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Final Marketing Plan SPB 4712
Final Marketing Plan SPB 4712
Final Marketing Plan SPB 4712
Executive Summary
Concacaf is trying to bring more awareness and participation to women’s soccer in order
to increase ticket sales and attendance for the Concacaf W Gold Cup and prelim games. We have
chosen the Toronto Women's League to help reach their goal of higher attendance and ticket
sales. As a result, we will need more ticket vendors, a higher level of marketing personnel, a
sponsor with high outreach and multiple marketing funnels, and a full team roster.
Currently Toronto’s sales are lower than needed to gain advantage from popularity,
however through our marketing plan to gain fan interaction, we believe we can raise engagement
We have Karina LeBlanc who is the head of women’s soccer at Concacaf, and plays for
the Canadian national league (Olympics and FIFA). By having this woman on our side we can
gain more knowledge on how to work with Concacaf and our players to create an unstoppable
Our plan is very centered around TikTok players between 12 and 20 years of age. We
plan on using people from the marketing team to go to local schools in Toronto to take videos of
players on their soccer team. These videos will be posted on the Concacaf Toronto TikTok page
to make younger fans more excited in posting their own videos. The videos will also be played
As for sponsorship opportunities we plan to utilize the most loved brand in Canada, Tim
Hortons. The plan is to ask them to sponsor us with goods instead of money. We would like them
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to use promotional tactics by providing free coffee coupons for every person who buys a ticket if
Toronto wins.
The final plan we have is to put people in a raffle to win free tickets to the Concacaf W
Gold Cup. The raffle rules will be that the person entering must have gone to all Prelim Games.
I. Introduction
Concacaf’s Mission statement: “In places where culture is primed to move women in football
forward, we empower women and girls of all ages to join, to grow and to thrive. Our attitude is
bold because we are more than meets the eye. We make no apologies. Our goal is to strengthen
and solidify the progress that has been made for women in the sport, to make it known with full
rosters, full stadiums and full hearts that know…WE BELONG” (ConcacafW, 2021)
● This mission statement demonstrates that engagement is the driving force for Concaf.
Through our marketing plan, we believe we can drive engagement to a sharp increase
whilst simultaneously keeping focus on the main goal of female empowerment and the
Organizations Product: Concacaf has a unique product by creating Women’s soccer leagues
across North and Central America, they were also the first to do so. More recently they have
Customer Demands: customers have few demands but they include fun, entertaining soccer
Current Marketing: to achieve these goals for the fans, Concacaf scouts for the best player
possible and for a highly effective coach. In order to market properly, the marketing team plans
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for pregame events to keep the crowd engaged, as well as entertainment during the game,
Background: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,
also known as Concacaf, was founded in september 16th 1961. Currently it’s one of FIFA’s six
continental confederations and serves 41 member associations. This organization started the
Concacaf Women's Championship in 1991 and later renamed it the Concacaf Women's Gold Cup
in 2000. Later in 2002 the federation decided to have the game every four years before the FIFA
1. The organization's primary stakeholders are the 41 members that are a part of the
association. If the organization were to fail, these 41 members would have no other
2. CONCACAF has multiple classifications for an end user that meets their project goals.
However, concacaf does have a target audience of girls between the ages of 12 and 20.
The reason they have this target is because they want womens soccer to grow and spread
female empowerment.
SWOT
● Strengths
○ Players/team - We currently have well trained players with a large following for
their skill and the team is one of the best in the world
○ Stadium - We have a high capacity stadium with enough seating and is visually
appealing
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○ Coaches - we have well trained coaches who know how to develop the team
credibility to sponsors
○ Pre-existing fan base - we already have a fairly large fan following so we can use
● Weaknesses
○ Social Media - this is a weakness because we could not have enough followers, or
○ There is no current social media account exclusive for the women’s team
○ Sponsors - we only have one official sponsor at this point which could cause us to
○ Price Point - our tickets may cost too much money for the masses to be able to
come.
● Opportunities
● Threats
○ Security issues - Some security issues that could come from this game are crowd
crush, people sneaking into events, people sneaking onto the field, and not having
○ Social media - the main hashtag used to create the promotion could be suppressed
○ Violence - this could be anything from fights breaking out to people bringing
Product
● We have three products working with Toronto in the Prelim and W Cup games
Management
● Ability: The Concacaf federation has fluency in four languages which allows them to
speak to all 41 members of the confederation. They also have technology which makes it
● Attitude: Concacaf has a great attitude and has created four pillars to help all employees
to have the same deminor. These pillars are good governance, successful strategic
● Experience: Most of the management staff have experience when it comes to playing and
Montagliani and head of women’s soccer at Concacaf, Karina LeBlanc, both of whom are
Canadian.
● Quantity: Concacaf has a council made up of roughly 15 members: the President, three
Employees
People oriented
● Adequately trained: CONCACAF currently has 51-200 employees that are adequately
● In order for this event to run smoothly there are several things we need for each game.
The first being security, this team would check bags, be watching the crowd and field
during the game, and watching the exit after. We will also need a ticketing team, this team
would be in charge of scanning people in, getting the people to their seats, and helping
the crowd find simple things. We will also need ticket vendors to sell the maximum
number of tickets possible. We will also need marketers to work on the event, go to
schools, and find maximum reach on social media by knowing how to utilize social
media algorithms.
● Cost:
○ Ticket Vendors:$135,000
Customers
The customers currently want more interaction with the team and would like more
reasons to come to the games. Our customers are lacking in a sense of community and feeling a
○ Demographics:
■ 15 to 19 years
● Male: 75,000
■ 10 to 14 years
(HealthCheck, 2016)
○ Economic Climate:
■ Banking and stock center, and primary wholesale and distribution point of
Canada
manufactured goods
○ Demand Trends: With the Canadian women’s soccer team winning the gold medal
at the 2020 (played in 2021) Olympics, there is clearly a shift upwards in demand
for the sport of soccer in Canada. When a representing country’s team wins a
upward. However, what is important is that it does not simply become a flash in
the pan of interest. Instead, along with continued success from the Canadian
organization as a whole.
success
organization.
○ Social Media:
■ Tik Tok – A platform that has seen a rapid growth in usage by the under
20 age group over the last 2 years. Uses short form video
■ Twitter – The primary social media where “Hashtags” can make a topic or
event go viral
■ Snapchat – The most likely platform where the average person would
area
○ Macro-environmental Trends:
■ One of the biggest trends that plays into the favor of the Women’s
sports as men’s. To go along with that is the push for equal pay. However,
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coverage on ESPN and the like plays a large factor in people’s interest and
the WNBA, it very likely could mean good things for women’s soccer as
■ Aside from the factor of women’s vs. men’s sports is the factor of the sport
of soccer itself vs. other sports. Soccer specifically has lacked the same
the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S. there is football, basketball, baseball. In
Canada, there is especially hockey, with other sports firmly behind yet still
well ahead of soccer. However, the interest in those sports is due in large
part to generational factors. Older generations just simply did not grow up
playing or having much knowledge about the game of soccer. Now that
sport through casual as well as more serious little leagues, there is a far
larger base of fans. The interest in certain sports, in many ways, stems
from the younger age groups. These younger age groups grow up and
continue their fanhood into adulthood because of the memories that they
with fans so the experience sticks around and is not lost on them.
Competitive Analysis
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● Main Competitors - What are the main competitors of the CONCACAF organization?
Well, it could be easy to automatically think that other soccer organizations are the main
competitors, such as FIFA, but in all reality that’s not quite the case. The main
competitors to the CONCACAF organization are other sports and realistically other
sources of entertainment. The competitors are those that are taking away the time, energy,
and interest from their soccer leagues to other sources, largely in the area of
○ NHL – The NHL’s largest revenue generating team was the New York Rangers in
2020, who generated $225 million. The Toronto Maple Leafs were second,
○ NBA – The NBA’s most valuable team in 2021 is the New York Knicks, with an
○ WNBA – The revenue of the entire WNBA was roughly $60 million in July of
2019
○ MLB – The MLB’s largest revenue generating team was the Los Angeles Dodgers
in 2020, who generated $185 million. The Toronto Blue Jays generated roughly
$116 million
○ NFL – The NFL’s most valuable team in 2021 is the Dallas Cowboys who are
○ MLS - The Los Angeles FC is worth nearly $860 million, the most valuable MLS
team
○ Strengths:
■ Considerably larger pools of money to pull from as they have built big
■ The best male players in respective sports. The main reason the male part
outperform those of the female leagues. They are simply more physically
■ The average individual’s familiarity with both the major teams in the
○ Weaknesses:
■ Not approaching the target markets with a fresh mindset, but instead very
Customers Currently Served: Currently Concacaf’s customer base is girls and women of all ages
with an interest in soccer. The other market they serve would be the parents of the younger
Current Target Market: Concaf’s current Target market is women and girls of all age groups.
These females are found in North and Central America. They don't currently have an income
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demographic. They do caitor toward women with a love for sports and have played or want to
start playing.
Our Plans Target Market: With the marketing plan we will be pitching to Concacaf we would
like to create a target market of females in Toronto, Canada between the ages of 12 to 20
currently in school that have interest or some background knowledge in soccer. The female
participation should have knowledge in how they are progressing in soccer, be able to take
constructive criticism, and be able to play in front of large crowds. These females should also be
on social media primarily TikTok in order to be entered in the contest. These women would
ideally come from upper middle class and higher families. Their families should show interest in
Organization Goals: Our organization’s goal is to increase sales and awareness for
women’s soccer. We want to speak to a diverse set of consumers who are interested in women's
soccer. This group would consist of girls aged 12-20 through social media and fans of any age
who would be interested in coming to games. We have chosen the sponsor Tim Hortons because
it is a beloved favorite for Canadians and it will target the parents of the children wanting to
attend the games. Through TikTok and finding a way to incorporate the fans into the game we
Objectives: Projected ticket sales for the entire event will attempt to reach $2,000,000.
This covers the marketing budget of $821,500 and allows room for expansion. The three most
popular sports in Canada are Ice Hockey, Lacrosse and Soccer (Neoprimesport, 2020). The
Canadian’s women soccer team will organically aid the promotion, since the women’s soccer
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team has done well at an international rank and performed well in international tournaments. As
a result, we expect market share for women’s soccer to range at around 20% within 3 years
whilst keeping in mind other popular sports such as Cricket, Hockey and Lacrosse.
● By using the organic coverage of the women’s soccer team, promotional tactics with
tickets and influencers, the organization promotes heavy users and fan engagement to
Product Portfolio:
● The product positioning for TikTok is mainly seated towards millennials and Gen Z, since
older age groups do not have TikTok. Although the older age groups do not participate in
TikTok they will attend to support their children who will be shown and will be the ones
● The product mix provided includes using social platforms such as TikTok to provide an
inclusive and interactive environment towards fans. This also benefits the organization
since organic advertising is conducted through the social media accounts of the
influencers, as well as fans looking to repost for their own traffic. The interactive
hopefully purchase the product. With TikTok, the audience mainly consists of younger
people, but invites parents since they will be indirectly influenced by their children who
○ Tim Hortons’ promotional mix benefits consumers of all ages due to the
recent signing of Canadian-born singer Justin Bieber will also benefit the goal of
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increasing customer engagement by overlapping the fanbase of the singer into the
○ The raffle is the final portion of the portfolio, and rewards heavy users with an
entry into the raffle if tickets were bought to all preliminary games.
○ The product lines mentioned provide coverage to all audiences. Young and old;
V. Marketing Tactics
● Product: we have several products we plan on using to boost ticket sales and attendance.
○ TikTok: The product we have for this is the players and our fans. We plan on
using social media as a platform to showcase the talent of our players and as a
way to harbor fan interaction. These videos people post under our hashtag will be
shown at the games on the big screen. Fans will be able to vote by texting into a
phone number, for a TikToker to have the opportunity to work with one player
○ Tim Hortons: the product from this company is going to be free coffee/ a free
○ Raffle: the product for the raffle will be a free ticket to the Concacaf W Gold Cup.
● Promotion: Our promotion for these products will be out of the ordinary.
○ TikTok:we plan on sending our marketers to local schools in the area to let
students know about the contest that is open on TikTok as well as get some videos
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of the teams for the Toronto players to review and react to on the Toronto soccer
team’s TikTok.
○ Tim Hortons: To promote Tim Hortons to our Fans and guests attending we plan
to have all of the merchandise having a Tim Hortons logo on it and make it
receive a free coffee from Tim Hortons. For Tim Hotons to promote us we plan
on having life-size cardboard cutouts of all the players in stores around Toronto.
○ Raffle: To promote this raffle we will be using all of the ticket vendors we have
hired to make our fans aware that if they purchase tickets to all of the preliminary
games they will be entered in a raffle. By utilizing our ticket vendors to promote
this we can have fans have a now or never mentality so they are more likely to
buy.
● Price: The price of the product will vary based on the product and platform.
○ TikTok: The cost for TikTok mainly comes from the marketer we have hired to
manage social media. However, there is an additional cost of what we must pay
the player for a one on one session with the winner and there is a cost for the
texting software. The price for a private lesson with a player would normally be
$1,000 a session so we will be paying the player that much out of company
money. The normal cost for the texting software is $7,300 and in order for this
○ Tim Hortons: Because Tim Horons will be our sponsor, there will be no cost. It
will be a mutually helpful relationship since we will give Tim Hortons exposure
and free advertising to the venue, and they will respond with tickets.
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○ Raffle: Much of the cost of the raffle will be from the ticket vendors. However,
there will be a cost of giving away prime tickets. Each of the prime tickets cost
$100 if we multiply that by the ten we will be giving out that cost would be
$1,000.
● Distribution
TikTok as the main form of marketing we will see a large number of fan
interactions and people from across the world have brand awareness and a sense
the marketers to schools and soccer teams in the area to take photos and videos of
the players and tell them about the contest that we are running through Tiktok
● Action Plan
1. Our first plan of action is to start a Tik Tok account for the Concacaf W league of
Toronto. In order to grow this account we will utilize current trends and hashtags.
Once we gain 10- 15 thousand followers we will begin posting about our own
hashtag that we will utilize to gain attendance at the game. In order to gain
attendance from Tik Tok we will be running a contest in which girls aged 12-17
will post videos of themselves showing their soccer skills and players of the
Toronto team will pick a player to come and participate in the half-time game.
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2. Our next plan of action is to create a deal with Tim Hortons to sponsor the team.
This sponsorship will be a free product instead of cash. We want Tim Hortons to
donate free coffee coupons to give to the attendees if the team wins. For their
benefit we will make them the top official sponsor of the team, printing their logo
on the jerseys for the half time game and other products available for sale at the
stadium.
work for the team on a day to day basis. This marketer would be in charge of
social media, fan interaction, and staying up to date on our sponsorships. We also
recommend gaining more ticket vendors not just at the stadium but on online
forums to gain more insight on who is buying the tickets, this would include age
4. Our last plan of action is to make it known to all people buying tickets that if they
purchase tickets to all of the Preliminary games they will be entered in a raffle to
win tickets to the Concacaf W Gold Cup front row. There will only be ten tickets
● Budget
● Marketing team: for two new marketing coordinators it will cost $82,000
● New ticket vendors: for five new ticket vendors it will cost $135,000 a
attendance.
● Security team: For a team for 200 security people the cost would be
● Ticket Collectors: for the team of ticket collectors there would be a charge
team of 2-5.
● Evaluation
coffee certificates are used compared to how many fans we are in the studium on
4. We will measure the Tik Tok pull by number of videos under the hashtag, user
5. We will manage the attendance raffle by having our vendors tracking individual
Summary
Overall, our marketing plan is to involve the fans more than ever. We have decided to
give a platform to the youth by utilizing the social media platform TikTok. We are also giving
back to our fans by using our sponsorship to give back and getting them a free coffee if the team
wins. For long term fans, we are offering them a chance to win great seats to the Concacaf W
Gold Cup.
We want to make Toronto Women's League fans feel as if they are a part of the team too.
Through this sentiment, they will be more motivated to join the team’s journey in the Concacaf
Appendix
To determine our budgets, we contacted private marketing companies that work with
metal bands in Tampa, such as Ardent Protection for the security quote. We called and asked for
quotes on hiring a security team, ticketing team, ticket vendors, marketing team, and text voting
software. After they gave us these estimates we also did some research online to make sure that
the numbers they provided made sense. Still, some numbers needed to be adjusted, therefore,
considering the ticket takers get paid around $10-$12 an hour, and would be working 5 hours at a
time for 12 games, and there would be a total of 50 ticket takers, we were able to use these
numbers for our final calculations based on the original numbers provided by the companies we
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