Turning fan data into revenue growth

Expert advisory services driven by data-led strategy, audience segmentation, and commercial uplift.
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Our advisory team are experts in audience segmentation, commercial uplift, and marketing execution and will deliver an intelligent, data-led approach designed to maximise fan engagement and conversion.

Every strategic recommendation is driven by fan behaviour and patterns, ultimately transforming raw insights into a sustainable and scalable engine for audience growth and increased revenue.
Only 19% of younger fans watch games continuously without multi-screening.
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PREM Rugby
X6
ROI generated for 24/25 season across all digital channels doubling ROI from previous season
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40%
Retail revenue growth driven directly from email during the first month of Homekit going live
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What we do

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    Digital and data maturity benchmarking

    We have defined industry benchmarks and measure your organisations maturity against the market to identify proactive opportunities for smart and strategic commercial growth.
  • Campaign strategy and optimisation

    We take your commercial plans and supercharge them. From mapping out your core fan segments to building sharp testing matrices, we optimise your entire marketing mix to turn attention into action.
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    Audience and commercial alignment

    We connect real fan insights directly to board-level revenue targets, helping you transform a simple database into highly valuable, monetisable commercial inventory across your entire organisation.
  • Fan engagement and conversion

    We drive the transition of your audience from passive viewers to active fans, designing organic digital touchpoints that capture rich fan data while removing any friction standing between a fan and conversion.
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Why InCrowd?

We are a leading digital agency specialising in the sports industry, trusted by top-tier clubs, leagues, and federations around the world. Our highly experienced and creative team builds world-class websites and digital platforms for sports organisations of all sizes.

We combine deep industry insight with technology to deliver personalised, immersive experiences that drive measurable uplifts in fan engagement, data acquisition, and commercial ROI. We seamlessly connect content, data, and inventory across every digital touchpoint. With these strong foundations in place, we will guide and empower you to create immersive fan experiences and generate new revenue streams.
Where can we help?
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Discovery

A deep channel-by-channel review based on client business objectives and historical performance against current trends and best practices.
02

Strategy

Mapping out a holistic, measurable and targeted direct communication strategy that clearly defines channel mix and direction, weighting, publication volumes and our suggested creative approach.
03

Design

Nailing the fundamentals whilst delivering innovative new content to bring your communication strategy to life with on-brand and refined creative process and sign off.
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Delivery

Best-in-class execution of cohesive planned, reactive and automated marketing by an expert in-house CRM team across email, push, SMS and digital platforms.
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Optimisation

In-depth analytics with associated insights to inform future tactics and strategy direction as well as real-time flexibility based on performance and the live and dynamic nature of sport.

Case studies

Building a high-return, targeted marketing engine

Working closely with the FIM World Supercross team to elevate its digital fan experience through a data-driven, personalised email marketing strategy.
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Building a high-return, targeted marketing engine

Growing a new audience for a new format

Working closely with the SA20 since the inauguration of the tournament, developing an innovative, insight-driven strategy that ultimately boosts ticket sales but fundamentally lays a strong foundation for the League’s long-term growth.
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Growing a new audience for a new format

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

We help sports rights holders engage, retain, and convert fans across all owned and operated digital channels. Our team provides an end-to-end service that includes data-led strategic advisory, campaign planning, creative design, and execution across email, push notifications, SMS, and digital platforms.

Every strategic recommendation we make is driven by real fan behavior and patterns. Instead of broad-brush advertising or chasing arbitrary vanity metrics, we use data maturity benchmarking to align fan insights directly with board-level revenue targets. We focus on creating sustainable, scalable engines for long-term audience growth.

Our direct sales and campaign strategies drive measurable, trackable revenue uplifts across ticketing, retail, and hospitality. For example, our managed marketing services generated a 6x ROI for Premiership Rugby across all digital channels, and drove a 40% retail revenue growth for Watford F.C. during their first month of home kit sales.

We operate as a seamless, fractional extension of your in-house team. We help handle the heavy lifting—from data audits and multi-channel campaign planning to best-in-class template execution—ensuring your team gets the executive horse-power they need without the operational strain.

We specialise in optimising your data capture methodology. By designing organic digital touchpoints, light-touch fan voting mechanics (like Round-by-Round Polls), and value-exchange competitions, we systematically convert unknown matchday or social media audiences into rich first-party data profiles within your CRM.

Yes. We deliver marketing strategies designed to unlock unexpressed digital partnership opportunities. By auditing your channel frequency and fan engagement levels, we co-create "themes of ownership" and hyper-targeted branded content opportunities that integrate sponsor messaging naturally into active fan communications, providing clear ROI to your brand partners.