Dec 27 2010

(Turkish) Türünün başarılı örneği: THY

Kategori: Sponsorship,Spor PazarlamasıCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 5:52 pm

Bu konuyu çok önce yazmaya karar vermiştim. Bu kez tembellikten değil, bekleyelim bakalım bu iş nereye varacak diye yazmayı beklettim. Geçen bahar, Türk Havayolları’nın Barcelona Kulübü’ne sponsor olduğu dönemden bahsediyorum. Barcelona’nın ardından Manchester United geldi ardından Eurolegue sponsorluğu. Şimdi de gündem de yeni marka elçileri var: Kobe Bryant ve Caroline Wozniacki. Toparlarsak futbol, basketbol, tenis. Kimbilir belki yakında da golf.

Türk Havayolları spor sponsorluğunda yeni bir firma değil. Yıllardır Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ile yaptıkları Milli Takım sponsorluğunu yapıyor. Bunun haricinde başından beri de İstanbul Cup’un sponsorluğunu yürütüyor. Dünya Okçuluk Federasyonu’nu ile işbirliği ise yine eskilere dayanıyor. Spor sponsorluğu yeni değil ama bakış açıları yeni. THY artık büyük düşünüyor, büyük oynuyor. Üstelik bunu “Globally Yours” diyerek mesajlaştırdıkları dünya markası hedefinin etrafından son derece başarılı bir strateji ile ilerletiyor. Miktarlardan çok emin olmasam da harcadıkları toplam bütçenin astronomik olmadığını ve ROI açısından yani yatırımın geri dnüşü açısından da çok verimli olduğunu düşünüyorum. Yurt içinde oldukça ses getiren bu sponsorlukların dünya çapında etki göstermesi bir kaç yılı bulacak bir süreç. THY, şu anda yaptığı gibi bu işbirliklerini doğru mesajlarla harmanlamaya devam ederse uluslararası marka bilinirliği büyük ölçüde artacaktır. Uluslararası spor organizasyonları ile beynimize kazınan BNP Paribas, Emirates ve Qatar Airways’ten çok daha başarılı olacaklarına eminim.

Çok değil tam bir yıl önce sadece büyük oynamak uğruna çok başarısız bir Kevin Costner kampanyası yapan THY’yi yanlıştan çabuk döndürüp doğru strateji ile büyük işlere imza atmasında emeği geçen herkesi tebrik etmek gerekir.

Barcelona sponsorluğundan başlarsak, 2000′li yılların sonunda dünyanın en ünlü kuübü diye düşündüğünüzde, Avrupa’nın bir numarası dediğinizde Barcelona ulaşılabilecek en büyük hedeftir. Avrupa’da yeni uçuş parkurları açan Lufthansa ve Air rance gibi büyüklerin kalasmanına yükselmek isteyen bir firmada en iyinin ortağı olmalıdır. İlk sponsorluk dolayısıyla çekilen ilk reklam filmin verdiği mesaj “Dünya devlerinin yanındayız. Barcelona bizi tercih ediyor, bize güveniyoruz.”idi.

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Feb 16 2010

(Turkish) Gelmiş Geçmiş En Etkileyici Buz Performansları

Kategori: OlympicsCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 4:00 pm

Vancouver 2010 Kış Olimpiyatları ile bir birlikte bir nostaljik bir kişiliğe büründüm. Aklıma hep eski olimpiyatlar geliyor. Yaz olimpiatlarında favorim Barcelona ve Pekin iken sanırım kış olimpiyatlarında da favorim Nagano 1998. Kış olimpiyatlarının en sevdiğim dalı olan buz pateninde bu olimpiyatta da çok güzel performanslar izleyeceğiz ama benim aklım o eski güzel günlerde. Benim aklımda kalan, unutamadığım performansları derledim ve kendim için bir ilk 5 hazırladım. Kendi aralarında sıralama yapamadım hepsi birbirinden güzel. Umarım beğenirsiniz.

Not: Videoların kalitesi ne yazıkki iyi değil, daha iyilerini bulan arkadaşlar lütfen bana haber versin.

Devamı… “(Turkish) Gelmiş Geçmiş En Etkileyici Buz Performansları”

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May 31 2009

In-Game Advertising and Gatorade

Kategori: General,Media,Sports MarketingCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 2:05 pm
Gatorade Thirst Meter - NBA Live

Gatorade Thirst Meter - NBA Live

Thanks to internet and the new technology, we are facing different kind of advertising mediums besides classical ones like TV, radio and newspaper. In-game advertising is one of the new advertising mediums. We often see common types of in-game advertising as jersey and billboard advertisements in sports games like FIFA, NBA Live and NASCAR.

Although in-game advertising is not a new concept, the rise of the platform occurred in last years. In new games there are very attractive and successful applications of in-game advertising. The first example of the in-game advertising has seen in 1978 in “Advertureland”. The ad in the game wasn’t a brand advertisement but it was a advertisement for the next game of the creator Scott Adams. Scott Adams made a breakthrough by placing an ad in his game. The first brand which advertised to a video game is the lollipop brand Chupa Chups which advertised to the game called Zool. The first examples of in-game advertising in sports games are Adidas and Panasonic ads in 94’s FIFA International. These all are the examples of static in game advertising which refer static and fixed display banner ad that shown in some scenes of the game. For example in FIFA International, the Adidas ad has been added to the game displayed in billboards in the sides of the field and the Panasonic ad can be seen in the scoreboard.
Devamı… “In-Game Advertising and Gatorade”

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May 04 2009

Why Americans Don’t Like Soccer?

Kategori: Football,GeneralCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 2:30 am

handeggBarrack Obama, The President of United States, has announced that USA will be bidding for 2018 or 2022 World Cup. So here is the biggest question. Why? Even though we think that soccer is an activity which affected the whole world and almost become a religion, it is obvious that in the USA where sport is lived 24 for seven, soccer is doomed. Despite all efforts, marketing activities, success stories,soccer is still an unpleasant event for Americans. Even World Cup 1994, American Women’s Championship in 1999 World Cup (which they hosted), Mia Hamm and David Beckham – the latter was the final effort- couldn’t change the fact. For Americans what we called football is called soccer which I think it’s derived from the word sucker.

So why Americans don’t like the beloved sport considered the joy of life by their antecedents Europeans and the reason of existence by their neighbors South Americans? Here are the reasons.

Devamı… “Why Americans Don’t Like Soccer?”

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May 01 2009

Definetely Watch It

Kategori: NBACeyla Kütükoğlu @ 10:15 am

celtics-bullsSaturday Night (Sunday morning) the latest match of the Boston Celtics- Chicago Bulls playoff first round series will be played. In the most exiting and competitive series of the playoffs, 3 times in six matches the match went to extra time and all matches ended with max three point difference. Chicago won the last match by 128-127 with a superb block by Derrick Rose. The match was the most exciting one in series and went to extra time for 3 times with the last second scores. Ray Allen scored highest playoff points of his career with 51 points. The silenced performance of Paul Pierce cost Celtics to close the series.

The match will broadcast live in NTV Spor. I would recommend to all NBA fans to watch this match.

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Apr 28 2009

(Turkish) NBA Playofflar

Kategori: NBACeyla Kütükoğlu @ 12:43 pm
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Apr 18 2009

Spring In Sport -1

Kategori: Sports,TennisCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 7:36 am

Clay Court

With the beginning of the spring, the number of people who does sport and decide to do sport has increased. Meanwhile for the people who are not willing to do sport but just want to watch, there are lots of opportunities in this season. Spring is the probably most fruitful season of the year for the sports events. In this season we can watch clay court season in tennis, playoffs in NBA and Champions League, UEFA Cup semifinals and finals in football. I would like to start my spring predictions with tennis.

The first quarter of the year ended with Miami tournament, and my favorite season – the clay court- season has just started. Clay court season which starts with this week’s Monte Carlo tournament and ends with second Grand Slam of the year- Roland Garros, it’s expected to be exciting but yet predictable. This period includes big tournaments like Monte Carlo, Rome Masters, Madrid Masters and Roland Garros, and some small tournaments like Barcelona, Estoril and the new Serbian tournament owned by Djokovic family, Belgrade Open. As we can see the Hamburg tournament is replaced with formerly indoor tournament Madrid Open. In the WTA most exciting tournaments are Rome Open, Madrid Open and Roland Garros.

Devamı… “Spring In Sport -1″

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Mar 28 2009

Most Interesting Exhibition Matches – Tennis

Kategori: TennisCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 2:09 pm

In many sports besides regular season matches several different exhibition matches are played. The All Star Game in NBA is an example of traditionalized exhibition match. Also in football, mostly for the farewell of famous player, best players in the World play exhibition matches. Generally these matches are played in same conditions, same rules and same type of fields with regular matches. In this respect tennis differentiates from other sports in terms of exhibition matches.

First of all, tennis has a special tour just consist of exhibition matches. Black Rock Tour, is a tour for exhibition matches of former tennis legends. Besides Black Rock tour every year many different kind of exhibition matches are played in order to promote the sport and draw attention. In tennis, many of the exhibition matches are played in different and weird places and with different rules. Most of them are played without any rule because they are mostly just a game of tennis rather than a match. Especially, prior to big tournaments interesting exhibition games takes place among tournament’s favorites. İstanbul Cup, Miami and Dubai are famous with their exceptional matches. .

Lets take a look at tennis’ most interesting exhibition matches:

Devamı… “Most Interesting Exhibition Matches – Tennis”

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Mar 22 2009

Nike Plus – Sports, Technology and Marketing

Kategori: Sports MarketingCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 5:34 pm

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I think without a doubt, Nike Plus is the Nike’s most innovative product. Nike teamed up with Apple aiming to create a product which has greater customer experience along with both technologic and interactive features. Nike Plus creates a unique product category which combines technology, online experience and marketing. 

Nike Plus is a special sensor which is placed inside the shoe and synchronized with iPod. This sensor tracks the runner’s performance and uploads the details of the performance to the iPod. During the run, runner can follow (hear) the details of his performance from the iPod. When the iPod is connected to computer, the performance details, most recent graphs and progress can be followed online as well.

The online part of the product, the Nikeplus.com website, is a platform in which users can compare their results with others and can participate to special challenges. The features of the Nikeplus website create a golden opportunity for marketing. Therefore, Nike Plus can be considered as a revolution in marketing and sports. First of all, all customers who purchased the Nike Plus sensor are eventually subscribing to the website, allowing Nike to have a greatest and deepest database of customer information. Since the behaviors and qualities of the customers can be obtained from this database, it becomes too easy for Nike to reach its target audience. Then the challenge section in the website increases the customer experience and social sharing, that leads a greater customer loyalty to the brand.

The only challenging part for Nike is to add more costumers to Nike Plus network. For this reason since 2007 Nike is running ad campaigns and organizing different events related to this product. Human Race is a good example of Nike’s effort promoting Nike Plus. On the ad campaign side, Nike started to promote this product with “New Year Resolution” campaign in 2007.

Devamı… “Nike Plus – Sports, Technology and Marketing”

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Mar 15 2009

Latest Campaigns of Sports Brands

Kategori: Sports MarketingCeyla Kütükoğlu @ 4:55 pm

nike-adidasThere are many brands in the sports clothing market, but two of them are leading the market. Those are Nike and Adidas. Although they have different characteristics, they still have many things in common. First of all both brands started from similar points and ended up with same destiny. Adidas founded in 1924 by Adi Dassler, a man was designing only shoes for bobsleigh athletes and Nike is founded in 1972 by a track athlete and his coach who were distributors of a Japan shoe line. Today both brands are not only known for shoes or sports clothes but also life style clothing. Both brands are now beyond sports.

Besides performance sports, both brands have several different lines for extreme and outdoor sports and they are producing casual clothes for daily activities. When we look at the recent collections of these brands we can see many clothes and accessories can be dressed daily and only jeans are not included for now. While aiming to produce outfit can be putted on all day, Nike and Adidas targeted the same trend and used same idea here again. Return to past… First Nike, released the Cortez 72 line which refers to its foundation date, adapted the historic elements of those years into today’s modern clothing. Adidas, on the other hand, released the Original series, emphasizing the originality of the brand and its trademark 3 stripes.

Today Nike and Adidas still follow that path however they differentiated in their targets of latest advertising campaigns.
Devamı… “Latest Campaigns of Sports Brands”

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