How the World Surf League is leveraging fan data without tickets or arenas
The organization kicked off an audience segmentation initiative a few years ago, which stands to be supercharged when surfing takes the Olympic stage in 2028.
Alyssa is a senior reporter for Marketing Brew who’s covered sports for three years, with a particular interest in brand investment in women’s sports. Prior to that, she wrote about podcast and audio advertising for Marketing Brew and Business Insider and was a data journalist for Morning Consult. She started her career covering crime and breaking news for the Boston Globe and the Virginian-Pilot.
The organization kicked off an audience segmentation initiative a few years ago, which stands to be supercharged when surfing takes the Olympic stage in 2028.
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