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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Sometimes the simplest or even most impactful, of activations are found in unique places. Case in point was this story in the New York Times last week by Amanda Rosa that talked about how community groups, restaurants and even some private citizens throughout the city were setting up used but functioning refrigerators outside on the …
In the midst of his stellar “Love Letter to Baseball” Saturday night on YES Network, Jack Curry touched on something that is another example of a potential lesson learned in fan interest and engagement that will continue to play out into the future as teams, leagues, and brands reimagine what, how and when fans can …
Monday I was asked what the difference is between the Washington NFL name change and a brand like Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben’s, and why does it seem like the spurring of the DC change had to be forced by the dollars of corporate sponsors vs realizing that the time was right to finally make …
Amidst all the announcements of cuts and downgrades from varsity status on colleges across the country…as of July 10 there were now 51 schools cutting over 182 sports that could impact thousands of student-athletes, coaches and staff…was a bit of a shining light of opportunity. Several schools had announced that sports…from soccer to squash to …
Every June and July for the past eight years I have had the great honor of teaching and learning from high school students with an interest in sports business. Between our summer program at Columbia, The School of the New York Times, and some other programs like the Manhattan Sports Business Academy, at least parts …
Make no mistake, changing the name and the brand identity of an organization; from Aunt Jemima to the Washington Redskins, is expensive and takes a great deal of time and effort to get it right. It also takes good businesses to be able to listen to the consumer over time and make decisions that can …
To use the cliché of a longtime coaching friend, the second quarter is usually one of adjustment before you regroup, reassess and take a breath at halftime. For most people the real life second quarter of 2020 was unlike no other, and as we hit halftime of the year and move into the third quarter, …
It took a while and we still haven’t seen the hard copy (or the ebook), but we are proud and happy that the third edition of “Sports Publicity” is now out and available. The updates from the the second edition which came out in 2012 are pretty vast, and we have brought a list of …
So much of the continued escalation of COVID is focused, and it seems rightfully so, on the issue of wearing a mask or not. As someone who has lost one friend to this disease, and came damn near close to losing another one, the simple issue of putting on a mask seems pretty simple. I …
When you get to spend some time speaking…and as he pointed out…listening to a future Hall of Fame manager in Joe Maddon your expectations are probably a little high. In this case, the learnings, and the expectations, exceeded even our grasp. You can hear the whole 40-minute conversation as part of the latest edition of …