Introducing branded communities in sport for building strong brand relations in social media

Abstract

Highlights• We propose branded communities as an alternative concept to brand communities.• We study a branded community relating to football operated by a telephone company.• Interest in the topic/community and high community quality lead to community loyalty.• The sponsoring/operating brand benefits from an increase in brand loyalty.• Sport offers a perfect context for deploying branded communities.

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