This blog post follows on the article «Planned behaviour, risky decisions and mental shortcuts when designing a live video on social media for a football club» and discusses how Italian Serie A […]
Football Clubs on Periscope and Facebook Live: Comparison of views-to-followers ratio
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, […]
The 3 levels of emotionality of a picture: An Instagram example
Today, we will discuss the 3 levels of emotionality of a perfectly branded Instagram photo. I mentioned the subject of this post, an Instagram photo of Leonardo Bonucci, already two years ago […]
Comparison of Stewardship Efforts on Instagram between Manchester City FC and Juventus FC
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 […]
The DRIP Model applied to Juventus FC: An alternative to the established AIDA Model
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 […]
Li and Bernoff’s «POST method» applied to the Juventus FC campaign «Things Tevez Could Dribble»
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 […]
Andrea Pirlo: The Branded Footballer
As we have discussed in the post Paul Pogba: The Branded Footballer [Series], ‘Football players are as much a brand as the club they play for,’ or in the context of the […]
Leonardo Bonucci and the perfectly branded Instagram photo
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 […]
The tangible influence of a football brand: The Juventus FC example
This post explores how this year’s Italian Serie A champions Juventus FC addresses the three dimensions of a brand’s functional aspects as identified by Kapferer (2008) that exploit the experience, mental associations and […]
Paul Pogba: The Branded Footballer
Football players are as much a brand as the club they play for. Think of Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo, Kagawa, Pirlo and the young Paul Pogba. Even though they all sport a jersey with […]