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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We know how global the sports landscape has become, and how the digital world has made connecting across worlds to be so much easier. Then you factor in the element of being able to build brand, storytell and merchandise success in a very cost efficient way, and suddenly a whole world of entrepreneurial opens up. …
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 …
It’s never easy for new brands to find their niche on limited budgets, but Australia’s Four’N Twenty Beef Pies found a window and delivered in of all places, Philadelphia, with the 76ers last month. Haven’t yet heard of the brand? Here’s a little primer. The Four’N Twenty legend began in 1947, in a country town …
I admit it, I love reading AARP Magazine. It has the largest circulation of any publication in North America, yet people snicker. Not an edition goes by where I am not learning something from those older: Martin Short and Billy Joel, Tom Selleck and Robin Roberts. On and on and on. Smart short, sensible points …
All I was doing was cleaning out my bag. That’s it. There I had collected ticket stubs from the last six or eight months from everything from Off Broadway shows to Minor League Baseball to Army Navy football to soccer to college basketball. A nice pile that I keep in a small book. Each gives …
The issue and opportunity around widespread and consistent coverage around women’s sports is one that continues to perplex many. The data of the growth not just of women and girls engaged in sports, but in the buying and decision power around the female demo, as well as the ever-growing rise in engagement in all aspects …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. With NBA in full bloom, Super Bowl week here, and digital disruption always in the mix, we selected three that play to that group. These were again compiled by colleague Jessie Leeds Grant… …
We start the year reviewing more of our Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. I and my cohost Tom Richardson just passed our two year anniversary hosting the show from various and sundry places in and around Manhattan, and have tried to come up with …
Another trio of good guests on the Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. Myself and my cohost Tom Richardson just passed our two year anniversary hosting the show from various and sundry places in and around Manhattan, and have tried to come up with a …
The following originally ran on Portada… The idea of “honoring Latino culture” in professional sports has come a long way from slapping Los on a jersey and bringing in a Mariachi band. While many teams still struggle to figure out exactly how to engage and bring in brands, or as one executive said, identify what exactly …