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Re-thinking sports marketing now that fans are in charge

Ashley Read
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  • Ipswich, Suffolk
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Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog

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December 9, 2009
Ashley Read replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Hi Folks, Just a quick up-date on FundSport. We've been working hard on the site and now expect to launch in February. As a brief taster of what's to come we've uploaded a new holding page complete with our new brand identity and eNewsletter sign-…
November 24, 2009
Ashley Read replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Hi Aileen, Thanks for your comments! Please get in touch if you would like to discuss anything and let me know if you ever want to contribute anything. I'll keep you up to date with things at FundSport and let you know when we launch. Thanks, As…
November 4, 2009
Ashley Read replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Hi Bob, We are located in the East of England. I'd love to hear your ideas on possible partnerships and also anything you could contribute to FundSport. Give me an email on ash@fundsport.com and we can discuss things from there. Thanks! Ash.
November 4, 2009
Aileen McManamon replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
I'll definitely have some items to contribute Ashley. I work a fair bit in this space and am working with a couple of clubs right now. We have a few products in development as well, so longer term can provide some case studies. My company is pretty…
November 4, 2009
Bob Gaudreau replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Ashley: Let me know how we can help....we have been in business now for over 7 years and our business mission is staging successful sport non-profit fund raising at a low cost...we guarantee the cost is just 20% or less of the gross to the charity.…
November 2, 2009
Howard Brodwin replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Ashley, I'm working on a sports non-profit site, and we'll be aggregating content from a variety of sources. I definitely want to include your feeds on sports non-profit programs and projects in our news section. Please keep me in the loop as you…
October 30, 2009
Ashley Read replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Thanks for the reply Jay. We've had a great response to the site so far, we started looking for contributors around a week ago and we already have quite a few people interested in cortibuting to the site with around half of them commited and writin…
October 30, 2009
Jay Kemp replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Wow! Big chance on this venture. I love the concept. I am not sure of a response on contributions that you may get. Most people that offer this help have their own personal financial ties. As one that is involved with non-for-profit administration,…
October 30, 2009
Ashley Read replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Hi Howard, Thanks for the reply. We will look to cover sports non-profit/CSR. If you have any suggested articles/blog posts please let me know. We will have an RSS feed available. Nice find on the "Baseball Promos Go Way Out Of The Box" article,…
October 30, 2009
Howard Brodwin replied to Ashley Read's discussion 'Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog'
Ashley, 2 quick questions for you about SportFund.com... - are you going to cover anything in the sports non-profit/CSR space? - will you have an RSS feed of your content available? Thanks, Howard
October 30, 2009
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Fund Sport - Grassroots sports blog
We're soon to be launching FundSport.com, a new blog site focussed exclusively on the development on grassroots sport across the globe. We are currently looking for contributors to write posts for the blog. We are looking to help clubs with article…
October 29, 2009
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Sport Driven
Sport Driven is the first dedicated online sports marketing platform allowing sponsors and advertisers to easily find new commercial opportunities within the sport industry.
October 29, 2009
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Sport Driven
Sport Driven is the first dedicated online sports marketing platform allowing sponsors and advertisers to easily find new commercial opportunities within the sport industry.
October 28, 2009
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Sport Driven
Sport Driven is the first dedicated online sports marketing platform allowing sponsors and advertisers to easily find new commercial opportunities within the sport industry.
October 24, 2009
Gary Matthews and Veljko Boric joined Ashley Read's group
Sport Driven
Sport Driven is the first dedicated online sports marketing platform allowing sponsors and advertisers to easily find new commercial opportunities within the sport industry.
October 22, 2009

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What is the name of your company?
Sport Driven
What is your job title?
Managing Director
What is your job function?
management
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http://www.sportdriven.co.uk
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I am a graduate student at the University of Padang, Indonesia. I want to do research on sports marketing at the Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (KONI/National Sports Committee of Indonesia), a fo…

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