News and opinions on the business side of sports
29
Mar
Tweet Last week, I had the chance to attend the 2012 IMG World Congress of Sports, one of the top Sports Business Journal conferences of the year. I tried to take as many notes as I could from each panel, so here are some of the key questions and insights that were discussed. Rapid-Fire Roundtable: [...]
15
Mar
Tweet Last night I received the following email which featured an interesting sales tactic. All identifying marks have been removed (substitute content in bold): Russell, I’m not sure if you’re a basketball fan, but the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament starts tomorrow and I thought it might be fun to start a bracket pool. We’ll be [...]
14
Mar
Tweet 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. Since I seem to be venting about pet-peeves lately (see my recent LinkedIn post), I thought I’d go back [...]
9
Mar
Tweet In today’s “Five for Friday” , I’m going to highlight five current sports business job openings that focus on the CRM, database and analytical opportunities in the industry: CRM Coordinator – Columbus Blue Jackets - A great way to break into a CRM role with a professional team. I know the systems they have in place and [...]
8
Mar
Tweet Last year I had an amazing opportunity to travel to Barcelona to attend the Global Sports Forum, but flying across the Atlantic isn’t convenient for most people. So luckily for us, many sessions of this year’s conference are being streamed live! Currently (~9AM EST), Laird Hamilton is on stage doing a one-on-one interview, and [...]
5
Mar
Tweet I originally posted this on my personal blog at russellscibetti.com (still very much a work in progress), but because of how useful LinkedIn can be to connecting with others working in the industry, I thought it would be helpful to post it here as well. ———- One of my biggest networking pet peeves is [...]
