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It has been a slow and steady climb back for the BP brand since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Little by little the company leadership has been working to find ways to look forward and positively to what the company has done as the images of the tragedy in the Gulf fade slowly and the brand …
This is not a countdown, it’s only my opinion. It is also a list of books that I myself read (I read over 40 by the way and skimmed about 40 more) and enjoyed that I had no professional or personal interest in (thereby Tom Penders’ Dead Coach Walking isn’t here but could be if …
He has a toughness and is of a height the casual fan can understand…he played for a mid-major program and battled his way to the NBA…he has a championship ring…he has a multinational appeal since he was not born in the U.S…he hangs with supermodels who can add to his brand value…he is already a …
It is the rarest of rare events for a sport that is cult-like across the country but forgotten in Gotham. The first full week of December every year, college football takes center stage in New York. No, it is not because of a big game…Rutgers is Pinstripe Bowl bound, Army is prepping for their Navy …
In the time since Larry Scott took over as Pac 12 Commissioner, the league has emerged as a leader and an innovator in virtually every area of the business of college athletics. League expansion, marketing to a larger fan base in the central and eastern United States, mew media deals, a strong push to have …
One of the burning questions during the NBA lockout has been, “How does hockey, or the NHL, take advantage of the casual fan during a fall of no NBA hoops?” The answer is simple, they don’t, not really. One of the biggest misconceptions is that fans will jump to another sport or activity quickly to …
In 1929, the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians came up with an innovative idea for fans to distinguish their players from one another on the field…both teams put numbers on their uniforms. The need for numbers had been tossed around before, even used in other sports and by the Indians in baseball as early …
The serial entrepreneurs behind the Sheets Energy Strip brand are no strangers to star power or the value of viral marketing. Guys like Jesse Itzler and Warren Struhl have made big bucks growing viral brands in consumer and commercial marketing for years, and are people who always seem to be ahead of the curve with …
One of the good things about not sleeping much is you get ample time to think…and usually that’s a good thing. The other night I was watching one of the “Save The Children” ads on TV and remembered when we had donated to a charity a few years ago and got in the mail a …
The gold standard by which charities are measured these days remains the pink campaigns of Breast Cancer Awareness month, led by the yeoman work of Susan G. Komen. However as we reach mid-Movember, it is worth a tip of the hat to the growing work for the “Movember” campaign, which supports cancer that strikes men, …