Recently, a friend of mine made his first hole-in-one at a local golf course. Within minutes I received a tweet of the occurrence, followed immediately by an e-mail containing a photo of him holding the ball. A few hours later I received a Facebook notification with another proclamation of this accomplishment. And this was on a random Sunday morning. Imagine what the coverage would have been had he made that hole-in-one at a special event with cruises and cash on the line?
In this issue we focus on creating and establishing media coverage with the intent to create ROI. Every touch-point for participant, attendee, and sometimes the community has a value. Maximizing that brand through a combination of social and traditional media enhances ROI for this and future events, and creates a brand experience.
Unlike beach volleyball or gymnastics (or many other commercially popular sports, for that matter), track and field games have the distinction of dating back to the first Olympiad. Some sources place them as being contested as early as 776 BC. (Beat that, you balance beam acrobats). more....