University lecturer // Marketing and Digital Media Specialist
Chris Fill and Barbara Jamieson (2006:547) define public relations (PR) as ‘a management activity that attempts to shape the attitudes and opinions held by an organisation’s stakeholders,’ and explain that organisations can […]
Sport clubs have been realising that building sustainable relationships with their stakeholders is a crucial step towards strengthening their brand. Abosag et al. (2012:1234) mention Calkins (2003), who proposes that branding has […]
There are countless platforms that allow football clubs to entertain their followers and interact with them. Nevertheless, a social media manager needs to take on the challenging task of assessing, implementing, and […]
Last week, Sporting Clube de Portugal launched their #NotSportingLisbon campaign in reference to a common problem: The club is often mistakenly referred to as Sporting Lisbon instead of Sporting Clube de Portugal, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brand value has become a buzzword in recent times and many managers, consultancies, and companies have started to pay closer attention to it. The fact that Madden, Fehle, and Fournier (2006) mention […]
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 […]
There is an obvious relationship between the investment a company makes in a customer relationship and the return that investment generates (Grant, 2008:324). Kotler (2003:76) claims that the aim of customer relationship […]
Celtic FC’s «Ronny’s Roaring 100» Facebook post, published on 26 March 2015 Since the dawn of Facebook marketing, marketers have been searching for the anatomy of the prefect Facebook post – what it should […]
Today’s post is an exercise that will analyze how the brand of Manchester City FC (MCFC) performs in regard to the top 10 clubs of the Deloitte Football Money League 2015. We […]
In a blog post I published two weeks ago – see here –, we started discussing how Robert M. Grant (2007:249) looked at differentiation and the provision of uniqueness, and at how a firm’s opportunities […]
Robert M. Grant (2007:249) explains that differentiation is concerned with the provision of uniqueness, and that a firm’s opportunities for creating uniqueness in its offerings to customers are not located within a […]
Examples from a hashtag search done on Instagram – #ThingsTevezCouldDribble It is safe to assume that football business managers will consider having an online marketing or communication strategy in place for their […]
Football Merchandise: A crucial part of marketing and potentially a good source of revenue Millions of euros worth of merchandise is sold every year on online shops of football clubs. The top […]
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 […]
