Photos: Christiano Ronaldo’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts. Football (soccer in the US) is as the world’s most popular sport a ’true superstar economy’. People in all regions of the world recognize or may even identify with the sport’s top player. At the pinnacle of the sport’s most prestigious individual award ceremony stands Christiano Ronaldo […]
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Football players are social media stars with an ability to generate eyeballs and money
By Kenneth Cortsen on October 27, 2014 in Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
In the contemporary commercial football industry, the identities of football fans tend to have a tribal nature in which certain behavioral fan patterns highlight the celebrated stardom of professional football players. Last week, I wrote a post (see here) about whether or not sports sponsors have a responsibility for the creation of enhanced fan experiences. […]
Football players, asset management and the unexploited potential of enhanced player engagement in football management and football marketing.
By Kenneth Cortsen on September 9, 2014 in Best Of, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
As an appetizer for the book Marketing & Football: an international perspective (Desbordes, 2012), it is emphasized that (see citation below) “Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from […]
Corporate brands taking advantage of the passionate texture of football – Nike vs. Adidas
By Kenneth Cortsen on June 12, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
On top of being a premium football event, the FIFA World Cup is also a social party for corporate brands. Despite not being one of the official FIFA sponsors, other brands still invests highly in football’s most notorious party. For Nike, its football (soccer) business unit has already created buzz around the #RiskEverything campaign, which […]
The future points to a better blend between in-depth athlete performance data and commercialization
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 2, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Studies have shown that implementation and application of strategies concerning the balance between ‘on field performance’ and ‘economic performance’ may be useful in the business of professional sports (Hamil, 2008; Krabbenbos, 2013). This has shifted the paradigm of running a professional sports entitiy in the sense that there has been a change from merely profiting […]