Five For Friday – #FF Edition

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Five for Friday

In the past, we used to have regular “Five for Friday” columns that featured five interesting links for the week. I’m going to start bringing this back more often with all different types of lists. Today, in honor of Twitter’s #FF (Follow Friday) hashtag, here are five great sports business folks to follow on Twitter. [...]

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Jan

Interview with Justin Cener of Crowd Seats

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Social Media, Ticket Sales

Yesterday I sat down with Justin Cener, Founder of Crowd Seats, to discuss how sports organizations can use group-buying deal sites as part of their sales efforts and what’s unique about the Crowd Seats product compared to other options. Justin, give us a brief overview of Crowd Seats? Crowd Seats is the first and only daily [...]

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Jan

The Passing of Joe Paterno

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in General

My condolences to the Paterno family on the passing of Joe Paterno. While there is no arguing his accomplishments as a football coach, may his final legacy be allowing the world to learn from his mistakes and the mistakes of others involved so that the situation at Penn State never happens again.

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Jan

The Ultimate Sports Social Media Job with Xfinity

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Career Development, Social Media

In case you didn’t know, I’m a big social media advocate. I love what it can do for people and business alike, creating content, conversation and active communities. In turn, when I see unique opportunities and promotions based around this space, I love to share them here, which bring me to the “Ultimate Sports Social [...]

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Jan

Opportunities in CRM and Database Roles

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Career Development

My full-time roles in the sports industry have been focused on the CRM and database space, and these positions can have lots of fun and interesting responsibilities, such as: Consolidating data to build a complete picture of each fan and customer Building distinct customer segments for targeted marketing campaigns Managing digital communications using email, web, [...]

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Jan

January Networking Events

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Career Development

In case you haven’t checked out the Event Calendar, we have two more sports networking events scheduled for this month! The Business of Sports – New York Networking Event Wednesday, January 11 at Slattery’s Midtown Pub Open networking from 6:00 to 9:00PM Free to attend, all backgrounds welcome (No resumes please!) Details and RSVP here! The [...]

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Jan

The Best Route to Getting a Job in Sports

Posted by Russell Scibetti Published in Career Development, Sporting Goods and Apparel

Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Dave Fogelson. In all likelihood, people aspiring to “work in sports” are over-looking the sporting goods industry, particularly the retail end of the business, as the starting point for a career path. Retail is where people seeking entry-level jobs can find the most opportunities to apply their sports [...]

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