Photo: FC Bayern Munich’s brand value 2014 (source: Brand Finance). According to a recent study from Brand Finance, FC Bayern Munich still comes out as the no. 1 ‘football brand’ measured on brand value in 2014. The switch from Juup Heynckes to Pep Guardiola has been rather smooth for the German powerhouse and Guardiola has […]
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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 […]
Branding and social media taken to a new level – What can we expect in the years to come? Case-focus: Major Sporting Events, Summer 2014 – by ‘guest blogger’ Malene Hejlskov Mortensen
By Kenneth Cortsen on August 24, 2014 in Sport & Events, 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.). With major sporting events like The FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon, Tour de France, The Commonwealth Games, and US PGA, […]
Football Economy: Looking into the economy of the Premier League
The 2014/2015 season of the English Premier League will kick off on Saturday the 16th of August. With about one week until the start of a new English football season, I have decided to look at some ‘football economic’ factors of the world’s most revenue-generating football league. Photo: Revenue break-down of top five European football […]
Innovative commercial solutions in top football give clubs additional opportunities to monetize on all relevant touch points
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 30, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
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 […]