Brand experience Peoria City Soccer Presentation.pdf
Brand Building via the X Games_Vishal Dodiya_Prof. Sameer Mathur
1. Brand Building via the X Games
Vishal Dodiya PGP31023
Section A
Under the guidance of Prof. Sameer Mathur
2. Action sports on growth trajectory, with accessories market jumping from $5
billion to $11 billion in last Eight years.
Analyst predict that kind of that kind of exponential growth – although hard to
track – reflects the future of action games.
3. The X Games started as a biannual event in 1995.
Initially viewed as “the circus coming to town”
Now, X Games has transformed it self to “OLYMPICS for viewers 18 and above”
4. “The X Games is a celebration of and with the athletes. The brand believes in risk takers, who are not afraid to paint outside the
lines.”
– Tim Reed, Senior Director, Events & Content, X Games.
X Games quickly grew into franchise that has staged
more than 65 events attended by more than 2.5 million
fans.
5. From “Extreme games”(1995 ) To “ X-Games ” (2016)
“It has been a long ride, 1995 was a clash of culture. I did not know what to
think when we got out of that event. It seems like every year something
amazing happens at X Games. It has evolved a lot.”
– Bob Burnquist, skateboard legend who has competed at every X Games since 1995.
6. X Games 17 (in 2011) had final attendance of 141,500.
Few of the events included:
1. BMX – Big Air, Freestyle
2. Moto X – Best Trick, Enduro X
3. Skateboard – Big Air, Real Street
4. Rally – Car racing, RallyCross
7. ADVERTISING
“The X Games will produce close to 100 hours of content for ESPN and ABC,
and distribute that to more than 410 million homes and 215 countries and
territories.”
–Tim Reed, Senior Director, Events & Content, X Games.
8. Media spending
evenly across
months
A low level of
adv. across all
months but
spends more in
selected months
Continuity
scheduling
Pulse
scheduling
Heavy adv. in
certain months
and no adv. in all
other months
Flight
scheduling
10. THE WESTWORD
Denver’s alternative
weekly newspaper with
weekly readership of
275,000
ROOSTER MAG
Lifestyle magazine, 10k
distributed in Boulder
and Fort Collins, CO
Print Media Advertising
11. 284 paid, 60 spots run between December 19, 2011 and January 15, 2012
Live broadcast from
Winter X
Denver’s leading
Modern Rock station Number-one radio
station in Utah
ESPN RADIO
Denver,SPOKANE
Radio Advertising
12. STAYASPENSNOWMASS.COM
Primary website for lodging
bookings in Aspen
ASPENSNOWMASS.COM
Primary website for Aspen
ski/snowboard resort and
lift ticket information
Web Advertising
16. Why Marketers Sponsor Events ??
To identify with
Target Group or
Lifestyle
To create/reinforce
customers’
Associations
To increase
Awareness of the
Brand
To Enhance Image
Dimensions
To evoke Feelings
To Entertain clients
or reward key
employees
To express
commitment
Promotional
Opportunities
18. Sponsorship for X Games 17 were matched
because..
ESPN sales team
pitched to
sponsors based
on perceived fit
and common
objective
Advertisers
wanted to target
certain
Demographics
Advertisers
specifically
requested X
Games
Advertisers
wanted to
conduct
Promotion/Push
to certain
Product
Advertisers asked
ESPN sales team
for
recommendation
Advertisers had
certain
Budget/Amount
of money to
spend
19. Final list of Sponsors
Official Sponsors
• BFGoodrich
• Ford
• American Navy
• Red bull
Event Sponsors
• Casio GzOne Comm.
• Shark Week
• Mobil 1
• Sony
National Marketing efforts included combinations of:
- Television spots, Digital advertising, Print collateral, radio campaigns, online
advertising, On-site activations and Competition courses signage
20. Summary
X Games
Introduction &
Journey
Advertising X Games
- Through Print, Web,
Social, YouTube, TV &
News media
Advertisement
Scheduling
- Continuity, Flight &
Pulse scheduling
Event Marketing
- Why marketers
sponsors events
Final List of X Games
17 sponsors
How was the
sponsorships for X
Games 17 matched?
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21. Created by VIshal Dodiya during Brand Management course of
Second Year of PGP taken by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
(See www.IIMInternship.com)
Prof. Sameer Mathur,
IIM Lucknow
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