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Sports Marketing: Running/Jogging Event. Kavitha Balachandran Lindsay Bond Leslie Espy Jessica Holmes Jon McKeeman Eowyn Turner. Current State of the Sport. 10.5 million frequent runners in the US Avg. age of runners has increased slightly in the past few years
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Sports Marketing:Running/Jogging Event Kavitha Balachandran Lindsay Bond Leslie Espy Jessica Holmes Jon McKeeman Eowyn Turner
Current State of the Sport • 10.5 million frequent runners in the US • Avg. age of runners has increased slightly in the past few years • Between 1993 and 2003 there was a 60% increase in the number of runners who participated in road races
Current State of the Sport • Decrease in participation in shorter races caused by: • Lack of unique, original events • Majority of events focused on fundraising and not on the athletes
Puma Presents the St. Louis Street Scramble • 2.5 mi race • 5 athletic obstacles • 100 of the Nation’s Top High School Runners • $7000 in scholarship money not your ordinary race…
Event Details • Also featuring: • Open Division race • Pre-race nutrition seminar and footwear/apparel expo • Post-race street festival • Music • Booths and exhibits by sponsors • Puma fashion show
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Puma: Internal Leveraging • Best salespeople chosen to attend the Street Scramble • Entered into a drawing to win tickets • Hockey, baseball, and football • 1st place (1): 2 tickets to each sport • 2nd place (5): 2 tickets to 2 sports • 3rd place (10): 2 tickets to 1 sport
Puma: External Leveraging • Running Scholarships • Top 3 girls and top 3 guys • 1st place: $2000 • 2nd place: $1000 • 3rd place: $500
Puma • Running shoes and sports apparel on sale • Pre-registration gives $5 off apparel and $10 off shoes • Coupons must be used that day • Fashion show • Amateur running program assistance • Running shoe assistance
Panera Bread • Nutritional advice • Advice for healthy eating at Panera • General nutrition advice aimed at runners
Apple • iPod • Sponsoring the graphics and technology used to track runners in the city • iPod shuffles for runners to use during the race
Nalgene • Selling bottles before and after the race • Nalgene logo • Race’s logo
Gatorade • Dispensing water during the race • Providing Gatorade after the event • Assorted flavors • New Lemonade flavor
Media Rights • MTV selected to receive media rights • Mindset of MTV fits into concept of our race • MTV can also make shows relating to the race to increase interest • Reaches our demographic of reigniting younger interest in the sport
Media Rights • Sponsor Benefits for pairing up with MTV • Puma fashion show will get even more ratings • iPod and MTV are both about music • The MTV media right will link our sport, fashion, and music to create and event that fits together to create interest for our target
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