In the 36th episode of the GDMS Podcast, we discussed Sports Marketing Communications with Henry Skutt, Graduate Assistant in the Athletic Department for Ohio University.
We also discuss the following:
Peloton’s more recent commercials
Peloton’s rebound from its 2019 commercial that received tons of backlash on social media
The importance of engaging your audience on social media
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WHAT IS SPORTS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS?
SPORTS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DEFINITION
Sports Marketing Communications is using a holistic approach to running an athletic department or sports organization.
Sports Marketing Communications involves the coordination of information between social media, content creation, analytics, communications divisions along with the coaching staff to put together an effective and engaging marketing strategy.
The communications division is an athletic department or sports organization that is the glue that pulls all this information together.
Our interview this week was Henry Skutt a Student at Ohio University pursuing an MBA/MSA Dual Degree in Sports Administration. Henry is an Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant and was a Special Projects Graduate Assistant last year for the College of Business. In the interview, we discussed the following:
Was Henry’s dream to become a Sports Marketing Communications professional or is this just part of his Sports Admin degree?
Henry discusses how important it is to have a strong digital presence as a sports team or athletic program today
Henry discusses how important data is becoming to sports marketing
Henry examines why it’s important to have a holistic viewpoint of an athletic department to its entire success
Henry talks about the types of analytics sports marketing communications professionals are you currently getting involved with as part of the athletic department
Are the analytics purely bottom-line based, but are you also diving into athlete-based analytics as well?
How important has social media become to athletic departments and sports marketing communications?
What kind of things can a sports marketing communications division obtain by using them?
How should coaches of an athletic department use them?
Henry gives me an example of a program or coach that is good at using them and a program that is bad at using them?
Henry discusses the importance of tracking social sentiment on social media as an Athletic Department and in the sports marketing communications division
We discuss how important it is to take into account social listening from a coaching perspective
Henry discusses the importance of content creation for sports marketing communications
Henry discusses how important wifi at stadiums is to increasing the in-person experience of both fans and potential recruits
Henry gives us an example of campaigns or initiatives that he has worked on in the sports marketing communication division
Henry discusses how they use the data for those campaigns to gauge his success
Henry’s favorite scary movie both A list and D list
Henry’s favorite Virginia Tech Football Player
Henry’s favorite Virginia Tech Football moment
