In his April 2015 Media Post, Marketing: Sports column, SLRG’s Jon Last speaks to the huge opportunities in marketing sports related travel and ways in which those promoting it can resonate with this lucrative target. Last week, hundreds of thousands of Americans hit the road for three of the most iconic events on the sports […]
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Golf Inc. – 2014: Mega-deal year
Golf, Inc’s coverage of a trend towards large scale golf course acquisitions includes a quote from SLRG President Jon Last.
Read More »Don’t Try To Turn An Aircraft Carrier On A Dime
In his March 2015 Marketing: Sports posting, SLRG President Jon Last speaks to the limitations of trying to drastically reposition a brand through sports and advocates on how good research can prevent such costly errors. Amidst marketers’ continued obsession over everything Millennial, I’ve seen a number of brands looking to find lightning in a bottle […]
Read More »Don’t Try To Turn An Aircraft Carrier On A Dime
In his March 2015 Marketing: Sports posting, SLRG President Jon Last speaks to the limitations of trying to drastically reposition a brand through sports and advocates on how good research can prevent such costly errors. Amidst marketers’ continued obsession over everything Millennial, I’ve seen a number of brands looking to find lightning in a […]
Read More »Sports Travel Marketing Trends and Implications
SLRG President Jon Last addressed members of the Travel and Tourism Research Association on February 25, 2015 regarding trends and strategies impacting the marketing of sports related travel.
PGA Tour Courts Millennials on YouTube
In his February 21 Golf Business column, The Wall Street Journal’s John Paul Newport assesses the impact of the PGA TOUR’s new Skratch TV initiative, with comments from Sports and Leisure Research Group President Jon Last.
Read More »Under Armour Lands ‘The Greatest,’ Signs Muhammad Ali
SLRG President Jon Last offers thoughts on the intriguing marriage of Under Armour and Muhammad Ali in a provocative Marketing Daily Piece By Sarah Mahoney Just days after launching its first basketball shoe with NBA superstar Stephen Curry, Under Armour has taken its game to the pantheon, signing boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The Baltimore-based sporting […]
Read More »February 2015
A Renewed Focus On “Connection Planning”
In his February, 2015 column, SLRG’s Last reflects on how recent activation by leading sports properties, effectively illustrates some of the basic tenets of the “connection planning” discipline. Every industry has buzzwords, though it has often struck me that sports, marketing and advertising over-index for the phenomenon. Since we live in a world where “internet […]
Read More »Will The NFL Ever Shake Its Domestic Violence Image?
Marketing Daily’s coverage of Super Bowl advertising, contemplates the NFL’s domestic violence awareness PSA to run during the first quarter of the 2015 game. SLRG President Jon Last weighs in with his thoughts on the potential impact of the spot. By Sarah Mahoney The National Football League is hoping that a startling new PSA, set […]
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