Harvard Business School teaches a simple concept. It goes like this: “Identify your unique competence and match it to a larger opportunity.” While intended for Harvard business students, that message transcends the classroom and could serve as a mantra for living a productive life. Today I’m going to show you how to leverage that exact…
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Why Teams Should Splurge On Social Media Talent
A wise football coach (okay, Jerry Glanville) once said that the NFL stood for “Not For Long.” In hockey, the NHL stands for Not Here Long, especially when it comes to goaltenders, the league’s head coaches and social media mavens. Yes, the employees who get paid to Tweet, Pin, use Facebook, filter photos through Instagram…
Influential People In Sports Business In 2012
We recently ran a Facebook Contest asking our audience who they thought was missing from Sports Business Journal’s “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business“. We received some great feedback and the people mentioned varied greatly from Mark Cuban (Owner – Dallas Mavericks) to Bruton Smith (CEO – Nascar). The annual list put together by SBJ includes a…
Unique Ticket Sales Campaigns
We are now happily accepting your money! Have you ever heard this before in a ticket sales campaign? We will now accept your hard earned cash for a sporting event over a year away! Put your money down NOW OR ELSE miss the chance of seeing your favorite team next year live and in person. And of course…
20 Must Follow Sports Twitter Accounts At Super Bowl 46
Last week Mashable put up their list of who you need to follow on Twitter during the Super Bowl. That list is very well done and is more than worth a read. It was so good, in fact, it gave us the idea to create our own list of must follow Sports Twitter accounts with…
The Top 18 Sports Blogs To Help You Land A Job In Sports
To get into the “conversation” in the sports business industry you need to be current, full of information, new ideas, and trends – which will help you add value to the organizations you are seeking to join. The blogs below are all written by experienced professionals in the sports business industry. So, go ahead and become familiar…
How to Get a Job In Sports with CNBC’s Darren Rovell
Here at Sports Networker, we are constantly striving to bring you the best advice from successful sports business professionals on how to get a job in sports. We dug through the archives and found this gem where Lewis Howes interviews Darren Rovell, CNBC’s Sports Business Report and the author of the “Sports Biz Blog” on CNBC.com….
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 11.12.6
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business Ten Sports Money Losers in 2011 “For the business of sports, 2011 has been quite the wild ride. Lockouts dominated coverage of the NFL and NBA (the football guys ultimately settling things more easily than…
Top Sports Business Professionals To Follow On Twitter
With the world in a constant state of upheaval these days, sports business is not exempt. Below are the sports business leaders who can bring clarity to the topsy turvy landscape. Sports Business Professionals: Tweet Leaders 1. Darren Rovell When you have read an article called “My 13 Golden Rules of Twitter,” written by someone…
Interview With Darren Rovell: Sports Business Man of The Year!
We recently hosted a poll for the top sports social media professional and sports business resource of 2010, and the winner of both went to CNBC’s sports business reporter Darren Rovell! I was extremely impressed with the amount of dedicated fans Darren actually had when he tweeted out the link to the poll to his…
Top Sports Social Media Professionals of 2010
The year has flown by and it’s been a great one for sports and social media. In the last year, we’ve seen almost every professional sports team start to create a social media strategy, and none of it would have been possible without the many creative people at work in the sports industry. As a…
Top 10 Sports Industry Sites of the Year!
Everyone loves a top 10 list so I decided to take a poll and generate a list with the top sites to help you in your quest of being the best sports executive possible. There are many great sports industry websites out there in a variety of niches. Some are fan related, team related, blogs,…