Why fan engagement practices are important in sports

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Why fan engagement practices are important in
sports?

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Can any sports survive without fans? They are the
reason why some sports are extremely popular
while others are not so much. Whether they are in
the stadiums, on their sofas at home, or office,
fans would be rooting for their team while they
live stream the match. Fans are the reason why
some teams play with so much passion and
determination that they win against all odds. If
you would remember during the pandemic, to give
players the feel of playing in front of a live
audience when mass gatherings was prohibited,
cardboard cutouts were placed in the stadiums to
motivate them. Well, you must be wondering why
we are so enthusiastic about fans, the reason is
we are going to look at how fan engagement
technology has reinvented the future of sports.
If we look at the history of Fan engagement in
sports it can date back to ancient Greece, where
only a few practices were there now technology
has revolutionized the way teams engage with
their fans.
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Entertainment and experience are given their due
importance and more and more money is being
poured in to come up with more ways to engage
with the fans and generate revenue. Here are a
few reasons why TV and its diminishing
viewership The sports industry gets a sizable
amount of revenue from media rights and a world
where live game broadcasts are extremely
important. But fans say this is not enough, the
number of fans watching the games live has been
steadily decreasing, and the 2018-19 Champions
League football match had just 1.3 billion
viewers as opposed to two billion in the past.
During the Champions League television audience
faced a gradual fall of 35 in a single year.
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It is a fact because of so much advancement, fans
have a number of options for entertainment, for
many viewers television has lost its relevance
and thus calls for innovations by organizations
to ensure their survival. The way sports media
consumption is done has undergone a significant
change and companies need to evolve as well, a
change is required in broadcast experience even
the in-stadium experience. Digital transformation
holds the key to fan engagement. Shorter
attention span of the audience
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The sports media organization has to consider the
audiences behavior as well. Their attention span
is declining and the fans base needs information
quickly as well as it needs to be informative or
they would likely switch. Many innovative ideas
are already being employed by teams as they
depend on augmented reality and artificial
intelligence to engage their fans digitally. That
is because AR and AI cater to shorter attention
spans and improve the fan experience, through
personalization, and gamification.
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Sports Fans want to be entertained not just by
sports Well, the reality is sport is not about
just sports anymore, the level of engagement
needed to keep viewers on the app or website has
undergone a massive increase. Sports fan
engagement ultimately will boil down to money. A
team if it engages with the fans regularly
through a vast mode of communication it has at
its disposal, would increase fan loyalty
ultimately. Thus teams would have a better chance
of selling out at every match or even improving
sales of their merchandise. Gameplan Insights
back in 2018 conducted a Sports Fan Engagement
Marketing study and released some shocking
results in their report. As per the research, 60
of sports fans will be willing to pay more from
their pocket if it offers experiences with their
favorite athletes or teams.
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While we continuously talk about how sports fan
engagement is the golden rule of the future in
sports but what are the strategies that can
maximize fan engagement? Leverage technology to
make better memories for fans  Explore the
benefits of personalized experiences with AI, AR,
and all the technological advancements the world
has made to elevate the experience of sports
fans. A better understanding of fans' behaviors
and motivators would play a crucial role in
developing strategies that can target fans
one-to-one. 
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Elevating live experience When should you try
engagement strategies? All season long would be a
good answer but an expensive one, but if a
specific time needs to be targeted, teams need to
amp up their engagement strategies a few days
before the match itself. From promotions, and
deals, to exclusive content, inclusive VR
experience and gaming would all count as good
strategies to engage the fans. This would truly
give the whole live experience to a level above
which would motivate fans to join in the fun
again and again. Social media connections and
targeting 
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The way teams and organizations connected with
the fans during the pandemic has transformed the
way of communication. From real-time video feeds
of fans running on the big screen to having
cut-out representation of fans on the seat became
a real thing, teams, later on, allowed fans to
even purchase the cutouts of not just themselves,
but even of family members, friends, or their
pets. All this drove the players as well who were
playing in silent stadiums with no one to cheer
them on. The entire sports industry has
undergone a massive transformation in its
approach towards fans, earlier with few
competitions and distractions not a lot of effort
was needed but with the coming of the digital
era, to attract fans they need to think outside
of the box to stay relevant.
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To succeed now you would need access to online
sports data to customize your fan engagement
strategies and for that data, Data Sports Group
is the best sports data provider in the market
that can help you through the process. Contact
the team to learn more about how fan engagement
is the way forward!
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