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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
As we move ahead to what the world, especially the business of sports, islooking like, it is interesting to talk, or Zoom, with so many colleagues and listen to what opportunity lies ahead that did not exist even on March 12 of last year. One is a new position that has arisen for job seekers, one …
While it is great the sports, especially team sports, is making the turn back to regularity as we move clser to exiting the Pandemic, it is still important to note and realize that the world that emerges in sports business on the other side of this for some time will be different. “We are going …
A few years ago I was wandering through old Las Vegas when I came upon what was a deserted mall, and was being “transformed” into a gaming center. What the reality was was that the space was an old movie theater and some bare box space…a big dark, open room…which was converted into a space …
It’s always great to continue learning and be curious about industries and brands that we know of, but not a great deal about. So we spent 45 minutes learning about the business of wine from our longtime friend Caroline Shaw, who is running global communications and new business marketing for E. & J. Gallo Wines. …
Animated balls. Lighting Dunks. Hero Points. Fun. That’s what “The Worldwide Leader” ESPN brought us on Monday night as part of “Marvel’s Arena of Heroes” broadcast on ESPN 2. Now this isn’t anywhere near the first time ESPN has tried a little disruption to test the waters with alternative narratives for broadcasts. We have seen …
The NFL Draft in its current condensed form still leaves a host of players with great talent and potential on the table. Maybe that was less of a case when the draft went on for 10, 11, 12 rounds and had territorial picks and many other nuances that pulled young players into the fold of …
The best teams find a way to pivot on an opportunity. Case in point, The Arizona Diamondbacks. This week, as the banter back and forth got louder over whether Madison Bumgarner’s seven inning no-hitter should “count” as a no-no on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves, the Dbacks joined the conversation. First they pivoted to a …
I love cruising bookstores looking for ideas. Newsstands have always yielded niche titles, new authors and a flood of potential fresh ideas. sadly I have noticed recently that the racks have started to dry up. While some may say that consumption of printed word is going way, in reality I hear form more young people …
A few weeks ago we wrote about the growing role of Director of Fan Confidence for professional sports teams, the person who is overseeing not just how clean a facility is, but how comfortable fans believe they are when returning to a venue. While teams keep pushing for faster lines, cleaner and safer bathrooms, contactless …
It’s always great to be learning, and this weekend we got a little peak into seeing how the effective social media sausage gets made yet again. Picture if you will next week at the NFL Draft and Trevor Lawrence goes with the top pick. He gets his hat, does his socially distanced interview and instead …