If you are a basketball lover then you have to know the name Mark Cuban. It is a name that resonates with the NBA as he is one of the most recognized franchise owners, someone who cares about the well being of his players and organization, an extremely dynamic individual, and all around great business…
Archive | October, 2009
Interview with NY Times Sports Editor Tom Jolly
I had the pleasure to meet up with Tom Jolly who is senior editor of the NY Times sports section. Needless to say, the NY Times is a huge publication. Funny enough though, they have seen massive growth with their online presence and are starting to see more readers online than offline (more details about…
Kelly Perdew on Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports is a huge business right now, wouldn’t you agree? Although I am not a fantasy sports player, I know how important it is, and how it has changed not only the way fans interact with their favorite team, but how they now interact with all of the teams in various leagues. Kelly Perdew…
Top 100 Ways to Build Your Sports Career Using Social Media
Though I am already lucky enough to have a job in sports that I love, I never stop trying to accumulate industry knowledge or competitive intelligence, if you will. Below are the top 100 ways I’ve found and/or witnessed others using to help further develop their career in sports. The first 90 have are all…
Top 100 Pieces of Advice for Sports Ticket Sales Reps
1. Ask yourself, “Why do I want to be in sports ticket sales?” If it’s because you’ve always wanted to work for a sports team, consider that you may have wanted the job for the wrong reasons. 2. Be in love with success as much as you are in love with the job. Don’t take…
100 Reasons You’re Still Searching For Sponsors in Sports
Things have to get better than this year right? The best part about 2009 is that it has re-focused both buyers and sellers on what really matters in sponsorship. Marketers are creating leaner, more effective sponsorship portfolios and properties (“sellers”) have been forced by the competitive environment to take an honest look at their sales…
Sports and Social Media with Jason Peck
Jason Peck is one of the O.G. bloggers who covered sports and social media. Anything athletes, teams, sports professionals and other sports organizations were doing online, Jason was covering. He is someone who inspired me to share my own thoughts about a growing passion of mine over the last year. And a few of his…
How Athletes are Emotionally Abusing Children
(This is another funny guest post by The Virtual Biographer™, Brad Williamson.) Let’s look back – ooooooooooh – 20 years ago when I was a fresh-faced nine year old cutie patootie… I liked: Duck Hunt New Kids On The Block Yoo-Hoo Girbaud And most of all… Nolan Ryan That dude was my personal Jesus. On…
2 Ways to Enhance Marketing for Unpopular Sports
There’s two co-workers in my office who love soccer. “That’s cute,” I like to tell them and accuse them of being unpatriotic for not liking football or America’s pastime more. But that poses the question. What if you’re trying to market soccer in America? Hockey in Texas? The WBNA anywhere? 1. Educate People About the…
How To Get A Job In Sports
There are many ways to get a job in sports, or in any industry for that matter. However, I find that there are two crucial, yet basic principles you should be doing on a regular basis to ensure your opportunities are flowing in. Check out my latest (short) video below where I talk about these…
Tiger Wood$: The Billion Dollar Man
One billion dollars. $1,000,000,000. Can you say, “Tiger, Tiger Woods, y’all?” That’s a lot of zeros for a guy who gets paid to play a game for a living. Heck, that’s a lot of zeros for a guy who gets paid to do anything for a living! According to Forbes Magazine, Tiger Woods became the…
The Top 100 Sports Tweets
I decided to make this list because it truly combines the two things I’m most passionate about: sports and social media. Plus, I got to spend a bunch of time searching through the tweets of ten of the best sports-related Twitter users. It was tough, and honestly, I could have made a list just of…