News and opinions on the business side of sports
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Feb
Tweet Sometimes I end up with a bunch of random sports business thoughts or ideas running through my head, but each idea isn’t really big enough to warrant its own blog post. So, why not share some rapid-fire thoughts? Hopefully one or more of these ideas resonates and can help or inspire a reader: Leap [...]
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Feb
Tweet In the past, we used to have regular “Five for Friday” columns that featured five interesting or valuable links for the week. I’m going to start bringing this back more often with all different types of lists. Today, I’m going to highlight five excellent sports business conferences coming up in March that you should look into [...]
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Feb
Tweet In case you haven’t checked out the Event Calendar, we have another regional sports networking event scheduled for this month! The Business of Sports – Philadelphia Networking Event Tuesday, February 28 at the Field House Open networking from 6:30 to 9:00PM Free to attend, all backgrounds welcome (No resumes please!) Details and RSVP here! Our goal is [...]
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Feb
Tweet A friend of mine passed along information about a great educational program for current high-school students, done in partnership between the NFL and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s called the NFL-Wharton Prep Leadership Program and it runs from June 25 – 27. If you are a current student-athlete, this is definitely an opportunity [...]
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Feb
Tweet A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Xfinity’s Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest, where one lucky winner will receive “a one-year salary and will be responsible for tweeting from the @XFINITYSports Twitter handle on continual basis, reporting live from premier sporting events throughout 2012.” I was very excited to see that Brendan Wilhide, a past free [...]
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Feb
Tweet This Thursday night, February 16, I will be moderating a Social Media Week panel in New York called “The Interplay of Sports, Business, and Social Media.” The event starts at 6:00 PM and takes place at the Wix Lounge, 10 West 18th Street, 2nd Floor. We have a great lineup of panelists, including: Anthony Caponiti (@caponiti) [...]
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Feb
Tweet Thanks to Pinterest (just started trying it out today), I found this great infographic from ExactTarget on who won the 2012 “Social” Super Bowl. You can click here to read the original blog post. This infographic is brought to you by ExactTarget a leader in Email Marketing, and Social Media Marketing.
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Feb
Tweet With Super Bowl Sunday around the corner, now is a great time to think about some of the various sports business plots tied to the big game… – The Ratings Game: With two of the country’s top markets represented in what’s been billed as a rematch of Super Bowl 42, this year’s game is [...]
