In his June, 2015 posting, SLRG President Jon Last reflects on how his recent attendance at a rodeo event reinforced some of the foundations of effective event based sports marketing. As one who has had the great fortune of visiting every MLB ballpark and my fair share of other sports venues, I was able to […]
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Golf, Inc.’s May/June review of some of the more innovative marketers in the game of golf features coverage of SLRG’s research partnership with client Scottsdale CVB as well as perspective from SLRG President Jon Last on the effective utilization of custom marketing research.
Read More » SLRG President Jon Last?s May column looks at sports venues? race to modernize their infrastructure and the role of marketing research in finding optimal solutions. The sports marketing world is fraught with numerous examples of “fire, fire, fire” implementation strategies, in contrast to the more recommended “ready, aim, fire” approach. Nowhere do we see this […]
Read More » 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’s coverage of a trend towards large scale golf course acquisitions includes a quote from SLRG President Jon Last.
Read More » 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 » 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 […]
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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.
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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 » 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 […]
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