SLRG President Jon Last’s April Media Post Marketing: Sports speaks to how baseball’s opening day is a microcosm of sports marketing, in general. The annual rite of passage reminds us of some of the key potential differentiating aspects that live sports provides. I did something last week that I hadn’t done in awhile. I attended […]
Read More » Game-day promotional give-aways take on all kinds of shapes, sizes and levels of political correctness. In this month’s post, SLRG President Jon Last recalls some of the more memorable promotions and what sports marketers can learn from them. The onset of Fall has always been a bittersweet time for me. I’ve always been a warm-weather […]
Read More » In his August, 2013 posting, SLRG President Jon Last offers perspective on the marketing implications of the PED scandal in MLB as well as the litany of sensationalistic off-field stories on high profile athletes. I’m not old enough to remember the original production, but someone should produce a 21st century adaptation of the 1950s era […]
Read More » In his March 2013 Media Post: Marketing Sports item, SLRG President Jon Last observes that the World Baseball Classic offers a compelling alternative to the malaise of traditional All-Star games. It’s a model that warrants attention across sports marketing. As a baseball junkie, it’s not a surprise that the advent and growth of the World […]
Read More » SLRG President Jon Last’s January 2013 Media Post column highlights how impending jumbo-tron wars, NCAA Conference realignment and the build up to a Meadowlands Super Bowl are among the top sports marketing events to look forward to in the year ahead. It’s the morning after the BCS Championship game, and if you are like me […]
Read More » Our first ever analysis/rankings of the MLB ball parks with the best fan experience has been released and we’re looking for thoughts on how to make the next one, even better. Let the debate begin. Here we are at the All-Star Break. The pennant races are taking shape and with the other major team sports […]
Read More » In his April 2012 Media Post: Marketing Sports column, SLRG President Jon Last reflects on how the Miami Marlins’ new stadium exemplifies how event venues are becoming a more critical element of the marketing mix. Everyone knows the old real estate adage of “location, location, location.” In Marketing 101, we learned that “Place,” while not […]
Read More » Media Post Marketing Sports: SLRG President Jon Last’s March posting speaks to the lessons learned and steps to be taken by sports marketers in this recent period of high profile player movement. Many posts ago, I evoked the rather (Jerry) Seinfeldian observation that with the proliferation of player movement in team sports today, fans truly […]
Read More » We lost a unique sports marketer with the passing of Bruce Florine. Here’s reflections on just some of what I learned from him. It’s a shame that most of you reading this don’t know Bruce Florine. Bruce is one of the first sports marketers that I ever met and, clearly, one of the best. It […]
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