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]]>According to the very excellent Football Social Media metric site – folos.im, there are currently a total of 28,707,607 Twitter followers across 1197 teams worldwide.
Football Social Media has quickly become a primary channel for fans to find out the very latest about their club, the transfer market and live game commentary. It has also opened up a new wealth of insight into the lifestyle and daily routine of a professional footballer – what they eat, music they listen to and even their political ideology.
For clubs, Social Media is a new gateway to engage with their fans both domestically and abroad. As a marketing and engagement channel, Social Media is always switched on and always active. Clubs can tap into these communities for market research, product testing, sentiment analysis and even crowdsourcing new opportunities. Football Social Media creates more site traffic, new revenues for merchandise and above all – a better relationship between club and customer.
But just because it’s clear that the fans want more from Social Media, it doesn’t mean that clubs should “jump in” without a strategy. If clubs set up a Twitter account without any real investment or purpose behind it, then they can expect failure. Sure, they might pick up a few thousand followers and get RT’d a lot on the back of their brand, but they will fail in that they’ve missed a massive opportunity.
Football clubs needs to embrace Social Media with a strategic and long-term approach:
These are just a few of the questions clubs should be asking. They’re not revolutionary, nor are they complicated, but with a little time and effort around these elements football clubs can reap huge rewards.
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