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A Kid’s Guide to Sports Marketing

By on January 4, 2011 in Sports Marketing

When you think of sports marketing, you probably think of adults writing adult-oriented campaigns, right? A creative sports marketer, however, realizes that they can and should target the juvenile demographic as well. Not only are kids receptive to sports marketing campaigns; they can also come up with their own, using their creative talents to raiseRead more →

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An Interview with San Francisco Giants’ Director of Social Media

By on December 28, 2010 in Social Media in Sports

The San Francisco Giants enjoyed a banner year in 2010: they won the World Series and embraced social media as a means of engaging diehard fans at AT&T Park and across the country. We sat down with Bryan Srabian, the Giants’ Director of Social Media, and asked him about the successes in 2010 and theRead more →

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A World Without Sports Marketing

By on December 24, 2010 in Sports Marketing

Although careers in sports marketing are relatively new, sports marketing as a practice is over a century old. As sports began to professionalize, savvy promoters, athletes, and entrepreneurs quickly recognized that the business of sports required marketing support. Sports marketing has two distinct, interdependent, forms: marketing of sports and marketing through sports. If you marketRead more →

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Top Sports Business Resources of 2010

By on December 17, 2010 in Sports Business

Earlier this week, we had a vote for the top sports social media professional of 2010, and it garnered over 2000 votes. As voting wraps up today, we’ve decided to another one for the top sports business online resources of 2010. We’ve narrowed it down to these links, but if there’s one we’ve missed, letRead more →

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Using Mobile Apps in Sports Marketing

By on December 9, 2010 in Sports Marketing

The future of sports marketing has already hit the American consumer where they live the most…on their mobile phones. The tech savvy sports marketer knows that not everyone is at home sitting in front of their TVs watching the game, or online checking the scores and buying the gear. A lot of people are tooRead more →

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Sports Marketing Using Social Media

By on December 3, 2010 in Sports Marketing

Sports marketing is a very important part of any successful sports franchise.  Imagine attending a game and not seeing people wearing jerseys, hats, giant foam fingers, or other vibrant gear emblazoned with their favorite teamʼs name or mascot image. Crazy. Sports marketing is about getting the word out about a team or team member inRead more →

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Marketing Resources for Pro Athletes

By on November 18, 2010 in Sports Marketing

When a pro athlete retires for whatever reason, he is often in his 20’s or 30’s, and faced with a career crisis. The pressing question is, ‘what do I do with the rest of my life?’ Many retired athletes become motivational speakers, taking their powerful presence to the stage. Some apply their financial prowess toRead more →

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Connect with Tribes Instead of Crowds

By on November 5, 2010 in Sports Marketing

(This is a guest post by Andrew Collins) Listening to current marketing principles today, it can be easy to become distracted in the multitude of social media channels and forget where the real value lies. One basic principle we’ve seen promoted and often adopted is ‘crowd sourcing’ or ‘marketing to crowds’ when in fact theRead more →

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Take Online Connections Offline

By on October 26, 2010 in Sports Networking

This is part of a short blog series where we take a look at how social media can be utilized to grow a sports team’s fan base, regardless of whether the team already has a large following or is starting from the grassroots level. You can see the other posts here.

The first three posts of this series have covered listening, content and community. This week I’m going to focus on the importance of taking online connections offline.

Keep It Consistent

Offline conversation about brands is still what prompts us to search for more online. If you want to build awareness and grow your fan base, you need to get out into the community offline as well as online.

Your message should be consistent across all platforms and all types of media, whether it’s online or offline. Make sure that if people see your team online they’ll recognise your brand offline and vice versa. Online and offline marketing should be part of one strategy and both should be kept in mind at all times.

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Sports 2.0 and the Age of Social Media

By on October 25, 2010 in Social Media in Sports

Whenever I get a chance to watch my Buckeyes crush opponents on television these days, I always catch myself checking my Twitter stream or Facebook feed in between plays and during commercial breaks. I may catch a commercial here or there, but for the most part, I am too busy socializing online about the game to pay attention.

Social media has become a regular part in my sports-watching experience. For kids growing up now, it’s a whole new ballgame than the one we grew up where we had to bear through every single advertisement impatiently wondering if there will be another first down. The geniuses at Espresso’s Infiltrators capture this essence perfectly in the deck below. They go through the age of sports that us ‘old folks’ went through and compare it with the new age of social media: sports 2.0.

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Hispanic Sports Marketing 101

By on September 16, 2010 in Sports Marketing

The Hispanic segment offers demonstrate opportunity due to size, growth and increasing spending/purchasing power. It’s expected that by 2050, 28% of the U.S. population will be Hispanic, thus opening up the doors for marketers. There are a few things to know about marketing to Hispanics:

Culture: You must first understand the culture and ensure that your marketing message is culturally relevant, otherwise it won’t work. For instance, when you think of Hispanics, you may think of the Spanish language used amongst the segment since there are different dialogues that are used within the culture. It’s as simple as understanding a word that may be used in Mexico doesn’t have the same meaning Puerto Rico or visa versa.

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The Ultimate Sports Business Resources

By on September 8, 2010 in Sports Business

At Sports Networker, we pride ourselves on being one of the leading resources for covering the latest cutting edge topics in sports business, sponsorship, PR, and social media.

However, this post is not about us, but rather other resources that we have personally found to be useful and informational, in hopes of creating a great list of the ultimate sports business resources. We’re bound to have missed a few, so please let us know your favourites if they aren’t on the list!

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