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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Two years ago we were lucky to have the folks from Octagon in to talk about athlete storytelling. There were lots of great best practices, but one thing stood out: the story that Octagon got the most responses from on LinkedIn was not something about Michael Phelps and his latest deal, or a new project …
The social space has never been more important for every aspect of sports business, especially if you are a team, a league or a brand and crave that efficient and authentic direct to consumer engagement. It can be fickle, elusive, sometimes frustrating and difficult to measure and quantify, but it is the way to stay …
As we get to year end, we wanted to take a look back at some of the amazing guests we have had on the Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in recent weeks. Myself and my cohost Tom Richardson just passed our two year anniversary hosting the show from various …
Last week in our class at Columbia Octagon’s communications duo of Lauren Tietjen and Alyssa Romano covered a wide range of subjects on proactive storytelling. However one thing stood out: the story that Octagon got the most responses from on LinkedIn was not something about Michael Phelps and his latest deal, or a new project …
There it was on the side of a phone kiosk in midtown Manhattan this week, a large picture of Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps. Another ad for Speedo or Subway or Under Armour, as we are starting to head into a Summer Olympics cycle again. Nope. It was for a medical services company named Talkspace, …
We often talk about the value of showing up, and on Monday, a great example of what happens when you show up for an opportunity got to walk in the Commencement ceremony at Columbia University. Four years ago, we ran into Andrew Hawkins, just getting his career going in the NFL, when he was on …
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 …