Relationship marketing is an important issue in every business. Knowing the customers and establishing, maintaining and enhancing long-term customer relationships is a key component of long-term business success. Considering that sport is such big business today, it is surprising that this crucial approach to marketing has yet to be fully recognised either in literature or in the sports business itself. Relationship Marketing in Sports aims to fill this void by discussing and reformulating the principles of relationship marketing and by demonstrating how relationship marketing can be successfully applied in practice within a sports context. Written by a unique author team of academic and practitioner experience, the book provides the reader with: the first book to apply the principles of relationship marketing specifically to a sports context case studies from around the world to provide a uniquely global approach applicable worldwide strong pedagogical features including learning outcomes, overviews, discussion questions, glossary, guided reading and web links practical advice for professional, semi-professional and non-professional sporting organisations a companion website providing web links, case studies and PowerPoint slides for lecturers. Relationship Marketing in Sports is crucial reading for both students and professionals alike and marks a turning point in the marketing of sports.

Ambush marketing is a strategy by which a company or organisation uses their marketing communications to associate themselves with an event without being an official sponsor or authorised partner or licensee. It has become a particular concern in the marketing of major sports events, with international sponsorship and branding properties worth many millions of dollars. Ambush Marketing in Sports is the first book to offer comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and practical implications of ambush marketing. Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research data, the book outlines an innovative model for understanding ambush marketing and offers practical advice for all stakeholders, from sponsors and event organisers to media organisations. The book examines the opportunities and the risks of ambush marketing, assesses the legal, ethical and business dimensions, and offers advice for preventing ambush marketing in a range of contexts. Fully supported throughout with examples and cases from major international sports events, such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner with an interest in sport marketing, sport business or event management.

Relationship marketing is an important issue in every business. Knowing the customers and establishing, maintaining and enhancing long-term customer relationships is a key component of long-term business success. Considering that sport is such big business today, it is surprising that this crucial approach to marketing has yet to be fully recognised either in literature or in the sports business itself.

Relationship Marketing in Sports aims to fill this void by discussing and reformulating the principles of relationship marketing and by demonstrating how relationship marketing can be successfully applied in practice within a sports context. Written by a unique author team of academic and practitioner experience, the book provides the reader with:

the first book to apply the principles of relationship marketing specifically to a sports context

case studies from around the world to provide a uniquely global approach applicable worldwide

strong pedagogical features including learning outcomes, overviews, discussion questions, glossary, guided reading and web links

practical advice for professional, semi-professional and non-professional sporting organisations

a companion website providing web links, case studies and PowerPoint slides for lecturers.

Relationship Marketing in Sports is crucial reading for both students and professionals alike and marks a turning point in the marketing of sports.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The principles of relationship marketing; Chapter 3. Professional sporting organisations and their relationships; Chapter 4. Relationship marketing in sports - the fan perspective ; Chapter 5. Relationship marketing in sports - the sponsor perspective; Chapter 6. Relationship marketing in sports - the media perspective; Chapter 7. The extended marketing mix of relationship; Chapter 8. Relationship marketing in sports - today and tomorrow.

Ambush marketing is a strategy by which a company or organisation uses their marketing communications to associate themselves with an event without being an official sponsor or authorised partner or licensee. It has become a particular concern in the marketing of major sports events, with international sponsorship and branding properties worth many millions of dollars. Ambush Marketing in Sports is the first book to offer comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and practical implications of ambush marketing. Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research data, the book outlines an innovative model for understanding ambush marketing and offers practical advice for all stakeholders, from sponsors and event organisers to media organisations. The book examines the opportunities and the risks of ambush marketing, assesses the legal, ethical and business dimensions, and offers advice for preventing ambush marketing in a range of contexts. Fully supported throughout with examples and cases from major international sports events, such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner with an interest in sport marketing, sport business or event management.

Im Anschluss an eine theoretisch fundierte und zugleich praxisnahe und umfassende Darstellung des gesamten Event-Marketing und -Management untersucht Gerd Nufer die bislang noch wenig erforschte Wirkungsweise des innovativen Kommunikationsinstruments und geht dabei vertiefend auf das Zustandekommen eines Imagetransfers von einem Event auf eine Marke bzw. ein Unternehmen ein. Abschliessend werden dauerhafte Markenerlebniswelten als aktuelle Weiterentwicklungen des Event-Marketing vorgestellt."