TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Michael ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Fandom Analytics: Creating and Harnessing Consumer and Cultural Passion T2 - Business Guides on the Go, SN - 9783031659256 AV - HF5415.2-.34 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - Marketing research KW - Business intelligence KW - Audiences KW - Service industries KW - Sports KW - Economic aspects KW - Market Research and Competitive Intelligence KW - Fan and Audience Studies KW - Entertainment Industry KW - Sports Economics N1 - Introduction The Most Important Person in the World -- The Fandom Analytics Framework -- Fandom Foundations: Stories and Narratives -- Fandom Meaning: Community and Identity -- Fandom Measurement: Brand Equity and Customer Equity -- Fandom Extensions: Transference and Sponsorship -- Sports and Entertainment Product Analysis -- Application 1: Fan Insights -- Application 2: Brand Measurement -- Application 3: Fan Lifetime Value -- Application 4: Sponsorship Valuation -- Commentary N2 - The success of modern sports, entertainment, political, and other cultural categories is driven by organizations’ ability to create and manage fandom. This book explores fandom from a marketing perspective providing a multidisciplinary framework for understanding, measuring, and growing fandom. It provides a fandom analytics framework for creating and managing fandom and identifies the macro forces (technology, demographics, etc.) that are changing fandom’s structure and societal role. The book goes beyond understanding the foundations of fandom by demonstrating how marketing tools may be employed to value and manage fandom assets. It is designed for existing and new generations of sports and entertainment professionals, as well as scholars, students, and academics interested in sports and entertainment marketing and analytics UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65925-6 ER -