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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
If you hear about something randomly (and listening again is so key) maybe it’s a random thought. If you hear about something three times maybe its becoming something buzzworthy…if you hear about something four or five times…and once is from the pulpit…maybe it is really a thing. Case in point is letterwriting, its value, and …
There is so much talk about streaming and the value of personalized channels can bring to hand casual and diehards a point of view as to how they want to engage in the live coverage of their favorite sporting events. We keep seeing the expansion of Twitch and its competitors into sports deals with teams, leagues …
While we try to keep an eye on the future while being in the present, it is nice to lean forward and see opportunities yet to move into the sports. Media and entertainment world that are bubbling up elsewhere, and as they become opportunities to marshal profit and engagement, could soon make the jump. Two …
It is still there. And today it is more relevant than ever before…especially since World Suicide Prevention Day is this month. There it was on the side of a phone kiosk in midtown Manhattan two years ago, a large picture of Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps. Another ad for Speedo or Subway or Under Armour, as …
This past week former New York Mets catcher John Stearns passed away after a long battle with cancer, and it served again as a reminder the value that Old Timers Day’s, alumni weekends, and various other gatherings can serve to rekindle storytelling, build fan equity, and even connect a current generation to one prior. The …
On the last Friday of July for a few hours we went fishing in Atlantic City. Not out in the water, but at the Atlantic City Convention Center. We went to check out the National Sports Collectors Convention, a massive treasure trove of memorabilia new, unique and pretty much what you would expect. So what …
Our student from Elon University, Noah Zaret, continues to go back and break down some of the best episodes of the CUSP Show, the Columbia University Sports Podcast. This time we talk Olympics, women’s sports and India with Neha Aggarwal, the business of the WNBA, MLS and more with Amy Scheer, and the Savannah Bananas …
We are lucky to have a student from Elon University, Noah Zaret, working with us this summer. We have asked Noah to go back and break down some of the best episodes of the CUSP Show, the Columbia University Sports Podcast. This time we selected three hot takes…NFT’s, global soccer and the marketing of the …
This past week I was watching CBS Sunday when a story on the band Toto came on. Here is another of those iconic rock bands of decades ago still singing those songs for an audience that loves their sound. However it was not the idea of the vintage rockers that caught me, it was their …
There is no doubt that the Cannabis/CBD business is slowly, steadily finding its way into the mainstream, and that of course includes the billion dollar business of sports. The latest and loudest salvo was fired early last week, when Major League Baseball and its teams opened up the door to do business with CBD brands, …