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Higher Ed's Big Gamble on Sports Betting

Mindful Marketing

So why are some universities encouraging their own students to try sports betting? Supreme Court legalized sports gambling in May of 2018, the doors swung wide open for all kinds of institutions to enter partnerships with oddsmakers. Corporate sponsorships often have helped bridge such fiscal divides, but when the U.S.

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How Sports #PR has Changed for the Better (Mostly)

Deirdre Breakenridge

A Guest Post By Aaron Dean, American University Student, PR Expanded Blog Contest Winner. Consumers, especially young ones, are getting most of their content from social media and online platforms. This is even more evident in the sports world. Before social media, the only way sports fans would see games was on television.

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Not so super communication disrespects sporting heritage

Steve Barrett on PR

The recent abortive attempt to upturn the structure of European soccer was an object lesson in how not to treat consumers and how not to safeguard a brand.

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Has Gatorade Diluted its Brand?

Mindful Marketing

The world’s foremost sports drinks maker has won with such strategies for decades, but does adding bottled water to its product mix develop or dilute Gatorade’s iconic brand? Over the last 10 years, the market for sports and exercise-related rehydration has burst open.

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Crossovers: From Sports to Tech

The Hoffman Agency

In undergrad, I stuck to sports PR and saw the good and bad sides of that industry. I wanted to be excited about my work without having it consume me. The post Crossovers: From Sports to Tech appeared first on "What's HAppening" Blog. People are so passionate but can also be immensely cruel.

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A Conversation with Jason Michael, VP Consumer Tech

Barokas

Our guidance comes from more than 20 years working across the tech landscape, including the aerospace, AI, fintech, health tech, and sports and entertainment categories. We wanted to share some of these insights with you, our blog followers, so I asked our consumer tech guru, Jason Michael, to participate in a Q&A.

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Should Consumers Smile at Guerrilla Marketing?

Mindful Marketing

About a week ago, before a Consumer Behavior class, one of my students asked, “Dr. So, when Thomas Murray, the student in my Consumer class, mentioned Smile’s guerrilla marketing during MLB games, I wasn’t surprised for a few reasons. A veteran marketer and an up-and-coming rookie argue the call.