Grow Your Sports Club

Sports Marketing Network

Three-hour seminar packed with practical information on how to make your sports club vibrant, visible and viable

6.30- 9.30 pm, Monday 15th March

Trinity Green, Bradford College

Sports clubs are facing strong challenges in order to survive and grow in an increasingly competitive and demanding market. How to attract new members and retain the existing ones, become a hub of the community, grow sponsorship revenue, improve the social life of the club, increase media coverage, benefit from new technology, introduce new revenue streams…

Now here?s a three-hour seminar which will provide you with literally dozens and dozens of proven ways your club can become vibrant, visible and viable.  No boring theory…just exciting, positive and proven action points drawn from best practice from sports clubs at all levels across the UK and abroad.

The presenter will draw from literally hundreds of best practice case studies from community-based, volunteer-run sports clubs from across most sports and leisure organisations.

Programme:

  • Laying the foundation
  • Successful sports clubs are vibrant, visible and viable
  • Making your club
  • vibrant through the activities and events the club create,
  • visible through its communication with members, supporters, sponsors and the world at large thus creating a viable club.
  • Marketing your club
  • How to develop a marketing strategy for your club
  • How to become a hub for the community
  • How to create a welcoming club and grow your membership
  • Knowing your members
  • Growing your club income
  • From fundraising to income generation
  • Identifying projects which can help grow your income
  • How to make your club visible
  • How to raise the profile of your club
  • Working with the media ? both online and printed
  • How to use technology to communicate with members, sponsors and supporters
  • How to promote and organise sports and social events that will help
  • generate money for your club
  • attract new people to your club
  • develop a welcoming club which members will recommend
  • Developing community sponsorship
  • Analyse needs and demands of potential sponsors
  • Work with and retain your existing sponsors

How to manage a vibrant community sports club

How to develop a culture, processes and tools which improves the leadership and management of your club

How to recruit, recognize, retain and reward vibrant volunteers who can really help grow your club

Fees

£15 for the first delegate from the same organisation.

£10 for subsequent delegates

Information and bookings

To book your place contact Sports Marketing Network on 01423 326 660 or email svend@smnuk.com

The Presenter

The presenter, Svend Elkjaer, is Director of The Sports Marketing Network the Network for people involved with the commercial and marketing issues across all sports, be it club, governing body, sports deliverer or if you are working within informal sports.

We provide information on how to make your club or facility more viable, vibrant and visible, sharing best practice across all sports.

Svend works with sports clubs and organisations across all sport on how they can make their clubs vibrant, visible and viable.

The Sports Marketing Network publishes newsletters, organises seminars and help clubs with their commercial and community activities. The Sports Marketing Network has just published, Grow Your Sports Club-the Manual on how to make your sports vibrant, visible and viable.

Close to 2,000 community sports club have participated in Sports Marketing Network seminars and here is what some previous delegates said…

‘I found the session very inspiring both personally and professionally’ Stuart Johnson England Volleyball

‘I have attended more workshops than I can remember but have not enjoyed one as much. Your practical approach was refreshing; lots of ideas and no jargon!’ Bill Blyth, Lowick United FC

‘Thank you very much for your time and commitment – it is events like yours that make a difference and help us clubs to improve and grow’ Dai Richards, Morpeth Cricket Club

Sports Marketing Network
5 Station Terrace
Boroughbridge
York,  YO51 9BU
Phone: 01423 326 660

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