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It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” is to get primarily men (although women can help out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then gain dollars through pledges for …
We wanted to learn even more about sports business in China, so back we go to Mark Dreyer, a longtime media member with UK and Canadian roots who recently launched a great site, China Sports Insider. Here we talk about new faces, new places and new business names you may not know a lot about, …
For thousands of years the west has had a mystical fixation on Asia; now the digital world has brought us closer together than ever before, but the sports business world is still a fluid and evolving mystery to many. With that in mind, we connected with Mark Dreyer, a longtime media member with UK and …
Broadcast ads are typically longer than 15 seconds, but as viewing shifts online, where people are skipping or blocking ads, advertisers and media companies have experimented with new ad formats and strategies. This has even come up more and more in live sports, which for years many saw as DVR proof. However now as we …
There continues to be such hype and talk in sports, team sports in the US, about second screen usage, OTT, added content, driving engaged viewers to engage in conversations around the live event. However at the same time brands and networks are still tied to the ever shrinking and elusive rating as the benchmark for …
Sometimes it seems like the changes come first up north. In 2003 the Toronto Maple Leafs shocked the sports and media world by breaking news on their website first about the firing of a coach. The amount of coverage the team received by bypassing the traditional set off alarms across the media landscape. Alarms for …
When the NBA first announced they would go the patch route, there was a lot of speculation over the who and the what and the how on the program. Added value to big partners? Brands buying in on multiple teams? Maybe one national sponsor? Would anyone take the bait and at what price? As we …
Teams are constantly on the lookout for added value that their fans really crave. Yes we love swag; bobbleheads and water bottles, tshirts and towels, and the quest for added enhancements has led to all kinds of improvements in stadium food as well, but how about an enhancement that goes way beyond the traditional. Sunday …
It’s corn maze season again, so sports marketers get moving. It used to be a simple act of passage for families every fall. A local farm would carve a simple maze into its now depleted cornfield and charge a few bucks for kids to roam around for a few hours, then have some cider and …
It has been another interesting few weeks of attending events learning and listening between all the day to day activity. Through all that there were some great tidbits to share from the bigger successful minds that wandered in and out of meetings, media events and get togethers…Here’s some of the best to ponder on the …