JoeFavorito.com
SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
This past week I experienced a little bit of confusion, as an old firend I had not seen in over a year wasn;t sure whether us vaccinated people could hug, shake hands, high five or just stick with the fist bump. We went the hug and handshake route. I was again reminded of the amount …
With every passing toe dip we see how the “alternative broadcast” keeps resonating more and more with an audience that is made up of casual fans, who want to watch a game not from an angle dictated by the broadcaster, but one that contains content, style and other elements that makes them feel engaged, comfortable …
We all know how fast the digital/social business is evolving. Platforms go up and down, features change, buzz drives interest and on and on and on. We were lucky enough recently to spend time with Omar Raja, who is now working at ESPN driving their social and digital strategy and engagement is probably best known …
A few weeks ago we wrote about the growing role of Director of Fan Confidence for professional sports teams, the person who is overseeing not just how clean a facility is, but how comfortable fans believe they are when returning to a venue. While teams keep pushing for faster lines, cleaner and safer bathrooms, contactless …
We are back into the season where promotions at games will begin in earnest. Will they change? What will be new? When is the first digital sock giveaway? One promotion which ties to cause has started to sprout up (pun intended) from both sides of the country…one started to grow before the pandemic (pun again), …
There they were on the wine store floor, one endcap with a gin endorsed by Snoop Dog and another with 19 Crimes, a fast growing Australian brand. If you drink it it seems, Snoop is there for you. I mentioned it to the younger couple in front of me and got an answer I didn’t …
We have always heard about how much sports and the passions around the games we love to watch and play can drive people to aspire higher. However the rigors of the day to day side of sports rarely allows for interaction amongst leagues and teams. It happens in cities from time to time, the players …
In sports the idea of “being there” when “it” happened has kind of been lost in the past year. I was reminded of that this week when I saw the Drexel Men’s Basketball team make March Madness for the first time in 25 years. The game was played in an empty gym at James Madison …
Anyone remember POG’s? They were, for a very short time, the early 90’s version of hot collectable. Cardboard tokens that stood for “Passion fruit, Orange and Guava” they popped up everywhere, including in sports, as the next must have, in the line of Beanie Babies Pokémon cards and the like. They were literally at one …
It will be a year this coming week, the last time was actually in an arena for a game. It was actually two in one day, the Capital City GoGo of the NBA GLeague in the afternoon, the Washington Capitals at night as part of a trip to Washington. I know becuase I still have …