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Real Madrid's China Tour 2015 Uses iBeacon

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Posted on December 4, 2015 at 8:14:01 AM
Real Madrid's China Tour 2015 Uses iBeacon

Proximity Marketing Generates Social Media Buzz

SEATTLE, Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Madrid Football Club began their fourth China tour in July 2015, with club president Florentino Perez personally leading all twenty-eight members of their star-studded lineup. As with previous visits, the tour was much anticipated by Real Madrid's China fans. What as different this time was that Real Madrid introduced iBeacon technology to target fans who attended their matches with relevant social media content.

Once fans interacted with the beacon broadcasted content, they could enter into a prize drawing by sharing it on their WeChat or Weibo social media accounts. Fans who did not attend the matches were also able to enter into the prize draw if they had already been following Real Madrid's official social media accounts before the matches. The prize drawing allowed Real Madrid to thank their China fans for their support, while simultaneously generating social media buzz about their China tour matches and maximizing the impact of their visit.

On July 27, Real Madrid and Inter Milan played a friendly match with more than 40,000 in attendance at Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium; on July 30, the club met AC Milan for a friendly at Shanghai stadium, with more than 30,000 in attendance. During the matches, Real Madrid deployed Yunzi beacons (Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 transmitters) to translate thousands of offline interactions with fans into online ones. This O2O interaction also assisted in reaching Real Madrid's fans elsewhere in China through social media shares. The use of iBeacon maximized the impact of Real Madrid's social media prize draw campaign as fans who were present were eager to share with their social networks that they had attended the match, and thus had no qualms about sharing the content to enter into the prize draw. The involvement of these targeted fans contributed to reaching over ten million views of Real Madrid's content on WeChat and Weibo.

Real Madrid Pioneers Use of Beacons in Football Industry

Long-standing giants of international club football Real Madrid introduced first instance of proximity marketing in the footballing world. The introduction of iBeacon now stands as a benchmark case for innovation in the industry.

March 26, Real Madrid Asia Pacific CEO, Luis Fernandez, marketing director Begona Sanz and head of new media Rafael De Los Santos Navarro arrived in China, meeting with Sensoro iBeacon hardware manufacturer and Microsoft Chairman of Emerging Markets to discuss new technology and social media's role in big data digital marketing solutions.

Sensoro worked in depth with Real Madrid's new media team to prepare a digital marketing program for the landing of the football club's July tour. Sensoro was called on to be the first Chinese startup to enter into a digital marketing collaboration with Real Madrid and to provide technical support.

In addition to the social media attention generated by "Shake" actions leading to social media shares, Real Madrid's use of beacons appealed to younger fans eager to interact with new technology trends. As research suggests, new mobile technology trends thrive especially well in China among younger consumers. Real Madrid's willingness to engage in new high-tech marketing methods has provided new frontiers for Real Madrid to extend their influence in the Chinese market.

Real Madrid's Use of iBeacon Reflects Desire to Connect with Fans

During the tour, Real Madrid focused on getting in touch with their fans. Players made an effort to spend more time with their fans during the tour, and the use of social media followed up on the football club's ground efforts. Fans were kept updated on tour news and also given the opportunity to participate in the prize draw during the match times.

"We know who we belong to, we belong to our fans, including the millions of Chinese fans to whom we want to give a sense of belonging. We have the largest following of any football club in the world. The honor is not only carried by us onto the football pitch, but also by generations and generations of fans to come," club president Florentino Perez said at a press conference before the Guangzhou match.

Sensoro provided the Real Madrid tour with WeChat's "Shake" featured enabled technology. From July 27th to 30th Real Madrid played preseason games against Inter Milan and AC Milan respectively, during which time hundreds of beacons were deployed inside the Guangzhou Tianhe and Shanghai Stadiums in the stands and throughout the stadium tunnels. Event posters instructed fans on how to access the iBeacon broadcasted content. During the matches, participation of Real Madrid fans on social media with the iBeacon content spread so rapidly that viewership of the shared content reached over eight million. Much of the interaction took place through Real Madrid's official social media account on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website whose popularity in China rivals that of Facebook and Twitter in other countries.

Fans at the venue were led to open their Bluetooth, then enter into the WeChat "Shake" page, select the "Nearby" option for "Shake", and shake their phones to land on the Real Madrid China tour event page. The event page included various Real Madrid China tour event information made easy to share for participants, who after sharing could in turn enter into the prize draw. The landing page also included a QR code for following the Real Madrid WeChat account, improving the efficiency of sharing actions and the frequency of interaction.

During the matches, Real Madrid Football Club's official Weibo and WeChat accounts simultaneously launched sweepstakes. Football fans participating by sharing the social media content could obtain Real Madrid home shirts signed by all the players, commemorative scarves, and other prizes brought from Spain even without leaving their homes. Fans were excited by the prospect of these valuable gifts, which was Real's way of giving back to their supporters.

Real Madrid fans visibly outnumbered the fans of the opposing team in each match. With an already huge fan base in China, Real Madrid is looking to expand by exerting more of a tangible presence among Chinese soccer fans. The use of iBeacon's precise positioning technology to target their most valuable fans and allow them to seamlessly access the tour's social media content has enabled Real Madrid to accelerate their market influence. Real Madrid sees great potential in the spectator sports market in China and hopes providing a more personal connection to fans will open up the market. The frictionless connection to social media content aided the football club in making the most of their visit to China.

Next High-Tech Wave for the Sports Industry Lies in Accessibility

A year before Real Madrid's 2015 China tour, Sensoro partnered with the Seattle Seahawks NFL team and Starbucks to provide iBeacon technology solutions, breaking the digital divide between Seahawks fans and Starbucks members.

Real Madrid chose iBeacon to expand market penetration and connect more solidly with their existing fan base. Real Madrid also views itself as the world's biggest football club and wants to stay at the forefront of market innovation by employing the latest in technology to reach out to their fans. WeChat's "Shake" feature in Real Madrid's China tour case created a new parallel for the high-tech and sports industries and a new model for sports marketing.

For both Real Madrid and the Seattle Seahawks, proximity marketing solutions provided seamlessly accessible web content directly to vast numbers of interested consumers concentrated within a single area.

SOURCE  Sensoro INC.

Sensoro INC.

CONTACT: Jessie, +86-400-686-3180, Jessie@sensoro.com
 
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