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We use the word iconic sometimes like we do the word hello. At every turn it’s too easy a word to throw around, when in reality must things we refer to as Iconic are not really worthy of that high level of praise or individuality. Icons should be rare air for all of us. That …
So there I was talking to my colleague Keith Green’s class at Montclair State University and I look down and in the front row is a young student wearing Crocs…filled with what I thought were pins of various caricatures, sizes and shapes. There is my introduction to Jibbitz, the Crocs-specific charms which have been around …
In the very fluid job market we are in, we constantly hear from people looking to transition, or forced to transition, or just wondering if there can be something better for their career. I always take the calls, the emails, the text the notes because I have been there more than a few times, and …
Like everything else this past week, Radio Row…there is a rumor that name may change next year… in Las Vegas seemed to be bigger, busier and had more life than quite some time. The entourages for the obscure were bigger, the amount of outlets were bigger, the buzz was louder. Maybe it was because it …
We have written about those first mover jobs to look for in the past…from Director of Gaming to Head of Health and Safety and so on. A few recent articles, and lots of talk, have led us to the next one that we will see teams and leagues start to look for; VP of Artificial …
Last week at the Stanford Sports Business Conference several senior media executives talked about the explosive initiatives tied to sports documentaries and series tied to teams and leagues and athletes. At one point it was mentioned that Netflix had at least 15 in various stages from various sports around the world, while leadership from the …
In a time when cause marketing is even more on the minds of young consumers, and as Super Bowl approaches, time to give a best practice shootout to a very simple idea that ties both together, and can help, with a simple act, move mountains. It is the Souper Bowl of Caring, which was once a one …
One of my favorite films will and always will be ‘Almost Famous,’ Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical homage to the growth of a young journalist, William Miller, and the people that he meets and covers one magical summer during high school. One of the key characters is Penny Lane, the ‘Bandaid’ played by Kate Hudson. In one …
“We are tapping into a narrative that doesn’t involve gender.” Colie Edison, Chief Growth Officer at the WNBA Amen. There is so much anecdotal and factual evidence of the growth of sports played by women…the Caitlin Clark phenomenon with Iowa, large scale numbers in record for soccer, volleyball and now women’s hockey, attendance and ratings …
We have talked about the idea of “permanent emergent” before. Those brands, genres, even sports, that always seem to be on the cusp of, but not yet ready to, break through. Buzzworthy always, substance filled, not yet. CBD in sports is one of those topics. Like sports gambling crypto, gaming, hard liquor and others, branding …
