Sports Marketingtakes a strategic business perspective, keeping pace with the ever-changing environment of the sports world. Organized around a framework of the strategic marketing process that can be applied to the sports industry, it provides an appreciation for the growing popularity of women's sports and the globalization of sport.This edition concentrates on the rising costs, escalating salaries, the price of new stadiums and arenas, and sports ethics versus the incredible appetite of consumers for sports. Extensive treatment is given to understanding consumers as spectators and participants; in addition to planning the sports marketing mix (product, price, promotion, and place), it examines the execution and evaluation of the planning process.An excellent source of information for directors of sports marketing, directors of sports promotion, athletic directors, directors of community/public relations, directors of ticket sales, directors of sponsorship sales, sports marketing coordinators, sports promotion coordinators, and recreation/borough sports directors.
Table of Contents
Brief Contents Preface PART I: Contingency Framework For Strategic Sports Marketing
Chapter 1 Emergence of Sports Marketing
Chapter 2 Contingency Framework for Strategic Sports Marketing PART II: Planning For Market Selection Decisions
Chapter 3 Research Tools for Understanding Sports Consumers
Chapter 4 Understanding Participants as Consumers
Chapter 5 Understanding Spectators as Consumers
Chapter 6 Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning PART III: Planning The Sports Marketing Mix
Chapter 7 Sports Product Concepts
Chapter 8 Managing Sports Products
Chapter 9 Promotion Concepts
Chapter 10 Promotion Mix Elements
Chapter 11 Sponsorship Programs
Chapter 12 Pricing Concepts and Strategies PART IV: Implementing And Controlling The Strategic Sports Marketing
Process
Chapter 13 Implementing and Controlling the Strategic Sports Marketing Process Appendix A:Career Opportunities
in Sports Marketing Appendix B:Sports Marketing Sites of Interest on the Internet Glossary Photo Credits Index
