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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We take a departure from the sports banter for a bit to reflect on the recent anniversary of passing of Steve Jobs, linked some recent stories about corporations losing their vision for creativity and engagement with the consumer. I did not know Mr. Jobs, I bought his products and loved his vision. His death was …
It came up on every panel at the NeuLion Sports Media Technology Conference in Manhattan Beach, California last week, despite the fact that the conference, and the leadership in the industry, is all abuzz about new ways to engage, the mobile space, on-demand audio, social engagement and streaming. Yet there it was, as old school …
The morning news source for millennials for some time now has been The Skimm. Quick, cheeky, fast hitting soundbites with links to the four or five news topics of the day, delivered five days a week in a very brief, no-nonsense email designed to set those of a certain age out the door with all …
September is Children’s Cancer Awareness Month, and as it comes to an end we wanted to point out one of the smartest, simplest and fin events that crosses generations, and is ripe for a bigger play and some great brand participation as it grows; Jam Kancer In The Kan. Ever play or see KanJam? If …
If your name is Veeck, you must work in baseball right? After all that’s what your family does, from legendary grandfather/owner Bill to father of all things innovative Mike, there is no other first family of the game then the Veeck family. So enter in William “Night Train” Veeck, the Chicago White Sox Manager of …
This week as the NFL kicks off, millions of fans across America will be engaged in ways big and small. Football, and the NFL especially, has become a cultural phenomenon beyond anything the original founding teams could have envisioned. As a global property, especially on Europe, the NFL continues to find its way, and no …
Sometimes it’s the simplest of idea, the chanciest of meetings, that lead to a Eureka moment that can help many. Here is a great example of what a young boy on the mend and an NFL players can do together to help others. In September 2014, Michael Siroty, then nine years old, tore his meniscus …
A brief digression from best practices of others for a moment. This past weekend we had a discussion after some media members were complaining about the lack of a clean wireless signal in a large stadium during a pregame press event. It followed complaints I heard from students on college campuses about the inability to …
Sometimes when you are the biggest and in many ways the most influential it’s easy to rest on ones laurels. However if you are the Dallas Cowboys, as successful a brand as there is in sports regardless of position on the field, you seem to always find ways to stay on top of the business …
They have never been the quickest to adjust to new thinking the NCAA. At the NACDA/CoSIDA Convention in Dallas in June, school PR heads were still fitting and hawing over “internet media” and who and how they should credential for games bug and small. Instead of aggressively embracing, there was still a wide gap as …