2. The Fans
The life blood of any sport.
An estimated 40million Nigerians love football.
With access to satellite TV, football lovers are
increasingly supporting clubs, continents away.
The need to harness this love directly and profitably for
brands other than the clubs, has arisen and the time to
do so is now.
The Fan Base is an ambitious yet simple plan to attract,
track and target the fans of the English premiership .
3. Strategic Fit
Football and alcohol offer a passionate and
inseparable union.
In the UK most games are viewed in pubs and in
Nigeria the trend has caught on.
The Fan Base thus offers the opportunity to support
these fans and their passions without running the
gauntlet of huge sponsorship fees.
While the sales numbers are shooting through the sky,
the fans are rewarded for their loyalty to their clubs
and Gulder.
This strategically delivers all the passion and
excitement of the Premiership to Gulder without the
cost of sponsorship.
4. Mechanics
Driven by media and other benefits football supporters are encouraged to
register via SMS.
On registration, they receive a universal password that allows them to go
selected bars and buy Gulder at the RRP or at a specified discount.
Parameters include Name, Age, Location and Gender.
Registration will occur twice in a season.
A twice a season registration module lowers entry barriers and encourages
increased registration.
All registrations will be location tied to avoid logistic hassles.
All registrations will cost N100. This may however be reduced to attract
more volume to N50
There will also be weekly predictions at N30 per SMS to increase sales
volume and service patronage.
This guarantees weekly revenues for the service in addition to registration
income
This service will be provided by Cypress Blue The Fan Base
administrators in partnership with 3WC a VAS provider.
5. Brand Benefits
Specific targeting and marketing windows.
Positive association with the Premiership and without
sponsorship costs.
Targeted visibility and access to a core market and
demographic.
Added visibility from www.fanbaseonline.com fan
communities.
Improved brand loyalty and brand adoption.
Exclusive brand presence on all fanbaseonline web pages and
return SMS plus in all bars of course!
Greater sales figures from increased consumption.
6. Premiership Delivered
Strategically this will be achieved by winning the hearts of the
fans.
This is will be ensured through access to affordable drinks and
rewarding the fans for being loyal to their clubs and the brand.
These rewards can only be enjoyed by being part of the brand’s
reward system.
This is only possible when fans use the brand in question.
Tapping into the passion of the fans and showing equal
commitment to each set will further drive home the brand’s love
for the fans and improve theirs for Gulder.
The result is the EPL on a platter!
7. Reward System
The fans will be rewarded for correct predictions.
These rewards include:
Stickers jerseys,
Wristbands,
Posters
Autographed match day jerseys
Game tickets
Club centered events and parties
The fans’ brand will be exclusively present and co
branding opportunities will be explored.
8. The Fan Numbers
An estimated 1million football fans are expected to
register per season.
Driven by the benefits provided by the brand, the
numbers will rise to 2 million by 2009.
Projected gross earning are N100million per annum.
This will be shared between the brand and the Fan
Base administrators in an agreed upon ratio.
9. Fan Registration
There are two distinct income streams.
These are
Registration
Prediction.
There will also be weekly predictions at N30 per
SMS to increase sales volume and service
patronage.
Registration will come in two trenches pre and mid season.
Prediction income will be season long and will cover over
380 league games and may get fans from the FA cup and the
champions league.
This income stream will be the recurrent income stream and
will ensure constant visibility and mind presence for Gulder.
10. Value Offering
Projected additional sales of over 1million additional
bottles of Gulder per season.
Sponsorship savings of $50million from indirect
sponsorship.
Subtle daytime advertising windows to increase brand
visibility.
This allows Gulder to be on air in the prohibited time belts
and increases overall brand presence on electronic media.
Projected additional gross sales of N240million per season.
These numbers reflect nationwide purchases in all selected
bars at RRP.
11. The Money Trail
N100million from fan registrations
N240million additional discounted sales revenues from
Gulder bars.
N50million from annual prediction incomes.
Total estimated revenue is N390million.