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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
As any team, league or brand looks to grow audience, it is sometimes pretty easy to forget about the core; the supporters that got you to a certain level. Sustain you through the hard times and most importantly, stay brand loyal and engaged virtually 24/7. Chasing the shiny toy, the new social platform, or the …
Monster Energy’s marketing does not involve splashy TV campaigns, giant billboards or Super Bowl halftime shows. The brand lets its spokespeople carry the water – er, supercharged caffeinated energy drink. Extreme sports is central to that approach. As Monster says on its web site, “We choose to support the scene and our athletes. Who dreams …
On a Friday morning a few weeks ago on the third floor of a pretty deserted mall in downtown Las Vegas we got to see a bit of the future; the future of scalable and engaged eSports, the future of how the distressed mall business in America may find a way to revamp as it …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann. You can also listen to our eSports podcast here. Also there are many links worthwhile, as part of this little eSports education… If the last couple of months have made one thing clear to us, it’s that eSports are here to stay in some growing way …
With the Kentucky Derby running this weekend, and the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, one sports story has quietly also been gaining ground. and finding its niche through a growing list of creative partnerships worth nothing. The Professional Bull riders, or PBR, off to the best in its history, is now producing major …
American Pharoah captured the imagination of the sports world when Espinoza rode the Bob Baffert-trained/Zayat Stable-owned three-year-old colt to rousing victories in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes to become the first Triple Crown king since 1978 when Affirmed and jockey Steve Cauthen turned the “hat trick.” American Pharoah became the 12th Triple Crown …
So with American Pharoah’s run into the history books now complete, what’s next for horse racing in the United States? How does an industry slow on the uptake capture and expand what could be next? Are there brands like Monster Energy, Draft Kings and Wheels Up…or even Burger King…that entered the racing picture Saturday at …