Marketing Against The Grain CMO for the Day: Marketing Pickleball
Oct 20, 2022
Discover the fastest-growing sport you’ve probably never heard of: Pickleball! The hosts dive into creative strategies for branding this sport to diverse audiences and highlight how it can leverage celebrity endorsements for greater visibility. Learn about revitalizing communities by transforming underused spaces into vibrant pickleball venues. Innovative marketing tactics, new audience engagement methods, and event strategies are discussed, showcasing how to elevate pickleball from obscurity to a mainstream sensation.
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Pick a Fight
- Position pickleball as the sport for a lifelong competitive spirit, contrasting it with sports limited by age.
- Directly challenge sports like tennis, emphasizing pickleball's accessibility and inclusivity.
Comparative Ads
- Run a comparative ad campaign to raise awareness by anchoring pickleball to familiar sports.
- Use humor and self-deprecation to attract a new audience without alienating existing fans.
Pickleheads
- Pickleball, being easier to play, allows for broader participation across skill levels, unlike tennis.
- Pickleheads is a company that facilitates finding partners and courts, making pickleball more accessible.