Sunday, November 18, 2007

INTRODUCTION

Personal information

This course should be as practical as possible. To get a better idea about the students interest id like to ask everyone to introduce himself.

Tell me your

occupation

connection to sport

expectations from this course.

Course outline

29.10. Introduction

30.10. Industry overview

05.11. International approach

06.11. Marketing overview

12.11. Marketing research

13.11. Segment, target and position

19.11. Marketing information systems

20.11. EXAM

Course Outline

26.11. Marketing mix: Product

27.11. Marketing mix: Pricing

03.12. Marketing mix: Placing

04.12. Marketing mix: Promotion

10.12. Media relations

11.12. Endorsement and sponsoring

17.12. Licensing and logos

18.12. FINAL EXAM

Procedure

In every course i will introduce what schould be learned in the following session

All questions in exam and final exam can be solved based on these questions given at the beginnig of each session

Exams

The exams will take place on the 20.11. and on the 18.12.

There will be 10 - 15 questions in every test

Results will hopefully be published within one week depending on the translation time:-)

Literature used

Pitts / Stotlar. Fundamentals of Sport Marketing. Virginia 2007

Mullin / Hardy / Sutton. Sport Marketing (ed. 3). 2007

Helitzer. The Dream Job. Ohio 1999

McDonald / Milne. Cases in Sport Marketing. Sudbury 1999

Pitts. Case Studies in Sport Marketing. Virginia 2003

Shilbury / Quick / Westerbeek. Strategic Sport Marketing. Crows Nest 2003

Milne / McDonald. Sport Marketing. Sudbury 1999


THE SPORT BUSINESS INDUSTRY

Questions

What is the sport industry?

What is sport business in contrast to sports business?

What is sport management?

Name factors that influence the growth and development of the sport industry.

Describe the three main segments of the sport industry, give examples.

Industry

An industry is a market in witch similar or closely related products are sold to buyers

Products can be goods, services, people, places, or ideas

Sport Industry

Sport industry is the market in which the business and products offered to its buyers are sport related and may be goods, services, people, or ideas

Product Examples in the Sport Industry

Participation

Entertainment

Equipment and Apparel

Promotional Items

Sport Facilities

Sport Marketing Research

Management Services

„Sport“ and „Sports“

„Sport“ - unlike „Sports“ describes any activity, experience or business enterprise focused on fitness, recreation, sports, sports tourism, or leisure

„Sports“ describes a (limited) set of Sport activities such as „golf“, „soccer“, „basketball“ etc.

Sport Business

The term Sport, as used in the field of sport business management and in relation to the sport business industry is a broad concept term used to denote all people, activities, businesses, and organizations involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organizing any activity, experience,or business enterprise focused on fitness, recreation, sports, sports tourism, or leisure

Sport Management

Sport Management is the study and practice of all people, activities, businesses, or organizations involved in producing, facilitating promoting, or organizing any sport-related business or product

How important is the Sport Industry? Example: USA


How important is the Sport Industry? Example: Gate revenues, rights fees, merchandising, sponsorships

Factors influencing the Growth of the Sport Business Industry

People

Sports Activities and Events: Sports, Recreation, Fitness, Leisure, Sports Tourism

Sporting Goods

Facilities, Sports Medicine and Fitness Training

Commercialization and Marketing of Sport

Sport Industry Professional Service Businesses

The Sport Industry, Media and Sport Media

Sport Industry Education

Factor „People“

Constant human interest in Sport and recreation

Participant sports

Equipment and apparel

Spectator sports

Social factor

Factor „People“

Increase in sport business among the range of diverse market segments

Geographical regions

States

Disabilities

Religious affiliation

Career profession

Sexual orientation

Political affiliation

Race/National origin

Age

Factor: „Activities and Events“

Constant increase in the number of new and different sports, recreational, and fitness activities

New trends and hypes

Differentiation

Constant development

Use of sport events for marketing purposes

Factor: „Activities and Events“

Consistent Growth in the Offering of Traditional Sports

New organizational concepts

Increase of time flexibility

Increase of facilities

Specialization on certain costumers

Factor: „Activities and Events“

Constant increase in the number and type of professional level sport, fitness, and recreational activities

Constant growth of „sportstainment“ events

Growing market for testimonials

Increase of media activities support sponsoring activities

Factor: „Activities and Events“

Increase in sports-tourism and adventure-travel products

Increasing number and diversity

Increasing number of organized travel agents for participants

Increasing number of spectator „packages“

Factor: „Sporting Goods“

Increase in sporting goods an apparel designed for the diversity of markets and their demands

Differentiation for consumer groups

Differentiation in price and quality

Value added products

Factor: „Sporting Goods“

Influence of technology on sport-related goods, services and training

High performance products push the limits of the possible

Improvement of standard cloth and apparel make sport more convenient

New business ideas as computer based assistance

Factor: „Facilities, Sports Medicine, and Fitness Training“

Increase in the number and type of sports facilities and events

Increased number of facilities increase the possibility for events

Increasing number of multi purpose facilities make event planning more flexible

Factor: „Facilities, Sports Medicine, and Fitness Training“

Constant increase in the amount and types of sports medicine and fitness training services

Increase of special health care

Affordable programs for semi-professionals

Increasing age of athletes due to better health care

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Packaging of sport as an entertainment product

Convenience orientation

„Before-“, and „after the show“ events

Stretching the event to a full entertainment product

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Increased marketing and marketing orientation in the sport business industry

Sport is managed more business like

Consumer orientation

Rule changes to make sport marketable

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Increased understanding and knowledge of consumers of the sport business industry

Double impact of consumer studies

Education programs

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Growth of corporate sponsorship

Image building

More impact floor less money

Specific group selection

Agency work

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Increased Endorsement

Increasing range to non sport-related products

Individual endorsement

Team endorsement

Full organization endorsement

Factor: „Commercialization and Marketing of Sport“

Growth in importance of licensing and merchandising

Increasing number of products

Increasing need to protect sport-brands

New strategies in league merchandising

Factor: „Sport Industry Professional Service Business“

Extraordinary growth in service business for the sport industry

Legal representation

Finance services

Consulting

Research

Marketing

Agencies

Factor: „The sport industry, media, and sports media“

Sport industry benefits of mass media exposure

Television impact on sport awareness

Increase in advertisement impact

Sport channels

Value added Internet services

Factor: „The sport industry, media, and sports media“

Sports activities and events as a popular entertainment product

Increasing number of spectators

Family activity

Public viewing

Factor: „The sport industry, media, and sports media“

Constant increase in television and radio coverage

Increasing broadcasting in public stations

Increasing interest in featuring full championships

Increasing pay TV activity

Payment for broadcast time as a marketing tool for sports associations

Factor: „The sport industry, media, and sports media“

Increased number and variety of magazines, trade magazines and academic journals devoted to sport

Incredible variety on sports magazines

Consumer education and encouraging

Professional information for marketing and sport experts

Increasing focus to sports in lifestyle magazines

Increasing academic interest through publication

Factor: „The sport industry, media, and sports media“

Internet and other new media

Edutainment (Podcast)

Distribution channel

B2B activities

Broadcasting events

Factor: „Sport Industry Education“

Increase in sport and sport business education for executives, administrators, athletes, and other personnel

Increase in categories of education fields

Increasing number of education products

Increasing number of organizations on the sport-education market

Factor: „Sport Industry Education“

Increase in competency of sport business management professionals

Increasing variety of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs

Increasing number of international conferences

Growing number of publications and research programs

Factor: „Sport Industry Education“

Increased Prevalence of Sport management as an academic discipline and career

Growing number of programs in USA, Europe and Asia

Especially sport - management, - marketing, -economics

Rate of unemployed graduates „Sport Economics and Sport Management“ program at German Sports University Cologne one year after graduating: <5%

Sport Industry Segment Model

Sport Industry Segment Model

Thank you!

Don´t hesitate to ask questions

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