The Waving Flag of FIFA WorldCup 2010

Coca Cola has been a corporate partner to FIFA since 1978 and has now extended this partnership till 2022. It has been profitable brand association for the company and continues to be with the awesome global following for the FIFA WorldCup and other events organized by FIFA. But, brand building is just not advertising, in such partnerships its a massive involvement in all the campaigns that FIFA plans like encouraging young talent which are an equal responsibility of an associated brand, and majorly a top brand like Coca Cola.

Now,lets talk about the "OPEN HAPPINESS" campaign by CocaCola which captures the iconic moments in the Football WorldCup of players celebrating their goals,the moment when all supporters cheer and there is a sudden burst of emotions.This prominent TV commercial briefs more about the campaign



CAMPAIGN REVIEW

An excellent campaign that positions CocaCola as the drink for celebrations and targeting moment of celebrations in a WorldCup when we hear the commentator say - And Its a GOOAAALLLLLLL!!.The TVC is again a fantastic creation that targets the global markets potraying almost all the teams participating, and the popular music track - waving flag which sends across a motivating social message to all the young footballers that encourages young talent.
So to this complete package of global branding and perfect brand association Brandistics rates 9/10

South Africa 2010-Fifa Football World Cup Match Schedule Time Table - Week 2

Here is the schedule of the matches being played from June 21 to June 26. These are Subject to Change and Brandistics have No Responsibility for changes.

June 21 - Monday
12:00am – Brazil - Côte dIvoire – Johannesburg - JSC
05:00pm – Portugal - Korea – Cape Town
07:30pm – Chile - Switzerland – Nelson Mandela Bay PE

June 22 - Tuesday
12.00am – Spain - Honduras – Johannesburg - JEP
05.00pm –Mexico - Uruguay – Rustenburg
07.30pm – France - South Africa – Mangaung - Bloemfontein

June 23 - Wednesday
12.00am – Nigeria - Korea R – Durban
12.00am – Greece - Argentina – Polokwane
07.30pm – Slovenia - England – Nelson Mandela Bay PE
07.30pm – USA - Algeria – Tshwane - Pretoria

June 24 - Thursday
12.00am – Ghana - Germany – Johannesburg - JSC
12.00am – Australia - Serbia –Nelspruit
07.30pm – Slovakia - Italy – Johannesburg - JEP
07.30pm – Paraguay - New Zealand - Polokwane

June 25 - Friday
12.00am – Denmark - Japan – Rustenburg
12.00am – Cameroon - Netherlands – Cape Town
07.30pm – Portugal - Brazil – Durban
07.30pm – Korea - Côte dIvoire – Nelspruit

June 26 - Saturday
12.00am – Chile - Spain – Tshwane - Pretoria
12.00am – Switzerland - Honduras – Mangaung - Bloemfontein

Stay Tuned.... We will be back with the next round schedule soon.....

FIFA WorldCup 2010 - The Marketing Game Begins !!

FIFA WorldCup is the biggest global sporting event followed by millions across 200 countries, so probably the best brand to talk about in our Brand Of the Week segment. The sponsorships are hard faught for this mega event but, only a few get to eat the pie.
But, the bigger challenge than getting the sponsorship right is to be able to utillize it completely. In this context, Brandistics gives you the Big 5 rules of the game (marketing with FIFA WorldCup) that helps marketers/sponsers design the gameplan

1. Marketers get a huge field to play on i.e. the success of their campaign depends on how they ideate non-traditional promotions (other than traditional print, television etc..). The more innovatie and engaging campaign, the higher the brand recall achieved. So, it depends on the skills of the marketer if he is able to do the tricks with the ball and impress the audience.

2. Huge Target Market : The marketers get to capture all the segments as according to the top three most-cited TV viewing habits: "mostly watched with friends and family," - not only soccer crazy audience but also their pals get targeted
"watched even if my national team was not playing," - the non-playing nations get targeted
and "liked watching other players from other nations competing" - the national brand ambassadors are now global brand ambassadors for example, Indians like Cristiano Ronaldo rip through England defence to score a goal, Castrol the brand association of Ronaldo gets to target Indian market.

3. The goals are defined - According to the FIFA framework for sponsorship they are categorized under 3 levels:

4. Localization matters : Blending the local culture into your campaigns is important. This how you get more association to the bigger game, that is, when worldcup comes to Africa get all the celebration, dancing, noise into your campaigns.This gives an insight of how closely your brand is associated to FIFA WorldCup ,which has been an important consideration for audience to elevate the brand's image.

5. The final rule says follow the 4 rules stated above .period

FIFA 2010 Sponsorship - Importance to USA, Germany, India, China, Japan and South Korea

FIFA 2010 is on, and Brandistics is trying its best to report on the World Cup, whether it comes to the schedule or the betting odds (see widget at the top). But considering that we are a sports marketing blog, my attention on FIFA 2010 has involved the sponsors to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, more than a lot of things.

Figure this:

FIFA Sponsorship can be broken down into FIFA event partners and international sponsors apart from the local sponsors. Considering that the local sponsors should be belonging to the African continent, we decided to find out which countries do the other sponsors belong to. It is a huge event after all, the returns on this investment for the companies, might as well make or break them.

FIFA Partner	Home Country
Adidas	Germany
Coca Cola	USA
Emirates	UAE
Hyundai Kia	South Korea
Sony	Japan
Visa	USA

FIFA WC Sponsor	Home Country
Budweiser	Germany
Castrol	UK
Continental	Germany
McDonald's	USA
MTN	South Africa
Mahindra Satyam	India (Yeah!)
Seara	Brazil
Yingli Solar	China

Now, you see what I meant with the title. USA has got 3 companies, Germany has got 3 companies, UAE, China, Brazil, India, South Africa, UK, South Korea, Japan have each 1 company. Certainly, FIFA World Cup 2010 is more important to these countries than the other ones like Argentina or Spain who are poised to fight hard this World Cup!

South Africa 2010-Fifa Football World Cup Match Schedule Time Table

Looking at the immense popularity gained by Fifa World Cup 2010, we at Brandistics have thought to present our readers with the schedule of the matches on a weekly basis.

Here is the schedule of the matches being played from June 11 to June 20...


June 11 - Friday
07.30pm – South Africa Vs Mexico – Johannesburg (SC)

June 12 - Saturday
12.00am – Uruguay Vs France – Cape Townr
05.00pm – South Korea Vs Greece – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Argentina Vs Nigeria – Port Elizabeth (Ellis)

June 13 - Sunday
12.00am – England Vs USA – Rustenburg
05.00pm – Algeria Vs Slovenia – Polokwane
07.30pm – Serbia Vs Ghana – Pretoria

June 14 - Monday
12.00am – Germany Vs Australia – Durban
05.00pm – Netherlands Vs Denmark – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Japan Vs Cameroon – Bloemfontein

June 15 - Tuesday
12.00am – Italy Vs Paraguay – Cape Town
05.00pm – New Zealand Vs Slovakia – Rustenburg
07.30pm – Ivory Coast Vs Portugal – Port Elizabeth

June 16 - Wednesday
12.00am – Brazil Vs North Korea – Johannesburg (Ellis)
05.00pm – Honduras Vs Chile – Nelspruit
07.30pm – Spain Vs Switzerland – Durban

June 17 - Thursday
12.00am – South Africa Vs Uruguay – Pretoria
05.00pm – Argentina Vs South Korea – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Greece Vs Nigeria – Bloemfontein

June 18 - Friday
12.00am – France Vs Mexico – Polokwane
05.00pm – Germany Vs Serbia – Port Elizabeth
07.30pm – Slovenia Vs USA – Johannesburg (Ellis)

June 19 - Saturday
12.00am – England Vs Algeria – Cape Town
05.00pm – Netherlands Vs Japan – Durban
07.30pm – Ghana Vs Australia – Rustenburg

June 20 - Sunday
12.00am – Cameroon Vs Denmark – Pretoria
05.00pm – Slovakia Vs Paraguay – Bloemfontein
07.30pm – Italy Vs New Zealand – Nelspruit