Ava played competitive sport growing up and knew she wanted to somehow continue in sport. With an opportunity to attend university she imagined working in sport, maybe ticket sales? When she began taking classes, she learned that there are many roles in the marketing of sport but equally there is an entire industry oriented to marketing via sport.Our starting point in sport marketing is to define it. Then to describe it and the people that work in this space through examples. Lastly, since there are two rather different forms of sport marketing, there is a need to understand how they work together in sync to produce the best outcomes.
Marketing and sport marketingAs defined by the American Marketing Association (2017):Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. • Marketing of sport involves people, processes, and actions by the sport that create value for sport fans, partners, and communities. • Marketing via sport involves people, processes, and actions by the sponsoring brand/company in collaboration with the sport that create value for brand consumers, partners, and communities.