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Sports marketing
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New York, NY : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006
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9780073128214
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Summary

Sports Marketing presents this field as a new discipline, helping readers gain a stronger understanding of how to apply marketing strategies and tactics within the sports marketing environment. Fullerton crafted, this new text presents the discipline of sports marketing in two broad perspectives. The first part of the text (Chapters 3-14) examines using a sports platform as a foundation for the marketing of non-sports products, including examples such as Tiger Woods' endorsement of Tag Heuer watches and Coca-Cola's sponsorship of soccer's World Cup. The second part of the text (Chapters 15-22) deals with the marketing of sports products, increasing media audiences, increasing live attendance, the selling of sports-related products, and more. This is not simply a basic marketing text using sports examples. This new title fills a gap for this newly recognized course area by presenting a strong business perspective through its content. It looks at the economic impact of the industry and identifies an array of career opportunities for students interested in sports marketing. platform and an abundance of real-world national and international examples to support the material.


Table of Contents

Part 1 The Foundation Of Sports Marketing
Chapter 1 Introduction to Sports Marketing
Part 2 Marketing Through Sports
Chapter 2 Marketing Through Sports
Chapter 3 Introduction to Sponsorship
Chapter 4 Sponsorship Objectives and Components
Chapter 5 The Sponsorship Commitment--Resources and Duration
Chapter 6 Ambush Marketing
Chapter 7 Leveraging
Chapter 8 Selling the Sponsorship
Chapter 9 Pre-Event Evaluation
Chapter 10 Post-Event Evaluation
Chapter 11 Sponsorship Foundation and Failure
Chapter 12 Endorsements
Chapter 13 Venue Naming Rights
Chapter 14 Licensing
Part 3 The Marketing Of Sports
Chapter 15 Segmentation of the Sports Market
Chapter 16 Product Decisions in Sports Marketing
Chapter 17 Distribution Decisions in Sports Marketing
Chapter 18 Pricing Decisions in Sports Marketing
Chapter 19 Developing a Promotional Strategy for the Marketing of Sports Products
Part 4 Emerging Issues In Sports Marketing
Chapter 20 Relationship Marketing in the Business of Sports
Chapter 21 The Role of the Technology in Sports Marketing
Chapter 22 Controversial Issues in Sports Marketing
Appendices
Appendix A Important Websites (URLs) for Sports Marketers
Appendix B Examples of University Licensing Criteria