It´s no secret that after FIFA renewed its decision to rotate continentally the WC host countries the race hotted up, leaving Africa and South America ineligible to apply. As of today 9 bids have been received for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Candidates have applied for either or both of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, but the 2022 hosts will not be chosen from the same continent as the 2018 hosts. Of the 9 bids, two of the more viable ones include England and Australia. Australia is heavily tipped early on, since it would be the first WC held in Oceania, and of course the infrastructure and climate is suitable as well.
At the draw in South Africa recently the Australians showed their ambush marketing skills by chasing Englands WC Ambassador David Beckham around armed with kids wearing Australia´s World cup bid colours. So when David Beckham was wheeled out infront of the media, the children jumped into his path to ask for autograph´s ( and as the picture shows, they asked him to sign on official Australia WC bid paper), and Becks being Becks of course could not refuse.
This is brilliant marketing by the Aussies, especially since the pictures now travel the web where Becks is signing off the Aussie bid !


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I came across their banner in the top left corner of the website. Interested to see what kind of interaction and brand message they would deliver I was very disappointed to find myself onto a corporate website of Hublot, where absolutely nothing reminded me of their sponsorship of football. This is a very missed opportunity by Hublot. Fans who visit the official website of Man.Utd. and further more click through to sponsor´s websites expect something in return. Something relating to the club, its fans and linkage to the brand. In Hublot´s case they could for example have the timeline of Man.Utd. Interesting statistics of goals scored in what minutes, examples of what minute Man. Utd. players most often score in etc etc. There are countless ways in which they could intwine timekeeping and Man.Utd. But they don´t.
of the famous “Bolt Arms” and its exposure in Berlin has been very visible. We have hardly seen footage from outside the stadium or from fanzones without someone wearing the Bolt Arms. Even Berlino the offical mascot can´t get enough of doing the “Bolt pose”. And here finally comes my point, it must be strange for Adidas officials watching the official mascot ( which by the way is not wearing an Adidas outfit strangely), boosting up the competitors viral campaign. 



