1st Edition

Sports Marketing A Practical Approach

By Larry DeGaris Copyright 2015
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

Any sports marketing student or prospective sports marketer has to understand in detail genuine industry trends and be able to recognise solutions to real-world scenarios. Sports Marketing: A Practical Approach is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive, engaging and practice-focused bridge between academic theory and real-life, industry-based research and practice. Defining the primary... Read more

1. A Practical Approach to Sports Marketing  2. Sports Markets  3. Fan Development  4. Brand Management  5. Gate Revenue Marketing Mix  6. Consumer Ticket Sales  7. Corporate Ticket Sales  8. Sports Media  9. Sports Media Audiences  10. Sports Publicity  11. Sports Advertising Sales  12. Sponsorship: What It Is and How It Works  13. Sponsorship Goals and Strategies  14. Sponsorship Activation  15. Sponsorship Measurement  16. Sponsorship Sales

Biography

Larry DeGaris is a leading research consultant to the sponsorship and sports marketing industries, and Professor of Marketing at the University of Indianapolis, USA. He has personally conducted over one hundred research studies for sports organizations funded to well over $3 million, and is a sought after expert for the media.

"Sports Marketing: A Practical Approach is extremely informative and interesting as it reflects on aspects of strategy, gate revenue, sport media, and sponsorship... Overall, this book is very practical and contains a wealth of insights... The book would be a valuable asset for students who plan to work in the sports industry and would be outstanding material for an undergraduate or graduate course in sport marketing or sport sponsorship."— Wonyul Bae, Ithaca College, USA, International Journal of Sport Communication