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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
A few weeks ago our class served as a good reminder for what communicative storytelling for a team was all about, and how it has evolved over the years. The team PR person serves many masters, all of whom want control of two key areas… Access and Information Balancing access with information so that the …
A Shootout Lost To History: The Great Alaska Shootout was once the premier preseason college basketball tournament. Alas it was lost to history, warm weather and lots of empty ballrooms with 50 people in them disguised as college basketball facilities. I was reminded of the beauty of the Shootout by my Fordham classmate Jim Johnson …
A while ago we got a great response about our talk to former Navy SEALS and Special Forces leaders on how to build one’s voice and amplify what they have done as leaders into the workplace as they reach their next step in life away from the rigors, and the secrecy, of their heroic work for their …
A busy few days in San Diego for NWSL Championship…some thoughts and observations form the road… NIKE with a submission as stunt. It’s a great play for a partner looking to draw some ancillary buzz…with no downside. Nike last week “announced” they were submitting the NWSL in the “Best Drama” category for the Golden Globe …
It’s been another great beginning to the week, and to the month. There are so many little tidbits we have picked up as we wandered around New York this week. Some good points to take a look at. Cobiotics: We see commercials for probiotics to keep us healthy and balanced, do you know what cobiotics …
It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” For those who don’t know… Originally launched in Australia 17 years ago, the theme for “Movember” was to get primarily men (although women helped out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then …
Another great week in and around our business. Some notes, listens, reads and thoughts catching our attention as we head towards November. It’s always interesting to see the things that pop up which can be rounded together as we hit the 30th men’s sports equinox as well. The value of PR…to Linus…With Halloween now here, …
Nowadays, any marketing campaign worth its salt has to include an Influencer. With Taylor Swift tied up in making the flush NFL even richer, PBR went third-party retro in hosting Perez Hilton, the “original influencer,” and cross promoting with UFC Boss Dana White, for buzzy social media collaborations at the league’s second playoffs on October …
I always learn something from Peter King’s FMIA column. So much so that it usually takes me three or four times to read and digest the pieces, it’s a big meal for a little brain like me. One of the thought starters this week was his feature on Andrew Luck’s college center at Stanford, Sam …
“Time is what we want the most and use the worst.” -William Penn Often we are asked what we do for money or what we just “do.” The newsletter, this website, our Podcast, LinkedIn, Twitter etc…does someone pay you for everything? No. Much of what I do that is public facing has little to do with money, …