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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Lately we have seen any number of brands trying to weave their ways into the news of the day with varying degrees of success. Footlocker told the world none of their employees, who wear referees jerseys, were part of the replacement crews, the site Ashley Madison offered up a cash price for Tim Tebow to …
An undefeated NFL season. A perfect college football season. A tennis Grand Slam. Tiger. Michael. The Miracle On Ice. Even horse racing’s Triple Crown. All have been accomplished and celebrated time and again in American sport SINCE Carl Yastrzemski ‘s1967 season for the Boston Red Sox, the last time, until Wednesday night, that any player …
There was a time not too long ago when many thought that audio as a medium was almost dead. We live in a video world, we need to see things, no one has time to sit by a radio… Then along came podcasting, and itunes and digital audio and Sirius/XM and I Heart Radio and …
Earlier this year we noted the innovative and fun way the Chicago Fire of MLS launched their partnership with Quaker Oats…by sending media a customized media kit in the classic Quaker Oats round container. Very smart, very memorable great partnership launch between the team and the brand…one which does not do a huge amount in …
More and more it is becoming about the games. Not the ones on the field but the ones in your living room, on your handheld device, on your laptop. As marketers scramble more and more to engage young people in a setting where they congregate, they are becoming all about live gaming integration. Earlier this …
For many casual fans, sport today, like most of our world, is about the buzz, the bright lights, the big cities…action, action, action. Yet if you look at brands engaging in NFL activation as the season kicked off this week, you would be hard pressed not to see that the team in the smallest market, …
There has been a tremendous amount of hype and attention payed to high level college athletics in the last year. From conference reshuffling, to the National Championship playoff to expanded March Madness coverage and the innovation in the TV and digital space with added elements like the Pac 12 Network and the Longhorn Network, the …
As we head into the homestretch for baseball, and the kickoff of college football, another three good ideas that popped up as the week came to an end… Certain-Lee The Best Promo of the MLB Season: The San Francisco Giants keep finding ways to do it right and first with fan engagement, and now they …
Say what you want about the Olympics, The Super Bowl, even NASCAR, perhaps the largest multi-day annual experiential sports branding event kicks off Monday when the US Open starts play at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. From champagne bars to celebrities playing in sponsored events with fans to social media …
North American soccer fans are still abuzz over the amount of friendlies that took place during the summer of 2012, showing the world that the interest in high level soccer continues to rise. So the question now becomes, can American football still find its legs abroad? It is a question that has been addressed in …