Social Media and Marketing: The Evolution of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

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Author(s): Ivan K. Cohen (Richmond University, The American International University in London, UK)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Integrating Social Media into Strategic Marketing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nick Hajli (Newcastle University Business School, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8353-2.ch019

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Marketing / Media & Communications / Social Networking

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Tottenham Hotspur (“Spurs”) Football Club were once the most entrepreneurial of English football teams, including being the first to obtain a stock market flotation and to attempt to diversify into other areas beyond their core. However, like many football clubs, they were slow to embrace the Internet including more recently the use of social media for marketing. This chapter investigates the history of Spurs' embrace of the Internet and social media and asks why a club traditionally renowned for its flair and enterprise on the pitch has been so slow to embrace modernity in the digital world.

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