An interesting post from Twitter blogs about the effect showing the effect the Super Bowl had on Twitter traffic.  Twitter is a great outlet for sports fans to share their own special comments.  A great job by NFL in their “Tag it #sb44″ promoting a specific hashtag for all social media platforms.  They got a great response from NFL fans, look at the results from fans at the Tag the Super Bowl site.

I guess my question was answered?

@seancallanan: Can sports pick hashtags? Won’t #superbowl get a good run? RT @NFLprguy: We will be using #sb44 for all things Super Bowl-related. #sb44 4:57 PM Feb 1st from TweetDeck

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Seth Godin recently blogged about “Embracing lifetime value“.  Seth talks about costs businesses are willing to bear to secure a new customer and the perspective lifetime value can give on deciding on those costs.

Determining lifetime value of a sports fan can give a sporting organisation greater understanding on where to apply their marketing efforts.

For example here might be a profile of a average sports fan:

• Season tickets (potentially for a family) $600
• Merchandise purchases $250
• Concessions (food & drink) $400
• Fan events $250

That’s around $1500 per year, now if that fan stays on board for 10 years that is $15,000.

The next question sports marketers face is which fans to focus on?  Reduce churn and keep existing fans or recruit new fans to your team.

A fine balance between the two is needed, but understanding what the lifetime value of your fans is helps you target the “right” fans.

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