I sit here today contemplating a recent comment by a brand on their thoughts to in-stadium signage….. “An in-stadium sign….when you think about it…is a sexy highway billboard ad…and as a brand, we don’t get excited about that.” Even in my digital biased...

There is nothing worse than when a pitch meeting goes off the rails. I mean NOTHING. All of a sudden you are talking about the cost of an impression on a highway billboard instead of the packages you are presenting to a...

I’m very bullish on Snapchat. Two big reasons why are: -The headlines say it’s dead (it’s not, maybe in stock price but it has a large number of users) -It’s the key to young to middle-aged fans. I was on Twitter the other day...

“I don’t have the resources to create brandable social videos, I’d love to…but I just don’t have the bandwidth to do it.” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard this in and out of sports. I get it, I’ve been there...

The more I dive into sports business,  and particularly sponsorship, I am starting to realize how important empathy is in everything we do…and something that we have somewhat forgotten in our work. Empathy is everything today. It is a superpower. The ability...

Many times, we focus on the tactic TO do to keep our sponsors as opposed to NOT to do. But understanding the landmines, we can avoid them early before there is a problem. Mostly though…we need a map in order to navigate...

If an activation is promoted, and no fan is there to hear it, does it even exist? Well…yes…but it wouldn’t be very successful. Marketing your activations are a HUGE part of launching a new campaign with your fan base. At SQWAD we’ve...

I believe in constant auditing of what you’re doing. The way we keep from being complacent is to constantly challenge what we’re building, creating, and putting out there in the world to connect with our fans. It allows us to push to...