It’s one of the most frustrating things about sports… highly-paid players who don’t get the job done. Who hasn’t thought after a loss ‘I think our team could have played harder’ or ‘if only that player hadn’t given up in the 4th quarter.’ Well, a group of fans in England are going to be reimbursed [...]

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As time goes on, there is more and more content buried deep in the archives of this blog, so every now and then, I like to reach into “the vault” and revisit an old post. This article was originally published exactly one year ago and discusses how to leverage the holiday season to boost sales.
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Here are the three winners from last week’s book giveaway contest!

From the Twitter Re-tweets: Forechecker
From the Blog Comments: Ilana
From the Facebook Fan Page: Laura High

Congratulations to each of our winners. Please use the Contact Us page to send me your mailing address so I can send you each a copy of Donald Dell’s latest book, “Never [...]

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Normally, I don’t like talking about events that take place on the field, but today I’m going to make an exception. On Wednesday night, a World Cup qualifying soccer match was decided by one person who made a mistake that was easily identifiable by a simple video replay. However, because the sport was dependent on [...]

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Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament this past Sunday when she outlasted Paula Creamer to claim the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was shocked to read in subsequent news articles that she is only 20 years old. She fell out of the limelight so long [...]

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Today we have a special guest post and contest for everyone. Donald Dell, Founder of ProServ and President of Blue Entertainment Sports Television (BEST) recently released his new book, “Never Make the First Offer (Except When You Should) – Wisdom from a Master Dealmaker.” You can learn more about the book and watch video clips [...]

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The 11th Annual FSA Sports Media & Technology conference, hosted by the Sports Business Journal, is taking place today and tomorrow in New York City. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend this conference, but on the bright side, a lot of the conference attendees are sharing some of the best ideas and comments through [...]

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Today’s post is courtesy of Amanda Miller, who has contributed to the blog in the past and will be a regular contributor moving forward. You can read her full bio here.
If the only sports radio you listen to is ‘Jim Rome is Burning,’ you might think professional soccer in the United States is hearing its [...]

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First off, I need to congratulate the New York Yankees on their 27th World Series championship (I will admit, I am a Yankees fan, but I always try to keep my views here neutral and unbiased). Anyway, with their victory, I was thinking about what type of economic impact there will be from their 27th [...]

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I think most people have probably seen this already, but just in case, I’m going to share it here as well. Macy’s made a little mistake with an advertisement they ran in Monday’s Philadelphia Enquirer. Take a look (thanks to the AZCentral.com FanBoy Blog for the photo).

In case you weren’t following baseball, the Phillies are [...]

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