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With social media, athletes now have access to powerful tools to build their personal brands. Athletes are negotiating greater contractual freedom to build and leverage their own personalities beyond the team they represent. Concurrently, we are entering the “post‐privacy”era. Nothing happens outside of camera range. If an athlete brushes off a fan’s request for an autograph, stumbles drunkenly out of a bar or gives a passerby the finger, you can bet that it will be Tweeted within minutes and grainy cellphone footage will find its way onto YouTube within hours.   Canadians have an ambivalent relationship with celebrity culture. We respect Sidney Crosby (because he doesn't take himself too seriously) but mock Celine Dion (because she does). For athletes seeking to build a personal brand, for sponsors seeking to leverage the athlete brand, and for NFPs seeking alignment with an athlete, there are opportunities and there are pitfalls For more presentations and video recordings of live presentations, visit http://t3connect.com

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Leveraging The Athlete Brand

Agenda

‣ Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

‣ Personal Branding

‣ Why Social Media?

‣ Athletes & Social Media

‣ What Do Athletes Have To Offer?

‣ Rewards vs Risks

‣ Case Study - Professionals

‣ Case Study - Amateurs

‣ Keys To Success

‣ Questions

Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

Hockey Player?

What Now?

Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

Sales Guy?

Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

Who Is Trevor Turnbull?

T3 CONNECT Sports

Personal Branding

Hockey Player? Sales Guy?

Personal Branding

BC LionsTravis Lulay #14

Personal Branding

Personal Branding

Trevor Turnbull Travis Lulay

Professional Athletes are REAL PeopleJUST LIKE YOU AND ME

Personal Branding

Trevor Turnbull Travis Lulay

http://stefanomaggi.blogspot.com

Social Influence

People Want To Connect With People

NOT LOGOS

Connect With Fans

Control Personal Brand

Create Own Media

Leo Messi - FC BarcelonaArgentina Soccer

Affinity & Reach

‣ 7M LIKE’s in 7hrs (Facebook Record)

‣ Currently 25.8M+ LIKE’s

‣ FC Barcelona - 21.3M+ LIKE’s

Unique Sponsorship

Scale Philanthropy

Chad Johnson

(aka. Ochocinco)

75% of NFL Players Are Broke, Divorced

Or Unemployed 5 Years After Retiring

Life After Sports

Trevor LindenClub 16 - Trevor Linden Fitness

Life After Sports

Why Social Media?

Social Media Is Not A Fad

Social Media is changing the way we consume information,

communicate & interact with each other, make purchasing decisions, view the world and live our lives

US Internet Users Who Use Social Networking Sites

Largest Growth Rate (Sept 2005 - May 2010)*50-64 years - 176% *65+ years - 271%

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Facebook Stats & Facts

‣ #1 Visited Site Online (Google - #2)

‣ 350+ M Active Mobile Users (and growing)

‣ 16.8M Facebook Users in Canada

Facebook is the largest social networking

site with over 800+ Million Users

Twitter Stats & Facts

‣ 300+ M Twitter Users

‣ 5% of Twitter Users Generate 75% Of The Content

‣ 43% of users access via mobile

70% of Twitter Accounts Are Outside Of The US

Less Than 5% Are In Canada

YouTube Stats & Facts

‣ 3 Billion Videos Viewed Per Day

‣ More video uploaded to YouTube in one month than 3 major US Networks created in 60 years

YouTube (owned by Google) is the

second largest search engine in the world

Traditional Advertising

60%

40%

60% of Canadians are on CRTC “Do Not Call” List

86% of People Skip TV Ads

44% of directmail never opened

Marketers are shifting their budgets awayfrom “Interruption” Advertising

NIKE - Steve Dangle

20 yr old YouTube video-blogger hired by Nike to cover World Jr Hockey & 2010 Olympics

Athletes & Social Media

What Do Athletes Have To Offer?

‣ Branding (cool factor)

‣ Exposure

‣ mentions

‣ Impressions

‣ Lead Generation

‣ Unique Contests

‣ Email List Building

‣ Sales Opportunities

‣ Measurable ROI

Reward vs Risk

RISK ‣They are human...can play bad

‣ get benched

‣ get hurt

‣ get released

‣ can say the wrong thing

REWARD‣They are human...can play great

‣ get lots of media attention

‣ help build affinity w a brand

‣ can say all the right things

Rob Murphy - Toronto Argonauts

Social Media Risks?

Opportunity?

Case Study - Professionals

Firstar - Athletes

Firstar - Target Audience

Precise Interest targeting lets you define your ideal audience by what they are interested in, using terms people have shared in their Facebook profiles. These may be drawn from their listed interests,

activities, education and job titles, pages they like or groups to which they belong.

Ryan Kesler - Vancouver Canucks

15824 Fans85877 Followers

‣ FB - Last post FEB 9, 2011

‣ FB - No Fan Engagement

‣ TW - Active User (Personal)

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

No Firstar Branding No Firstar MentionsNo Contests or Leads

James Reimer - Toronto Maple Leafs

13787 FansN/A

‣ FB - Not managed by Reimer

‣ FB - Appears to be run by tshirt company‣ http://nhljerseys.spreadshirt.com/

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

No Firstar Branding No Firstar MentionsNo Contests or Leads

Travis Lulay - BC Lions

672 Fans2456 Followers

‣ Branding Strategy

‣ Ongoing Training

‣ Communication Strategy

‣ Fan Engagement

‣ Online Contests

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

No Firstar Branding No Firstar MentionsNo Contests or Leads

Firstar Sports

741 Fans1055 Followers

‣ Need a social media strategy

‣ Need to work WITH athletes

‣ Need to stop pushing message and provide value

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

Build Brand Affinity Leverage Word Of Mouth

Generate Leads Increase sales

Red Bull Social Model

Rajon Rondo - Boston Celtics

3.35M Fans347,627 Followers

‣ Red Bull Branding

‣ Red Bull Social Mentions

‣ Twitter contests

‣ Lead Generation

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

Tim Lincecum - SF Giants

402,000 FansN/A

‣ Red Bull Branding

‣ Red Bull Social Mentions

‣ Facebook Contests

‣ Lead Generation

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

Thierry Henri - New York Red Bulls

855,000 FansN/A

PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.....NOT LOGOS

‣ Red Bull Branding

‣ Red Bull Social Mentions

‣ Facebook Contests

‣ Unique Fan Experiences

Amateur Athletes

Kevin Jagger - Amateur Athlete

Kevin Jagger - Amateur Athlete

Sponsors Media

Kevin Jagger - Amateur Athlete

Kevin Jagger - Amateur Athlete

Kevin Jagger - Amateur Athlete

Interview Series

Keys To Success?

‣ Education

‣ Policies (League, Team, Coaches)

‣ Training

‣ Ongoing - Best Practice Training

‣ Brand Building

‣ Authentic

‣ Transparent

‣ Provide Value

‣ Sponsorship

‣ Brand Alignment

‣ Set Measurable Goals

Trevor TurnbullTrevor@T3CONNECT.com604-715-2550

linkedin.com/in/TrevorTurnbull

twitter.com/TrevorTurnbull

twitter.com/T3CONNECT

facebook.com/T3CONNECT

Thank You

Questions?

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