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        | Selling role in which a salesperson handles inbound inquiries or orders by telephone or email |  | 
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        | Ticket salespeople initiating contact with prospective or current customers in an attempt to persuade them to purchase tickets |  | 
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        | Individuals who have indicated some interest with a sports brand |  | 
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        | Investment of money, products, or services by a company in exchange for the rights to be associated with a sports property and use that association in marketing activities |  | 
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        | Naming rights sponsorship |  | Definition 
 
        | Association in which a corporate sponsor acquires the rights to have a corporate or brand name incorporated into the venue's official name |  | 
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        | Secondary brand association |  | Definition 
 
        | Brand association inferred by customers by linking a brand to information already store in memory |  | 
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        | Total number of persons or percentage of a total population that is exposed to a brand message within a specific time period |  | 
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        | Number of persons or percentage of a population exposed to a brand message that is part of a brand's target market |  | 
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        | High volume of marketing messages placed in a particular medium that vies for an individual's attention |  | 
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        | Occurs when the meaning consumers hold for a sports property is assigned to a brand that is linked to that property |  | 
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        | Situation in which a sponsor is the only company within its product category associated with a sponsored property |  | 
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        | Strategy to communicate or promote as association with a sports property by a sponsor to its target market |  | 
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        | Opportunity to reach a sports property's audience at the physical location of the sports property |  | 
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        | involves collaboration between a sponsor, sports, property, and a sponsor's marketing partners to create campaigns with the aim of benefiting all involved parties |  | 
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        | Added value to a sponsorship through allowing a sponsor's partners to enhance the sponsor's association with the sports property through themed promotions |  | 
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        | planned effort by a company that is not an official sponsor to create the impression that it is associated with the property or sporting event in some way |  | 
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        | total number of exposures of an audience to a brand message |  | 
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        | document created by a sports property that gives an overview of the property, information on the property's audience, and benefits of partnering through sponsorship |  | 
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        | the cost a company pays to be recognized as an official sponsor |  | 
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        | monies spent on marketing activities to communicate a brand's sponsorship |  | 
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        | activation dollars divided by rights fees |  | 
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        | ability of an individual to identify awareness of a brand sponsor |  | 
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        | ability of an individual to identify a brand when prompted with the product category |  | 
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        | Top-of-mind brand awareness |  | Definition 
 
        | the first brand that comes to mind when consumers are given a product category |  | 
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        | Return on Investment (ROI) |  | Definition 
 
        | financial return on a sponsorship in comparison to the monies invested in the sponsorship |  | 
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        | Return on objective (ROO) |  | Definition 
 
        | Assessment of how well a sponsorship performed in respect to the objectives of the sponsorship |  | 
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        | strategy and process used to analyze a population of buyouts in order to identify groups of buyers an organization believes it is best equipped to serve |  | 
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        | the audience group (or segments) of buyers that will be the focus of marketing strategy decisions |  | 
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        | Variables used to classify individuals on the basis of personal values, hobbies and interests, and lifestyle |  | 
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        | Segmentation based on the behavior of individuals (or businesses) such as frequency, volume, or dollar amount of purchases |  | 
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        | specific platform that can be used to deliver a message to an audience |  | 
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        | measure of the number of persons that are exposed by a media vehicle that are also a part of the target market |  | 
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        | grouping or segmenting customers into three categories based on the revenue or profit they generate for an organization |  | 
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        | External marketing environment |  | Definition 
 
        | characteristics, developments, or trends happening outside of an organization that could potentially impact it |  | 
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        | brands or firms that target similar customers with comparable products and prices |  | 
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        | Brands or organizations whose offerings meet the same or similar customer need |  | 
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        | any good or service for which a consumer might make a purchase that would prevent purchasing a ticket to a sporting event |  | 
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        | changes in characteristics of behaviors and demographic profile of people over time |  | 
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        | system of beliefs, values, and behaviors that members of a society adopt and pass along from one generation to the next |  | 
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        | practices used in the production, distribution, and promotion of products that promote environmental protection |  | 
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        | making claims about environmental practices that are deemed questionable or self-serving |  | 
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        | strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats |  | 
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        | MAC (match, avoid, convert) |  | Definition 
 
        | approach for translating the results of a SWOT analysis into marketing strategies |  | 
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        | General statements about what an organization wants to be, do, or become |  | 
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        | The outcomes to be achieved as a result of the investment in marketing activities |  | 
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        | desired outcomes that have a direct impact on an organization's revenues or profits |  | 
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        | desired outcomes from marketing communications |  | 
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        | Research conducted by professional research organizations and available for purchase by any member of an industry |  | 
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        | Utilitarian consumption motives |  | Definition 
 
        | purchases based on a consumer's desire to achieve some functional benefit from a good or service |  | 
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        | Hedonic consumption motives |  | Definition 
 
        | purchases based on the desire to have a sensory experience |  | 
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        | within sports is an observable behavior such as a particular style of play of a player, team, or sport, a certain level of performance, or other observable traits, behaviors, or characteristics |  | 
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        | personal relevance of a sport object's functional performance |  | 
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        | personal relevance a sports object holds based on its ability to allow a person to express his or her ideal self-image to the world |  | 
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        | consumption of a sporting event through actual attendance at the event |  | 
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        | consumption of a sporting event at a site other than the event's venue |  | 
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        | how value is conceived, implemented, and communicated for the benefit of customers, the organization, and other stakeholders |  | 
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        | use of marketing for creating communicating, delivering, and exchanging sports experiences that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society |  | 
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        | Judgment of the benefits received from consumption of a product compared to the sacrifices required to acquire the product |  | 
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        | creating, maintaining, and enhancing long-term relationships with individual customers as well as other stakeholders for mutual benefits |  | 
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        | long-term managerial decisions that affect an organization as a whole, including marketing of products and services |  | 
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        | short-term decisions made in support of a firm's strategies, transforming plans into actions. |  | 
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        | Statement of what an organization does, who it serves, and its goals |  | 
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        | review of occurrences and trends both inside and outside of an organization |  | 
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        | stated outcomes that the marketing function pursues to contribute toward meeting the organization's mission |  | 
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        | group or groups of customers most likely to use a product |  | 
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        | marketing decisions involving product, price, place, and promotion |  | 
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