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Brand Fans

Lessons from the World's Greatest Sporting Brands

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Reveals the cutting edge branding, value co-creation and customer engagement techniques professional sport employs
  • Highlights the agile and novel methods used to meet consumer expectation and cultivate unprecedented brand value
  • Explains how the best sporting enterprises have co-created economic, social and symbolic value through intense partnerships with their consumers

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction: Crowdsourcing Brand Equity

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 1-23
  3. Pitch Partners: Customers as Players and Collaborators

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 25-55
  4. Unlimited Users: The Rise of Consumer-Generated Content

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 57-87
  5. Connected Communities: Icons and Tribalism

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 89-124
  6. Passionate Partisans: Lifelong Loyalty

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 125-160
  7. Dynamic Data: Branding the Digital Drive

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 161-189
  8. Enhanced Experiences: Enlisting the Fanatic

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 191-222
  9. Conclusion: Future Brand Fans

    • Aaron C. T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg
    Pages 223-240
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 241-249

About this book

Combining the latest branding research with a diverse range of powerful case examples, this book reveals the cutting edge techniques of value co-creation, personalisation and customer engagement employed by sport’s leading brands. Based on the transferable lessons that emanate from these practices, Brand Fans explores and illuminates how firms can cultivate connected fans and lifelong advocates, while building brand equity exponentially in the process. This is a book that will appeal to scholars and practitioners alike, as well as anyone fascinated by modern marketing, consumer relationships and branding.

Authors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Aaron C.T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg

About the authors

Aaron C.T. Smith is a Professor at RMIT University, Australia. His research investigates psychological, organisational and policy change in business, sport, health, religion and society. Aaron has authored 17 books, over 100 academic articles, and consulted to more than 120 organisations on these issues.

Constantino Stavros is an Associate Professor of Marketing at RMIT University, Australia. One of Australia’s leading media commentators on communication and branding matters, he is also the Editor-in-Chief of Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal. His research interests lie predominantly at the intersection of consumption and technology.

Kate Westberg is an Associate Professor of Marketing at RMIT University, Australia. Her research focuses primarily on the areas of sport marketing and sponsorship, branding, social marketing and behavioural change. Previously, Kate worked in a range of marketing roles in both the commercial and non-profit sectors in Canada and Australia.

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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