It is common knowledge that marketing is an established business discipline. Marketing-mavens such as Philip Kotler, Kevin L. Keller, and Seth Godin wrote seminal literature for marketing practitioners and students to revisit […]
One eminent question is hovering over the heads of marketers these days: Periscope or Facebook Live? In this post, we will look at eight live video broadcasting examples from New York City FC, […]
Providing a holistic experience for football fans and online followers is an undertaking that football clubs tackle at various levels of the value chain with various degrees of success. The advent of the […]
As the old adage goes, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words,’ and in today’s interconnected marketing environment it might be worth even more than that. Sharing photos with friends and strangers […]
Building long-term relationships with consumers has become one of the critical issues for marketers (Kotler and Armstrong, in Shank, 2002:383). Hence, relationship marketing should be considered an integral part of the marketing […]
A member of the Linkedin group “Sports Business Institute Barcelona – Marketing & Management Professionals in Football” posted an interesting question, which he was asked to answer as part of an interview […]
According to Marketing-guru Seth Godin, content marketing is the only marketing that’s left (Pulizzi 2008). Especially these days, where social media makes it easier than ever before to share digital content from […]
Marketing managers in football have been talking and trying to focus their efforts on creating an all-around experience for their fans on and off the pitch for many years. Since smartphones gave […]
Juventus FC just claimed their 4th consecutive Italian Serie A title this past weekend, and the 33rd in their history. The club is also still competing for the UEFA Champions League title […]
Millions of euros worth of merchandise is sold every year on online shops of football clubs. The top 10 clubs alone sell an accumulated 9 million jerseys per year (dailymail.co.uk, 2014). One […]
First off, Happy New Year 2015. May it be a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous one for all of us, with loads of exciting football entertainment. Like every year, clubs, athletes and football […]
For many marketers around the globe content marketing has become synonymous with just doing marketing. Allen Graves recently wrote a blog post called Content Marketing Strategy 101: Make it a Game, in […]
Football jerseys are the uniform of the modern football fan and stadium visitor. Real Madrid alone sold 1.4 million official replica jerseys last year (therichest.com). If we consider the numerous fans around […]
I’ve been attending several BSC Young Boys matches at Stade de Suisse in Bern, Switzerland, the past couple of seasons and observed the cult of the YB sausage first hand. Yes, you […]
The FIFA World Cup 2014 came to an end about 4 weeks ago and with it an extremely valuable time for brands that invest considerable financial and human resources in endorsements. Nonetheless, endorsement […]
Juventus F.C. and Italian National Team center-back Leonardo Bonucci is not only one of the arguably best defenders in the world, he is also very talented when it comes to positioning brands […]
