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Maybe it’s because we have all become too politically correct, or maybe it’s because there is sooo much time spent on trying to be the most techno-savvy we can be that the simple, grassroots and fun promotions aren’t as fun or “interesting” as they once were. For whatever reason, even with all the opportunities available …
Every year around this time MLB and MiLB roll out their season long promotion schedules; chock full of bobbleheads, gnomes, beach towels, caps and hundreds of others (Maury Brown had a good summary of MLB promos here). The overwhelming number are always geared towards families and kids, with the idea of getting the unit to …
By now the praise not just the University of Maryland Baltimore County men’s hoops team but their social media work has been well documented, and has certainly cemented the Retrievers as one of the feel good stories of March Madness both on and off the court. Some great takeaways from how UMBC engaged should be …
As we tip off March Madness, the good young people at the Complete SET Agency took a look for the second year in a row at the social footprint of the head coaches at each school. The coaches, especially in the highly visible worlds of football and basketball. At the biggest levels they are well …
As March Madness gets going, kudos again to one of the most unique, niche sponsorships in sports: Werner Ladders. the NCAA still has its official net cutting scissors (Fiskars) and traction wipes (Slipp-Nott), but Werner remains one of the few brands that seems to always find its way to the camera, and the most important celebratory moments during …
As we approach the start of baseball, the beginning of March Madness and the run up toward the NBA Playoffs it is good to catch up with some of the people who are on the front lines of disruption and digital innovation, especially around hoops. One of those is Peter Robert Casey. A serial digital …
We will be recapping some of our Columbia Sports Podcasts as we reach episode 100 with our student Dhwani Kitchlue. Today she looks back at episode 95 with Jeff Eisenband With media disruption on the rise, we invited Jeff Eisenband to the Columbia University Sports Podcast show to give his perspective on the matter, as …
This piece orginally ran as part of the content we are doing for Portada…check it out there as well as all the other new stories on soccer and Latino Sports Marketing as well. First we saw him in his underwear in a hotel hallway, now he is trying to play American football in a spot …
Spending four productive Pre Super Bowl days logging lots of Fitbit steps from the Mall of America to Nicolette Mall and all spots in between produced some great experiences, meetings and observations. Here ya go… The Value of Radio Row: A few years ago the death of radio, or the spoken word, as a viable …
This past week the New York Times ran an extensive piece on the use of bots to build large twitter followings, and the amount of money paid by politicians, celebrities and athletes to become influencers in a space where brands look to size over substance. In the last few days big names such as Mark …