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Sports Promotion. Chapter 5. Event Marketing. 5.1. Is all activities associated with the sale, distribution, and promotion of a sports event. Promotion in Sports Marketing. Generate sales, attract a target audience, and help create a positive image
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Sports Promotion Chapter 5
Event Marketing 5.1 Is all activities associated with the sale, distribution, and promotion of a sports event
Promotion in Sports Marketing • Generate sales, attract a target audience, and help create a positive image • Fans should be viewed as a company’s clientele
Promotional Mix • Is any combination of advertising, sales promotion, publicity, and personal selling • Each company must decide on its own promotional mix
Promotional Budget • The promotional budget can be a determining factor in deciding the promotional mix • There are three ways to determine a promotional budget: Percentage of sales, Competitive parity, Objective-and-task method
Percentage of Sale • Sports organizations may use a set percentage, or portion, or last year’s sales or the coming year’s to decide on the funds for the promotional budget
Competitive Parity • A company looks for industry trends on how much to spend. • Parity means having equality or similarity
Objective-and-Task Method • Companies set objectives for their promotion and decide what promotional activities are necessary to reach those objectives
5.2 Advertising • Is any paid promotion of an idea, good, or service by an identified sponsor
Promotional Advertising • Is advertising with a goal of selling the item being promoted
Institutional advertising • Advertising with a goal of developing goodwill or a positive image
Types of Media • Newspapers • Magazines • Direct Mail • Outdoor advertising • Station posters • Stadium signage
Sales promotion • Is a short term incentive to get consumers interested in buying a product • Sales promotions are usually part of an advertisement or personal sales pitch • Coupons, rebates, samples, premiums, contests, and sweepstakes.
5.3 Public Relations • Are activities that promote the image and communications a company has with its employees, customers, investors, and the public at large.
Publicity • Is the free mention of a product or company in the media • The benefit of free publicity is how the public may view what they see and hear in the media • The disadvantage is a company’s lack of control over it
Press Release • Is a newsworthy article that provides basic information to answer questions about a subject, usch as who, what, where, when, and why • Example – a baseball player is traded, a press release is sent to the media from the baseball franchise
Personal Selling • Is direct communication by a salesperson to a potential costumer either in person or by telephone
Before Selling Process • Prospecting – involves looking for potential customers or leads • Preapproach – learning aout the products and the potential customers
The Selling Process • Approach • Determine needs • Present the product • Overcome objectives • Close the sale • Perform suggestion selling • Follow up