“Many companies diligently establish their presence on Social Networking Services (SNSs) as they recognize Social Media Marketing (SMM) will be the next “holy grail of marketing”. However, yet the true value of SMM remains unclear because marketing based on social networkingstill defines its best practices and metrics.” (Podobnik, 2013, p. 131) This post, as illustrated by […]
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PlayMakers’ Club – an IMG-product striving to revolutionize hospitality experiences in sports
“Sport sponsorship has become an increasingly important part of intercollegiate athletic revenue generation as universities have been forced to seek new and creative ways to fund their programs.” (Weight et al., 2010, p. 119). Photo: PlayMakers’ Club logo. Sports sponsorship inventory continues to evolve as part of the development, which is highlighted in the above-mentioned citation. That includes […]
The business of sport may be the impetus to boost your profit-making abilities
“Just as the Internet provided the communications architecture enabling the disruption and reorganization of the global musical economy, the ‘media sport content economy’ is undergoing a parallel transformation” (Hutchins & Rowe, 2010, p. 4). As you can interpret from the citation above, the ‘media sport content economy’ is changing and that brings change for corporations. […]
Sporting success, ticket prices, merchandise sales – and looking into the case of college football
Yesterday, I read an interesting post by Jesse Lawrence (more information about Jesse Lawrence, click here) about the emotional capital tied to collegiate athletics and how that corresponds with the balance between ticket prices, merchandise sales and sporting success. Simplistic and frequent (and often honest) simplifications and considerations in reference to business models in elite […]
Football marketing – activation of players and coaches – Liverpool FC case
Research has shown that sports stars and celebrities are very influential in relation to young sports fans regarding these fans’ behavioral intentions in switching products, producing brand loyalty and word-of-mouth. That concludes that sports stars are significant socialization with huge potential of impact on purchase intentions and consumption patterns (Dix et al., 2010; Appelbaum et […]