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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We use the word iconic sometimes like we do the word hello. At every turn it’s too easy a word to throw around, when in reality must things we refer to as Iconic are not really worthy of that high level of praise or individuality. Icons should be rare air for all of us. Walking around …
If you work in and around communications in sports in North America, this is a week you should hopefully love, but you may hate. The convergence of winter team sports tied with mega events like The Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics make this a mad scramble for those looking to cut through clutter and …
A while ago Dr. Harvey Schiller was talking about how the most successful business grow. The people at the top do drive culture and results, but sometimes even more important was the ability to be selfless and let the success speak for itself. There is a big difference between ROI…what we know as Return on …
I went to an early mass at our parish, St. John the Baptist in Hillsdale, NJ, and I am always interested and intrigued to what our pastor, Monsignor Peter Smutelovic, has in store for his homily. This week he talked a great deal about the faith that athletes exhibit, particularly the infectious enthisiasm Indana quarterback Fernando …
Earler this year I was catching up with my colleague Terry Lyons on ideas big and small, and we turned to the ideas of what needs to be brought to the table when trying to take a spark of an idea and make it bloom in a time challenged world. Like the book I was reading by …
Just some quick notes on the week…actually 10 days…that was as we work through MLK Weekend. My buddy Dave Siroty and I squeezed a heck of a lot of learnings into what was essentially a three mile radius of Upper Manhattan on Saturday, but before that, I should mention that our idea for our Saturday …
The pulpit, be it on a mobile device, in front of a microphone or talking to friends and family is such a powerful position. You have the ability, large or small to speak and drive everything from public opinion to what your family is eating for dinner. However, do we use it correctly? In our …
It’s that time of year for sports fans in New York. No, not NFL Playoff time sadly, it’s the weekend when the PBR arrives at MSG. There are few sports promotions that find their way into what some may see as misfit as the PBR does when it comes to New York. If you watched …
There he was again, finding a way to insert into a narrative tell a story, remind us how to enjoy the sometimes mundane act of watching an early January hoops game while a legendary coach gets…tossed out? Snoop Dogg does it again. If you haven’t watched or listened to his call as the Warriors Steve …
There is a senior executive I know who constantly reminds his communications person that he needs deals, not more friends. As we start a new year and I think back on all the new people I met this year, I find that very sad. I was having lunch and then some calls with colleagues who …
