Since way back, gigantic, Spain-based Barcelona Football Club never wears any sponsor's logo on their jersey, foregoing tens of millions of pounds a year. But this week they start to wear Unicef's logo.
Unicef is not paying Barcelona anything. Instead, Barcelona is paying Unicef 1.5 million euros a year to help poor children suffering from AIDS. Furthermore, Unicef can use any of Barcelona's players (including popular Ronaldinho) as its spokespersons, for free. Barcelona simply said, "we're more than a football club."
I've never been a big fan of Barcelona. Actually I just realized that their jerseys used to be "clean" (Oh.. so that's why they look so 'awkward'!). But now, I'll be paying more attention to them. And that is good marketing on Barcelona's part. Marketing aimed for the heart.
First photo credit: bbc.co.uk
Second photo credit: New York Times via here.
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ReplyDeletemasih juve nge?
Masih Juve, Son.
ReplyDeleteTapi gw dengan besar hati mendukung mereka turun ke serie B/C. Biar lebih fair & tough, jadi maennya lebih enak dilihat. Wong isinya orang2 jago, tapi kok manja... hehe..