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Sports Tech Marketing That Drives User Growth.

iExcel partners with sports tech and fitness brands to build user growth systems that drive app downloads, engagement, and retention at scale.

A packed sports arena
SPORTS TECH● LIVE
Brands We've Operated On
NBA Top ShotNFL ALL DAYUFC StrikeLaLiga GolazosGrand Slam TrackBallers
THE TERRAIN

What makes Sports Tech hard.

Sports Tech buyers live for moments — game day, championship runs, signing windows. We understand the funnel dynamics, retention math, and creative cadences that turn moment-driven attention into daily active, revenue-generating users.

  • / 01Audience isn't one — athletes, fans, and casual viewers all want different things; one funnel can't serve all three.
  • / 02Seasonal cliffs — engagement spikes around championships and seasons, then collapses; retention math has to account for the off-season.
  • / 03Platform fragmentation — connected TV, mobile, social, in-stadium — attribution gets lost across screens.
  • / 04Cohort math nobody's doing — install spend gets optimized against day-1 active, but sports apps need day-30 / season-long retention.
OUR APPROACH

How we win in Sports Tech.

We start with funnel audits and cohort analysis, then run experiments across paid acquisition, in-app messaging, and retention channels to improve app economics and LTV.

01

Sports Tech growth strategy + execution — Super Bowl ads to NFL ALL DAY drops, run by senior experts who've shipped at the largest sports moments.

02

Athlete + consumer audience targeting — paid + content campaigns segmented by fan behavior, sport interest, and engagement level.

03

Measurable downloads + engagement — install-to-DAU/MAU dashboards, retention cohorts, and game-day attribution baked in.

SERVICES · TUNED FOR SPORTS TECH

The subset of the stack that moves Sports Tech pipeline.

We run the full stack, but we don't apply it uniformly. For Sports Tech, these are the disciplines that compound fastest — ordered by impact.

/ 01

Technical SEO

Schema for events, players, teams, leagues. Foundation for high-intent sports queries.

/ 02

Content + GEO

Topic clusters by sport, league, and season. Citation-grade analysis content for both Google and answer engines.

/ 03

Paid Acquisition

Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, CTV. Bid against engaged-fan acquisition, not raw installs.

/ 04

Landing Page + CRO

App store creative, web landers, pre-game funnels for fan signups + collector flows.

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Lifecycle + Email

Triggered nurture for game-day, season starts, and championship moments. Cohort-based retention loops.

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Analytics + Attribution

Cross-screen cohort dashboards, season-long retention modeling, install-to-revenue stitching.

CASE STUDIES · SPORTS TECH

The receipts from Sports Tech.

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

In Chris, you plainly get more than you bargain for. In the best possible way. iExcel brings you some of the most transformational, actionable, out-of-the-box insights I've ever seen. (Or honestly could ever imagine) from a marketing agency. And that's just the start. When you work with Chris and his team, you get all that. But you also get an ally. A friend. Somebody willing to — as a mentor once put it, about hockey — 'dig in the corners' with you. Even though he was technically a 3rd party, Chris and his team felt like part of our core team from the beginning. Building from the ground up. Leaning on each other. Celebrating W's, learning from L's. I'm a better marketer for Chris' mentorship. I'm a better person for his friendship.

Kevin Scheitrum
VP, Head of App Content · NBA

Chris and the iExcel team are consummate professionals and incredible collaborators. Data driven, available at odd hours, inquisitive thinkers. They drove me to be better at my job, and supported me endlessly. I couldn't endorse Chris enough. He's fantastic and his team are all fantastic.

Jacob Eisenberg
Chief of Staff · NBA Top Shot

They work extraordinarily hard, around the clock if need be, do high level, high quality work and are top notch people to boot. Highly recommend working with this crew.

David Feldman
Head of Social & Content · Amazon Sports

A pros, pro. He is even-keeled and has been an immense value add to Dapper Labs from day 1 of working with him. Tasked with taking on a lot of our CRM and paid efforts for the NBA Top Shot business and has been invaluable to up-leveling our skill set and capacity to bring new users into the business. As a bonus, he is also just a fun / positive person to be around.

Malik Jiffry
Director of Brand Marketing · Fanatics Collectibles

One of the most passionate marketers I've ever met. His insights come from tremendously valuable experience, and his Brooklyn roots. Deep understanding of everything from SEO/SEM, Email and Social Media Marketing to Conversion Optimization and Project Management make him the total package.

Adam Kaplan
(fmr) General Manager & VP, Content · FanDuel
SPORTS TECH · STRATEGY CALL

Ready to Scale Your Sports Tech Platform?

15 minutes with someone senior who has shipped growth for Sports Tech brands like yours. We'll pressure-test your funnel and tell you — candidly — where the fastest compounding lives.

REPLY TIMEWithin 1 business day
CALL LENGTH15 min sanity check
WHO ANSWERSA senior partner — no SDRs
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