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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We have written several times on storytelling and its continued value in all forms; knowing who you are, what you do and being able to communicate that fact simply and succinctly in a world of white noise is more valuable today than ever before. Lots of screaming going on, but when you listen, what are …
Fanatics has built a business on being the go to place for fandom of all shapes and sizes, and there is no doubt they have become all things to their partners, their causes, and those looking for everything from merchandise to memorabilia. It’s not easy being everything to every fan, but they try. It is …
It’s Mid-August and while you are tooling around or on vacation, how about some good listens in less than an hour. Some great learnings here for all. Enjoy. You can catch all of our previous podcasts here. “Fortifying” Sponsorships: We are just off the Olympics and we saw all the brand activation, but how does …
For six years I taught a summer high school course at Columbia, and followed it up with three years at The School of the New York Times when they launched their summer learning series. It was a glorious grind that kept my summers at bay until the beginning of August each year, but it was …
Recently I was looking back in my card collection, binders and all, to find a card of a colleague I recently formally met, former Royals infielder Buddy Biancalana. I went to my binders, there are at least seven which we organized by year and team several years ago, and to my dismay did not have …
It’s the middle of the summer and the Olympics are here obviously…so three different listens worth your time…on a unique hoops pipeline…the change from a car to a mobility company…and what its like to be an athlete from Guam…You can hear all of our episodes here as well. The Road to The NBA Front Office …
It was a busy three days in and around Kansas and Missouri this past week, all without actually venturing into the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, which I am looking forward to on a later trip this fall. Still even with touching the fringes of KC, there were a ton of best practices and learnings, …
There is nothing like Spring Training in baseball. Fans flock to two central locales, Florida and Arizona, to escape the winter blues, look ahead to warmer weather and watch baseball games that don’t count in the standings. If you time things right, you can see a dozen teams in just a few days, all part …
This happens from time to time in cyclical worlds, be they sports, entertainment or even education. You get to a point of rinse and repeat, hopefully taking the best practices of years past and reframing so that the core messages or best practices stay consistent and true, while the anecdotes, even the best ones, get …
We are still in the infancy…no pun intended…of the growth of athletes who happen to be women being fully accepted, championed, and mainstreamed into the media and the brand activation side of sports. Data is growing, coverage is increasing, numbers are rising, crossover is expanding, but we still take steps forward in slow but important …
