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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
With the big dollars pouring into college athletics and the brands investing the dollars looking for more ROI, Universities are on the constant look for new integration platforms that are both effective and fall within the constraints of engagement with student-athletes, especially in sports away from football and basketball. One smart and simple added value …
There are few journalists more respected in this country than Malcolm Moran, who in his most recent stops has added the title of professor to his extensive resume. Now director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University, he helps lead best practices and study of the field which as we know is ever-changing …
The phenomenon of National High School signing day took many twists and turns last week, with every school trying to use the immediacy of social media combined with some savvy and cost effective technology to try and make the day just that more special. It was not without its lighter moments, such as Penn State …
It wasn’t exactly the Chevy Guy moment from the World Series, but GMC and Chevy again found a way to extend their NFL partnership in its last year by taking the mundane afterthought, the presentation of a new vehicle to the Super Bowl MVP, and extending the shelf life of the announcement beyond the quick …
It’s not easy to cut through the clutter on Super Bowl Sunday without big bucks. However what about a brand, albeit not a consumer brand, that will have perhaps the biggest light shone on it, literally, during the game. They are not an NFL partner, not an ambush marketer, and you probably won’t hear much …
For the last several years the NFL Network and NFL Films have built “A Football Life” as their signature anthology series. From former players to coaches, owners and even teams, “A Football Life” tells the stories of some of the greatest, and most unique and sometimes tragic, personalities in the history of the NFL, all …
We all know about the “YouTube Sensations,” the seemingly unknowns who have come along to dominate the social media and pop culture world with their quirky films, unique style, and niche coverage of topics of various sizes and interests. They drive views, engage fans and get brands to lock on for endorsements. The most successful …
Joe Yanarella, a fellow 1985 Fordham University graduate, has had a 25+ year career in publishing, including stints as a sportswriter at two daily newspapers and management stops at two different print publishers. He joined Bleacher Report in 2009 as its first Editor-in-Chief, a title he still holds today as B/R has grown from start-up …
In January 2013 then Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti looked east to hire someone who could help give not just Rutgers, but college athletics business a new twist in promotion and brand activation. He brought in Lakewood BlueClaws General Manager Geoff Brown, naming him Senior Associate Athletic Director in charge of marketing. Brown, a Manasquan, …
As the fall academic calendar comes to a close, a look at three recent promos on the college side that were well done, courtesy of our friends at IMG College. Deck the Halls in Maize and Blue: Michigan: It hasn’t been the best of seasons in Ann Arbor, but the Michigan athletes had some …