SLRG President Jon Last’s June 2013 posting speaks to new paradigms for properties looking to maintain positive constituent relationships, and offers up an action plan that can build brand equity. Perhaps it’s an overstatement to suggest that American sports properties suffer from a crisis of confidence among their fans and target audiences. However, it has […]
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Here are the 18 People Changing the Business of Golf
Golf Inc. Magazine has named SLRG President Jon Last to its list of the most innovative people in the golf business. Stereotypes: All golfers are rich white guys who dress very funny on the golf course. Plus they cheat when it comes to their scores. And research marketers? Why, they are geeky, number-driven, bland and […]
Read More »Beware The Bells And Whistles, ‘Proprietary’ Research Methodologies Are Often More Sizzle Than Steak
In this month’s Media Post: Marketing Sports, SLRG President Jon Last uses a cooking metaphor to warn those embarking upon marketing research: It’s the chef, not the ingredients that make for a great meal. As former MRA presidents who have worked on both the client and agency side of marketing research, my business partners and […]
Read More »Beware the Bells and Whistles
As former MRA Presidents who have worked on both the client and agency side of marketing research, the principals of SLRG have been around the block more than our receding hair lines would sometimes like to admit. But with the accumulation of all of this “scar tissue”, it strikes us as amusing and potentially disturbing […]
Read More »4 Great ‘Truths’ To Consider Before You Embark On Marketing Research
In his April 13 column, SLRG’s Jon Last provides a basic primer on four initial considerations that sports marketers should think about before conducting marketing research. Those who know me best realize that I can often be pretty direct. So, let me begin this month’s post with a direct disclaimer that while I largely make […]
Read More »What The World Baseball Classic Can Teach Us About ‘All-Star Games’
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 »At What Price Fame? Seeing Both Sides of A Sticky PR Challenge
SLRG President Jon Last’s February 2013 Media Post column explores the marketing implications of a contradiction of sorts among football fans, revealed in new SLRG research—Fans are concerned about player safety, yet a large number would risk the long-term impact of concussions for a chance at NFL stardom. Borrowing from the late, great sport columnists […]
Read More »Things To Look Forward To In ’13
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 »Innovative Retail Research Uncovers Golfer Purchaser Moment of Truth
Quirk’s Marketing Research Review’s December 2012 cover story is a detailed look at how Sports and Leisure Research Group partnered with PING to conduct an innovative qualitative immersion into golfers’ quest for a new driver.
Read More »A Rare But Consistent Winner In Marketers’ Battle For Attention
In his December, 2012 Media Post column, SLRG President Jon Last reflects on how recent empirical research and anecdotal observation has reinforced the fact that live sporting events are a uniquely engaging and receptive environment for brands. Nary a day goes by that the marketing trade press doesn’t include further doom-and-gloom evidence of how today […]
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