Reach out in New and Creative Ways for Ticket Sales

by Tyler Johnson | December 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

TheTruthAbout...I always take the opportunity to reach out to a customer and show off a brand I represent. I won’t lie, I had a college professor that pounded this into my head for a semester.  Working in ticket sales a few years later, I searched for ways to capitalize on this point.

In today’s ticket selling environment some of the most frequent “reaching” out to customers is often through an e-mail blast or annual phone call of some sort.  These customers receive the same treatment from companies across all industries, not just ticket sales people.  I search for new ways to build rapport and trust with current and hopefully future customers.  I’m trying to differentiate myself along with the brand I represent!

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Interview with Terry Savarise- Senior Vice President of U.S. Cellular Field and The United Center in Chicago

by Tyler Johnson | August 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

U.S. CellularRecently I was able to sit down with Terry Savarise, the Senior Vice-President of both U.S. Cellular Field and the United Center here in Chicago.  With a full slate of major league baseball, the United Center hosting over 220 events a year, and recently developing the Chicago White Sox & Los Angeles Dodgers new spring training facilities in Glendale, Arizona; Terry is a busy guy.

After graduating from Ohio University’s Sports Administration program, Terry launched his career as an intern for the Cleveland Cavaliers during their All-Star Game season in 1980-81.  Shortly after, Jerry Reinsdorf hired him here with the Chicago White Sox.  Click here for full bio.


How did you get to where you are today and what qualities do you attribute to that?

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A Perfect Day. (In Social Media)

by Amy Martin | August 6th, 2009 | No Comments »

Mark Buehrle

The Chicago White Sox, a Digital Royalty client, practiced perfect social media agility on July 23rd as Mark Buehrle threw a Perfect Game. What were the measurable social media results? The White Sox experienced a 21% increase of their online ecosystem, Positive Sentiment grew 8 percentage points and words like “LOVE, BUEHRLE, PERFECT and OBAMA” were added to the White Sox online semantic cloud that historic day in social media.

 

Watch the video below to see what online results the White Sox received from this experience…

 

 

Photo Credit: Mark Buehrle

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