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 […]
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Golf Marketing Seminar At ING Spring Conference
Details on SLRG President Jon Last’s upcoming keynote at the 2014 International Network of Golf Conference in June. LAKE MARY, FL (March 25, 2014) – As the Internet becomes more and more integrated into our daily lives, creating and facilitating a successful marketing plan is more of a challenge than ever before. What do the […]
Read More »Pay Attention To Me! Why ‘Participatory Fandom’ Can Be A Game Changer
In his March 2014 column, SLRG President Jon Last speaks to the impact and importance of good customer relationship marketing strategies in sports. Let’s set things straight. This is not a puff piece for formal and costly customer relationship management (CRM for those who like acronyms) programs. Faithful readers of this newsletter know that, by […]
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The Intersection of Sports Business Insights & Strategy
Macali Communications, Feb. 26, 2014 blog post features an interview with SLRG’s Jon Last. Jon addresses key insights on sports marketing issues and opportunities in the year ahead, driven by recent SLRG research. I am lucky to meet smart and talented people who have great perspectives on business and sport. Jon Last is one of the […]
Read More »Breaking Through Amidst The Avalanche
In the February 11, 2014 Media Post: Marketing Sports, SLRG President Jon Last offers some insights from recent research on sports fan media usage that has somewhat counter-intuitive implications for brands activating through sports. You can read the piece, as well as previous columns here. While I’ve touched on this in my last couple of […]
Read More »What Sports Marketers Should Be Thinking About In ’14
In his January 2014 Media Post column, SLRG President Jon Last provides a look ahead at some of the sports marketing news stories that will shape the year ahead. A year ago, fresh off of watching at least one series from each of the 35 college bowl games, I threw my hat into the fray […]
Read More »POV/Research: What Sports Marketers can look forward to thinking about in ’14
A year ago, fresh off of watching at least one series from EACH of the 35 college bowl games, I threw my hat into the fray with a list of predictions for the year ahead. This year, my bowl TV viewing streak was snapped, though I was able to compensate somewhat, by having the good […]
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Bring Back Golf!
SLRG President Jon Last’s perspectives on the state of the golf industry and player development efforts are included in this cover story on the evolving role of golf as a key component of corporate meetings.
Read More »Avoiding Activation Attribution Mistakes
In his December Media Post article, SLRG President Jon Last recalls how today’s media landscape has increased the likelihood of marketing ROO/ROI mis-attribution, how to avoid it and the implications for sports marketing. A subtle underpinning of my piece last month was the assertion that with such a proliferation of sports-related media and exposure opportunities, […]
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EWGA Connections
The November 26th issue includes coverage of SLRG President and EWGA Board member Jon Last’s white paper on the outlook for sports travel in 2014. The brief whitepaper was presented as part of the recent TTRA/US Travel Association Market Outlook Forum in Chicago.
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