hired fan […]
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Does the #USWNT success present a commercial breakthrough for women’s sports?
By Kenneth Cortsen on July 21, 2015 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Photo: #USWNT’s Alex Morgan on the cover of FIFA 16 (source: SportsCenter’s official Twitter account) When the US Women’s National Team (#USWNT) recently won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada, the team created enormous hype on social media platforms. After the final win against Japan and the #USWNT’s first world cup title since 1999, […]
Sports fans and their focus on CSR rewrite the book of sports sponsorship
By Kenneth Cortsen on July 16, 2015 in Sport & CSR, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
As the business of sports enhances its relationship with fans to drive revenues, the importance of CSR has established itself as a key focus area. Strategic utilization of CSR for commercial purposes revolves around fan-generated revenue streams, e.g. ticket and merchandise sales. Sports sponsorship also presents a commercial platform through which strategic CSR may drive […]
The emotional and creative nature of sports economy = activation opportunities and ROIs
By Kenneth Cortsen on June 29, 2015 in Best Of, Sport & Events, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Entities in the business of sports possess extraordinary assets that make them somewhat recession proof if competition and market-orientation is tackled in the right manner. From 2008 and through the following four to five years, society faced financial turmoil that also influenced the business of sports in terms of an enhanced fight for sponsorship money […]
MotoGP sponsorship development – case of Valentino Rossi & sponsorship categories
Photos: Valentino Rossi, MotoGP’s famous no. 46 (source: Rossi’s official web site). Valentino Rossi turned out to be the first rider to accomplish 200 MotoGP podium endings when he came in third in Jerez last month. The Movistar-sponsored Yamaha rider and Italian multiple MotoGP World Champion stands out as the best motorcycle racer of all time […]