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With all the high level, high tech, multi-tiered investment and brand building ideas that come along, sometimes its the simplest that can be both fun, generate buzz and create some easy fundraising and brand building ideas. One that is gaining interest and is assisting athletes in Canada as we move towards Vancouver 2010 is a …

It just makes good sense. Last year the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Blackhawks created a year-round marketing partnership which gave both teams a strategic offseason platform to promote their brands, athletes and give some added pop to potential shared sponsors at a time when a team may not be top of mind. Yesterday the …

As the endless stops and starts go along with Michael Vick, the two points that will matter to brands around the team and to fans who put down the cash for tickets and product are simple…will he continue to show remorse and work to improve his image and will he help the Eagles be a …

Many times we have said that minor league baseball does the best job of staying relevant with fans and finding ways to build brand even in the offseason, especially since they have such a transient problem with players. On the professional side, perhaps no team does a better job with staying relevant in a very …

Two week's ago Sports Illustrated's George Dohrmann had a great piece on the amount of useless recruiting mail top hoops recruit Roberto Nelson received during his high school days, and it brought to light one of the biggest problems that marketers, salespeople, and communications folks deal with every day. How to cut through the junk, …

They have been a lost franchise on the national scene for well…almost forever, even with a Super Bowl run, the Icky Shuffle and Ken Anderson, a great underrated QB. So giving the access to HBO's Hard Knocks was a great move for the Cincinnati Bengals brand, and eventhough it is a risk for HBO and …

The sanctity of the lockerroom before game time is probably viewed as the last piece of quiet for coach and player. Media access ends, most staff are out and teams can focus on the task of being a professional athlete. However as teams strive to find more ways to give fans and brands more and …

The Jonas Brothers, as anyone with a teen or tween knows, are arguably the hottest TV and music stars for that genre today. So it was interesting to see the announcement that LG Electronics, which uses their sports marketing platform to reach the male consumer in many ways, partner with the three New Jersey natives …

Often times the lure and immediacy of social media and email, as well as budget constraints, force us to forget about the traditional ways to garner exposure. For the most part gone are the days of creative campaigns for the Heisman Trophy or for promoting players or brands via extensive mail campaigns, and good stories …

The folks at Twitter should all be sending flowers and thank you's to everyone at sports leagues and media companies today, as no one did more to grow the Twitter brand and create watercooler talk this side of Ashton Kutcher than the media yesterday. First it was the NFL teams and their great debate over …