When you see a commercial, it either impresses you or turns you off. The job of marketing personnel is to provide something in the commercial that makes you want to try the product. IF you are already a customer, the commercial has to make you want to continue being a customer. This is the same with sports marketing, although today, marketing is more a matter of attracting sponsors.
Sports marketing and sponsorship sales is a several billion dollar a year business. Instead of marketing the sports team to the consumer, marketing personnel attract the brands that you like to endorse the sports team so that you will come and watch the games. It seems to be working because the sports marketing industry has been steadily growing for more than twenty years.
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