Guests: Casa de Campo Resort and Villas’ Gilles Gagnon, golf director emeritus, and Jason Kycek, director of sales and chief marketing officer. Description: For 50 years, Casa de Campo Resort and Villas in La Romana, Dominican Republic, has been an innovative resort that continues to break new ground in the Caribbean. Gagnon and Kycek unpack the impetus […]
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Clutter has become a bit of a double-edged sword in sports marketing. On the positive side, the proliferation of innovative new promotional inventory has opened up sponsorship to a deeper array of brands across a wide swath of categories and investment levels. Still, all this variety behooves brands to be more creative in developing activations […]
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On this episode, Jon Last, President of Sports and Leisure Research Group, is joined by Nancy Smith, President & CEO of Analytic Partners. Dive into the evolution of analytics and how companies can make smarter, quicker decisions in a competitive landscape. Discover the concept of ‘commercial analytics’, the impact of rapid technological advancements, and how […]
Read More » Guest: Jon Schultz, founder, EZLocator. Description: Jon Schultz and his company, EZLocator, are making it easier for golf course superintendents to automate hole location selection. The process helps preserve the health of the greens and enhance the player experience. Schultz joins Sports and Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein for a candid and insightful look at how […]
Read More » Unlock the secrets of the evolving media landscape! Join our host, Jon Last, President of Sports and Leisure Research Group, and his guest, Helen Katz, EVP of Research at Publicis Media, as she delves into transformative changes in media and advertising. Discover how identity solutions and first-party data drive more effective targeting, understand the complexity […]
Read More » Discover the transformative power of behavioral data and customer centricity in this episode of MRII’s Insights and Innovators podcast, hosted by Jon Last, President of Sports and Leisure Research Group. Join a thought-provoking conversation with Pete Fader, a pioneer in customer lifetime value analytics and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School. Explore what drives […]
Read More » It’s August — a time when the sports media vaults full throttle into football mode. Of course, one could maintain that it is always football mode, and that’s a scenario that may only become more amplified after last week’s ESPN acquisition of several NFL media assets, in exchange for a 10% league equity position in […]
Read More » Guest: Fraser Marriott, head of golf, LightSpeed. Description: Marriott joins Sports and Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein to discuss LightSpeed’s recent acquisition of Whoosh, an operations software firm. LightSpeed seeks to provide private club operators an integrated technology system with a seamless workflow and that connects every touchpoint across the member journey. Talking Points: […]
Read More »Is there a disconnect between research suppliers and clients in today’s market research landscape? In this episode of MRII’s Insights and Innovators podcast, Jon Last, President of Sports and Leisure Research Group, interviews Steve Quirk, President of Quirk’s Media. They discuss the challenges brands face with the proliferation of research platforms, the importance of articulating […]
Read More » SLRG’s Jon Last hosts Sawtooth CEO Bryan Orme, for a no-holds barred look at research technology on the latest episode of MRII’s Insights & Innovators podcast
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