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Sports Marketing. Chapter 2--Notes. What is sports marketing?. What are examples of products sports fans buy?. Target Market. In order to market a product to any audience, you must first determine the target market. TARGET MARKET—targeting a specific group of people that you want to reach.
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Sports Marketing • Chapter 2--Notes
Target Market • In order to market a product to any audience, you must first determine the target market. • TARGET MARKET—targeting a specific group of people that you want to reach.
How to find a Target Market • 1. Identify the customer
Demographics • 'population characteristics'. • The characteristics of human populations and population segments, especially when used to identify consumer markets.
Common interests? • Sports fans may have more in common than the love of the sport.
Demographics of sports • Assignment
How to find a Target Market • There are three steps to targeting:
Target Group • After the company establishes the target market, ideally they would like to find out WHY the consumers buy.
Spending habits of fans • The price fans are willing to pay for sporting goods/services depends on:
Example • Sports teams add meaning and value to products by communicating allegiance. • Of people surveyed, 39% of them felt like a real fan and more supportive when wearing merchandise with their teams logo.
Sports logos • Why do people wear sports logos on clothing?
Definitions • Market segmentation--the process of grouping a market into smaller subgroups. • Product positioning--the technique by which marketers try to create an image or identity for a product, brand, or organization