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Marketing your
youth sports
programs
Are your results reflective of
your goals and efforts?

John Engh
Chief Operating Officer
Marketing Realities
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Marketing is REAL for you
There is no GENERAL PUBLIC
Build your own MEDIA empire
Everyone is ONLINE
Your BRAND is who you are
TIME is your most important asset
The BASICS are the most important
Never QUIT
The REAL Definition of
Marketing
 The
1.
2.
3.
4.

 Or

Marketing Mix – the four P’s

Product
Price
Place
Promotion

is it 5 P’s? – POLICY

Which of these is most important in the
youth sports world?
Product
 Take

a couple minutes to discuss your
product…
 Elements of your products





Facilities
Uniforms
Instructors/Coaches
Play Structure
Price
 Is

pricing related to participation in your
program?
 How do you determine pricing for your
programs?
 Do your participants reflect your
community?
Place
 Where

are your facilities?
 How important is their location to your
registration numbers?
 Are you attracting ALL of the play with the
range of those facilities?
 Are you targeting your participants based
on the location of these facilities?
Promotion
 Share

up to five ways that you promote
your programs.
 Examples:






Online
Email
Print
Postings
Other?
The 5th P
Policy
 What

policies currently affect the
marketing of your programs?


Think about the 4 P’s

 What

policies if implemented would
benefit your programs?





Mandates on training
Field use restrictions
Implementing published standards
Elements of a Marketing Plan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.

Goals
Analysis
Audience
Message
Tactics
Budget/Staffing
Metrics/Analysis
Goals
 What

are our goals with our youth sports
programs?
1.
2.

Present a mission statement that reflects
your goals for your programs.
List three specific goals for your programs.
SWOT Analysis
 Strengths
 Weaknesses
 Opportunities
 Threats
Audience
 Multiple





Participants
Stakeholders
Leaders
Volunteers

 Target




Audiences

Each

Specifics
Incentives
Pricing
Message
 What

are some messages that we should
promote that would encourage
participation?


“Save the Puppy”

What is YOUR “Save the Puppy?”
Tactics
 What

are you doing now?
 Future




Define your communication channels
Take your message to your audience
Be a Social Media expert – or hire one!
Budgets/Staffing
 Are

there any financial resources keeping
you from implementing a plan?
 What are your options for getting
resources if needed?
 Prioritize the parts of the plan that need to
happen immediately



Short term
Long term
Metrics





What measures are available to you to track
your plan’s effectiveness?
What would you like to track?
Watch & Listen!








Focus groups
Email statistics
Survey
Web stats
Social media growth

Attainable Goals!
The Down & Dirty
 Who

are we trying to reach?
 What is our message?
 What is the best delivery method?
Short Term
What are 2-3 immediate ideas that you
would like to implement from today’s
discussion?
Don’t Quit!

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Marketing Youth Sports Programs

  • 1. Marketing your youth sports programs Are your results reflective of your goals and efforts? John Engh Chief Operating Officer
  • 2. Marketing Realities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Marketing is REAL for you There is no GENERAL PUBLIC Build your own MEDIA empire Everyone is ONLINE Your BRAND is who you are TIME is your most important asset The BASICS are the most important Never QUIT
  • 3. The REAL Definition of Marketing  The 1. 2. 3. 4.  Or Marketing Mix – the four P’s Product Price Place Promotion is it 5 P’s? – POLICY Which of these is most important in the youth sports world?
  • 4. Product  Take a couple minutes to discuss your product…  Elements of your products     Facilities Uniforms Instructors/Coaches Play Structure
  • 5. Price  Is pricing related to participation in your program?  How do you determine pricing for your programs?  Do your participants reflect your community?
  • 6. Place  Where are your facilities?  How important is their location to your registration numbers?  Are you attracting ALL of the play with the range of those facilities?  Are you targeting your participants based on the location of these facilities?
  • 7. Promotion  Share up to five ways that you promote your programs.  Examples:      Online Email Print Postings Other?
  • 8. The 5th P Policy  What policies currently affect the marketing of your programs?  Think about the 4 P’s  What policies if implemented would benefit your programs?    Mandates on training Field use restrictions Implementing published standards
  • 9. Elements of a Marketing Plan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Goals Analysis Audience Message Tactics Budget/Staffing Metrics/Analysis
  • 10. Goals  What are our goals with our youth sports programs? 1. 2. Present a mission statement that reflects your goals for your programs. List three specific goals for your programs.
  • 11. SWOT Analysis  Strengths  Weaknesses  Opportunities  Threats
  • 13. Message  What are some messages that we should promote that would encourage participation?  “Save the Puppy” What is YOUR “Save the Puppy?”
  • 14. Tactics  What are you doing now?  Future    Define your communication channels Take your message to your audience Be a Social Media expert – or hire one!
  • 15.
  • 16. Budgets/Staffing  Are there any financial resources keeping you from implementing a plan?  What are your options for getting resources if needed?  Prioritize the parts of the plan that need to happen immediately   Short term Long term
  • 17. Metrics    What measures are available to you to track your plan’s effectiveness? What would you like to track? Watch & Listen!       Focus groups Email statistics Survey Web stats Social media growth Attainable Goals!
  • 18. The Down & Dirty  Who are we trying to reach?  What is our message?  What is the best delivery method?
  • 19. Short Term What are 2-3 immediate ideas that you would like to implement from today’s discussion?
  • 20.

Editor's Notes

  1. What difference does it make