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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
There has been so much debate over the use of athlete likeness for commercial purposes in the past few months, and the debate, along with the state declarations of support with laws that will support, are going to go on for some time. Much of the focus still remains with big time, big exposure schools …
In the past few years MLB has held a weekend where players can express themselves with self designed cleats and other pieces of equipment, much of which is tied to cause. The NFL has selected one weekend every season for the popular “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign, which raises thousands of dollars for the cause …
This hasn’t been the best week to talk about all the positive aspects sport can have on society. We had the issues with the NBA in China, the always engaged issues with Enes Kanter and the Turkish government, and even the always simmering controversy around Colin Kaepernick and whether or not NFL teams will still …
A lot of people comment that it seems like I am “everywhere,” when in reality I don’t travel as much as I used to, although being in the New York area has its advantages for quick meetings, coffees and catch ups. One skill that we are always working on, in addition to listening, is time …
Every mid September one of the treats in this business is attending the Gamechangers Summit, the annual gathering of the sports business community which triumphs the achievements of women leaders in sports business. While this event continues to evolve and grow, and it is a place where we see so many different faces, my hope …
An interesting question came up in our class at Columbia on Thursday, which has a great mix of students from around the globe in it. If you are working in the communications and marketing offices at the NBA in New York and China and you are following the FIBA World Cup and seeing the U.S. …
This week the NFL announced a wide ranging partnership with TicToc to engage more with a younger demo on the fast growing platform. Great news as we get closer to kickoff weekend. What is disappointing still is that many of the NFL’s most addressable faces and impactful individuals; head coaches, remain a vanishing breed on …
Last week as we did new student orientation at Columbia, we were asked what topics we were watching closely this fall; my answer was, and continues to be STEM and healthy lifestyle and its new nosiness opportunities. In that second category is the fast growing issue of clean water, both in developing countries and in …
Earlier this week ESPN posted a piece on the storytelling behind the scenes of the US Open, a great look see into telling a story behind the story, documented by comms veteran Dave Nagle. It reminded me of the way ESPN tells stories about the stories, which Chris LaPlaca has called 360 degree communications. It …
I got to know Noah Rubin as he rose up the tennis ranks, won Junior Wimbledon, spent time training at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, had an outstanding year at Wake Forrest University and then turned pro. And while I have followed Noah from a distance, I had forgotten the impact he was having, not …