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Sports ecommerce marketing guide:  your full marketing funnel guide

Discover marketing trends, best practices, and benchmarks from the sports industry, as well as examples from leading sports goods brands.

Your guide to the sporting goods industry

When you’ve gained enough distance from catastrophe, it’s almost always possible to find a nugget of gold in a heap of dirt. If you’ve been sifting through the 2020s, you’ll find that more people have traded in the societal-collapse doomscrolling for the solace of outdoor sports.

According to a 2021 article published in the journal Land, about 20% of American adults were new to outdoor recreation during the pandemic. Skateboarding, tennis, golf, and cycling have all seen surges in total participation since before the pandemic.

The sporting goods industry hasn’t seen a growth opportunity like this since the mainstream inclusion of women in sports. “There are a lot of new people to outdoor sports, and it’s our job as brands to welcome them in,” says Tim Akers, owner, Akers Digital. “But so frequently we’re just talking over their heads instead.”

Find out how to create the ideal marketing funnel for your sporting goods brand. From building audiences to retaining them, this guide will use real-life examples and expert advice to break down how the best brands in the category are selling and segmenting audiences based on activity level.

Read to find out more about:

  • Building audiences
  • Engaging audiences
  • Moving audiences to purchase
  • Following up post-purchase
  • Collecting Customer-First Data™
  • Delivering personalised experiences
  • Retaining customers and increasing lifetime value

A look into sports ecommerce

30%
of people say they have the same exercise routines as before the pandemic
15%
growth of the sports goods category during the pandemic
8-10%
Expected growth rate of the sports goods industry until 2025
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Your full marketing funnel guide for sporting goods ecommerce

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