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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
It was a busy three days in and around Kansas and Missouri this past week, all without actually venturing into the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, which I am looking forward to on a later trip this fall. Still even with touching the fringes of KC, there were a ton of best practices and learnings, …
Say what you want about Major League Soccer and where it sits in the lexicon of professional sports in North America or where it sits as an established and viable entity in the global game, but there is no doubt that progress continues to be made as a brand. The latest step will take place …
Minor league hockey usually doesn’t get the credit for being innovative and effective promoters much like their baseball brethren are. Occasionally a crazy jersey promotion pops up, or something edgy around a controversial celebrity, but by and large they probably don’t get the credit they probably deserve. Maybe it’s because there are too many things …
This past Saturday, as the first place Red Bulls battled Sporting Kansas City in a key Major League Soccer matchup in the Midwest, a packed house at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium on Long Island, NY helped the New York Cosmos usher in a new era, in a league that has the same name as their …
Maybe its because it is a mix of students and global sports executives from all areas of business, maybe its because the setting is a college campus, maybe its because the combination of those two give the speakers a chance to be a little more loose and free thinking with ideas, but for the seventh …
As we reach Selection Sunday and heading to daylight savings, some thoughts on a few innovative ideas that have come about… New York Life Goes OT: A few years ago the Foxwoods Casino and Resort came up with an innovative takeover of Knicks games, sponsoring the last five minutes of the fourth quarter with extra …
A few years ago the new owners of the Miami Dolphins were met with a skeptical eye when they effectively came up with a creative and short term naming rights solution for their oft-confused stadium. Land Shark Stadium, part inspired by a minority investor (Jimmy Buffett) became the temporary name of the home of the …
