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146 - 13 Marketing Predictions for 2026
Sports Marketing Machine Podcast
Marketing predictions are everywhere—but most don’t help sell tickets. In Episode 146, Jeremy Neisser shares 13 practical marketing predictions for 2026, filtered through one question: does this sell more tickets, or is it busy work? This episode focuses on controlling the buying moment, personalization, signal-based marketing, and why the revenue loop replaces the funnel.
Key Topics Covered
- Personalization as a ticket-sales differentiator
- Creative as the new media buyer
- Signals over pixels (Buyer data)
- Saves, comments, & DMs as buying intent
- Zero-click checkout & social selling
- Data reclamation from marketplaces
- First-click ownership as a revenue KPI
- Warm audiences vs. cold acquisition
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:08 Personalization
04:31 Creative as Media Buyer
06:51 Signals Over Pixels
10:34 DMs as Soft Leads
12:56 Zero-Click Checkout
15:15 Social Selling
18:04 Data Reclamation
19:58 First-Click Ownership
21:26 Warm vs Cold
23:49 Per Persona Campaigns
25:10 Marketing as Inside Sales
26:35 Revenue Loop
Supporting Links
https://www.jonloomer.com/meta-advertising-changes-2025/
https://www.jonloomer.com/understand-meta-advertising-8-episodes/
https://www.jonloomer.com/interactions-post-engagement/
https://www.emarketer.com/content/social-commerce-2024
https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/social-commerce/
https://www.brightedge.com/resources/webinars/owning-the-first-click
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/search/brand-vs-non-brand-search/
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/secondary-ticket-market
https://baymard.com/lists/cart-abandonment-rate
https://baymard.com/blog/checkout-usability
https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/03/02/retargeting
https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/146787991656572?id=561906377587030
https://hbr.org/2016/07/ending-the-war-between-sales-and-marketing
https://www.forrester.com/blogs/b2c-marketing-and-sales-alignment/
https://www.meta.com/business/help/1438417719786914
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