13th May 2025
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The global sports market reached nearly $484 billion in 2023, and it is only predicted to expand.
Succeeding in today’s competitive and saturated market is hard, but a digital PR strategy and online presence will help sports brands stand out.
Digital PR is a marketing practice which essentially focuses on earning online coverage and building high-quality backlinks to boost a business in the search rankings.
Over time, this has a huge range of benefits, helping brands to establish a strong online presence, and improve brand visibility, credibility, awareness and engagement.
For sports brands, whether the goal is to improve any of these aspects, enhance their reputation or attract sponsorships and deals, digital PR ultimately drives more traffic to a website and boosts sales.
In this blog post, Vicky shares the key advantages of implementing a digital PR strategy for businesses in the sports industry.
Brand credibility & authority
A brand that regularly features in well-known, high-authority sports publications and positions itself as an expert in the field will gain more credibility and trust from its audience.
In such a saturated market with so many major players, customers want to buy from industry leaders, so sharing expertise in trusted publications in the sports sector will enhance trustworthiness and authenticity.
Over time, this will create a strong image, and strengthen the brand’s reputation, appealing to potential customers, fans and peers in the industry.
Online visibility & awareness
In today’s digital landscape, an online presence is vital for sports brands to connect with customers and fans.
Digital PR helps businesses generate media coverage online, which offers exposure to vast audiences, nationally, internationally and globally.
This will amplify brand awareness and eventually improve engagement with customers.
Sponsorships and partnerships
Enhanced visibility and brand awareness will come as a result of digital PR, which will help sports brands attract sponsors and partnerships.
Digital PR efforts will also work to position your brand as a leader in the industry and appeal to potential sponsors looking for brands that align with their values.
The positioning PR agencies do through digital PR will impact an audience and decision-makers to see that your brand and values align with theirs.
Improved SEO
The correct digital PR tactics will work wonders for a website’s SEO, improving rankings on search engines and making it easier for people to their products or services.
This means when a potential customer searches for a keyword related to the business, your website is more likely to show up, which means more sales.
Influence purchase
Digital PR tactics will impact the purchasing behaviour of consumers, making them more likely to buy from your brand.
When your business is featured in a reputable sports publication or on a social media influencer’s profile, it will expose new customers to your products, and tell them you can be trusted.
Storytelling
Storytelling is at the centre of digital PR, and it helps sports brands to stand out in such a competitive market and resonate with their target audience.
Whether sharing an athletes story of triumph or building anticipation for a major sporting event, a storytelling strategy helps brands strengthen their identity and engage with audiences on a deeper and more emotional level.
Over time, this will help with brand loyalty, and reach, ultimately increasing sales.
Sway PR is an award-winning Sports PR agency with global reach delivering Sports PR campaigns across the UK and internationally.
Working with Olympic medal winners, and inspiring up-and-coming athletes, adventures and pioneers – Sway PR helps tell their story to a huge global audience, in a way that engages, inspires and changes perceptions.
If you want to find out more about how a digital PR strategy can help your sports brand, please get in touch with Sway PR.