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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
When you get to spend some time speaking…and as he pointed out…listening to a future Hall of Fame manager in Joe Maddon your expectations are probably a little high. In this case, the learnings, and the expectations, exceeded even our grasp. You can hear the whole 40-minute conversation as part of the latest edition of …
It used to be that sports business conferences would schedule out so as not to split audiences and step on the space of both participants, attendees, and even social presence. You knew when MIT Sloan was, when Cynopsys sports did their awards, when the Ivy Sports Symposium was (November), SEAT took place (July), and hashtag …
Late last week I read about the death of Charles Lippincott, the man who both George Lucas and Mark Hamill called one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, members of the launch of the Star Wars series. Actor? Producer? Sponsor? Nope. He was the communications guy. I did not know much about …
Growing up my first real adult, or semi-adult, “bar home” was Runyons on 52nd street just off of Second Avenue. At Fordham we were lucky enough to be the last class where the drinking age was 18, and somehow we found our way over the years into the storied saloon to listen to everyone from …
I have been to hundreds of conferences and heard the biggest and best of speakers try to lead and inspire. Still it surprises me that the one topic we need to hear more about, and one that the biggest minds and those with the biggest visions have, is the ability to rebound from loss. Anyone …
While it is great the sports, especially team sports, is making the slow turn back to relevance in the Pandemic stricken world, 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 to be …
Online SportsBook BetOnline tried their hand at producing original content this past week, something that a gambling site doesn’t usually do when dollars are not on the line, when they released “The Final Dance” featuring former Chicago Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, and Craig Hodges. But how to drive some buzz and cut through …
We recently wrote about some of the opportunities that will arise out of this challenging time, from new lines of sales to reimagined jobs, but it was a piece on ESPN.com, along with several other social posts to remind us of things we have had a chance to revisit, to (figuratively) embrace, and to help …
As we look ahead to what the world, especially the business of sports, is going to look 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. One is a new position that has arisen for job seekers, …
I decided to reach out to a wide swath of communications folks over the weekend and asked them questions on best practices, lessons learned and challenges. Will post them as they come this week…starting off with three wise men… Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks. Interested form having …