Cubs Fan Here: How to Profit From the World Series...

We've been making bank on Cub memorabilia, books, soveneirs, autographed club baseballs, etc. It may be too late to capitalize significantly right now, although there is still some potential.

Consider preparing now for the Superbowl and even other sports events such as the coming regional football bowls.

The World Series is over. It's probably too late to do much now. Excitement from these things dies down pretty fast.

Also, anything you sell would need to be licensed by either team, or you risk lawsuits.

I agree with BradVert2013.You would have needed to have things already in place to capitalize in the event they won.Lots of others are already cashing in.

Congrats Charles! Any type of news-jacking for at least a few days more related to Da Cubs , then, leading to Amazon Affiliate opps.

Ship ain't sailed unless:

you believe you're going up against anybody (ya ain't; we live in abundance)

you believe Cubs fans will stop buying stuff a few days after the World Series (Don't worry; bandwagon-ers will be hopping onboard for a LONG time as well as casual Cubbies fans who become more passionate over the next few weeks)

Thanks for weighing in everyone. I forgot I posted this.

I'm not necessarily planning on doing it, BUT admittedly...The book idea is intriguing.

Of course Amazon affiliate income that's passive is always juicy.

myob, congrats....are you even a Cub fan lol?

Regardless...thanks to all for contributing. It was an interesting thought

Charles

PS...Ryan, you are totally right. Cub fans will be buying until the next World Series. We are quite irrational. I am looking for a nice Cubs cap to fit my wardrobe.

Be good if someone could explain as to why Its called World Series when really it is just one coast playing another coast in the same country and where no other country participates but the USA!

Honestly, it's a trend that has already peaked and will only keep dying down. You would have need to have been ready for the day they won to get the most out of it.

T-shirt that says, "See you in another hundred plus years!"

Frank

Sports like these are based on the emotion people attach to it. So while the game is ongoing the emotions heighten and it would stay on a high if the group they are supporting wins. If you are serious on cashing in on these events, you might want to consider setting up shop early and routinely increase your aggressive marketing along with the season.

I would go to the merchandise route, trading from one sports fan to another. Showcasing it and building a place for fellow fans to share stuff, a forum would be nice as well. Depending on how many audience you are looking at.

What this thread is confirming to me is the fact that there are a thousand different ways to do IM and make money in just about every market.

The challenge . . . and subsequent profit opportunity . . . is to be creative, think outside the box, and develop the type of business that no one else is really considering.

There really are a lot more opportunities regardless of the niche to make money besides tee shirts, memorabilia, books, and other tangibles.

But since most marketers only revert to selling the obvious items that everyone else sells, it becomes pretty important to ride the leading edge of the consumer wave as BradVert has pointed out.

For those that do market research and can use their intellect to decipher where there is unmet demand in any marketplace . . . well, there is no limit to what they might accomplish and how much they can make.

Internet marketing doesn't have to be a bandwagon experience.

Steve

I live in Northern Ohio and I'm a big time Indians fan, over 60 years.

I wrote a short article about game 7 last week with the spin, Cubs didn't win, Francona gave it to them, and posted it on an old blog I have (premise: he should have pulled Shaw after the rain delay but left him in).

I post a link to it every time I find an article about the series on local and Chicago websites. People are so passionate, everywhere I post it I get creamed by comments but get hundreds of visits to the blog.

Posted today on an article I found today about the World Series ticket controversy in Cleveland.

Have had over 77 first time visitors today and it's been almost a week and I'll probably end of with 120 or so by the end of the day.

Last week there were a ton of articles in Cleveland and Chicago plus on all the Internet news sites and posted it everywhere and got a few hundred visitors every day all week.

Point is, have some relevant content and put it in front of some interested people and you'll get some action.

I'm not really trying to make any dough but the response I'm getting is a good example of what anyone can do. The site does have Adsense and Kindle ads and is making a few bucks but that's all I'm doing, I'm too busy to do anything else.

There are tons of things that could be done like linking to memorabilia stuff, starting a list of baseball fans etc... but it's been a lot of fun reading comments from people calling me an idiot.

Still waiting for the question to be answered on post #9