Today, the intersection between sports and business is a powerful way for corporations and other sports-related entities to place their resources while combining this investment with efforts of strategic CSR. Dick’s Sporting Goods presents a recent case example within this context in a new TV commercial, see video below. Through heartfelt storytelling, the sports brand […]
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The FIFA World Cup is a powerful and transformative football party
By Kenneth Cortsen on June 3, 2014 in Sport & CSR, Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
In approximately one week, the FIFA World Cup will kick off in Brazil. This sporting mega-event will put a lot of challenges and interests in play. It is a football party with enormous dimensions. The global reach is massive and the football party’s emotional equity touches people from all corners of the world. The commercial […]
Sports Sponsorship is still a very RELEVANT medium
By Kenneth Cortsen on February 18, 2014 in Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
#SportsSponsorship #EmotionalEquity I just wrote a guest post for Morten Østergaard’s blog about the future outlook for the business of sports sponsorship. There are many elements, which emphasize the strengths of sports sponsorship as a medium (for sports entities as well as for corporate sponsors) – read the full post by clicking the link below: Morten […]
Establishing the RIGHT connection with fans
When organizations strive to connect with sports fans, they have to consider a wide variety of factors. Among other things, it is vital to form a positive degree of ‘emotional equity’ when targeting different groups since the effectiveness of promotional initiatives tend to be optimized if they contain width and depth and hence succeed in […]