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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Where else can you find talk about broadcast storytelling, debates on the best moments in the history of New York sports, the business of sports in Africa, and yes even the proliferation of AI in media all in one place. That’s what we have in the latest episodes of our podcast. Some good Memorial Day …
What do the NBA Coach of the Year and arguably the professional sports executive of the year (we will find out at the Sports Business Awards this week) have in common with people you may not know but I recently met, Will Conley and Jack Bernstein, as well as Lawrence Frank, the fictional character Ollie …
I have always been fixated and intrigued by the power of media on college campuses, and how it is undervalued often, especially when it comes to sports. Professional teams, even many colleges, put their own local voices in a place where they as judged as “students” vs. media, when the reality of today is that …
We are still in the early days of how Artificial Intelligence will be used for a tool in our industry. While there are fits and starts…Warren Buffet warned investors of AI scams last week during the Berkshire Hathaway meetings in Omaha, while CBS Sunday had an amazing piece on Randy Travis and his “voice” return …
The calls and emails are welcomed and come in droves…this time of year, and I gladly answer as many calls, emails, texts and video messages form people changing careers or starting new ones, the same advice keeps ringing true, whether you have been at this for two weeks or gasp, almost 40 years. Expanding your …
How do you know when you are in a startup if the marketplace is telling you that you need to adjust, and how do you keep a business going when you start to hear the siren song of chasing a different direction, especially in challenging financial times. We talked to three smart company leaders about …
While the nexus of going to Los Angeles this week was for the CAA World Congress of Sport, the reality…one which I am continuing to realize is a sad reality…is that the real learnings occur far away from the stage for the most part. What the value is resides well outside the room with the …
Sports, at its core, is often viewed as a transactional business, a zero-sum game. After all, if you leave it for what it is, the score is there when the game ends. Somebody wins, somebody loses. However, the business that surrounds that score, that result, by those who actually play, is much more fluid. The …
Last week we reached out to quite a few teams, leagues and brands to ask about their potential April Fools Day plans. After all for decades creative and entrepreneurial folks have taken advantage to out one over on a passionate public (here is a look at some from recent years), so this year should have …
We are always looking for the biggest bang, the most impactful, the largest voice, but many times we forget that the very targeted success is the way we are judged. Let’s call it the audience of one. I was reminded of the value of one to one a few times in the past few weeks. …
