Opportunity or obstacle? : a preliminary study of professional sport organisations in the age of social media

Michelle O'Shea, Abel Duarte Alonso

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    Abstract

    An extensive body of academic literature has acknowledged the importance that relationship marketing, community alliances and mass communications play in the marketing and branding of professional sport organisations. However, little has been directed at recent media developments and the degree to which they affect professional sport organisations. The present case study examines the ways in which three professional clubs from two different sporting codes are leveraging traditional marketing approaches as well as adapting to emergent technologies and an increasingly media-driven consumer-base. Responses clearly demonstrate the blending of traditional marketing strategies and technology, including social media, in an effort to convert and build fruitful long-term club-supporter relationships. Furthermore, the complexities faced by the marketers of professional sport organisations become exacerbated by the very rapid changes taking place among new generations of professional sport consumers.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)196-212
    Number of pages17
    JournalInternational Journal of Sport Management and Marketing
    Volume10
    Issue number45385
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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