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3 Keys to More Marketing Deals: Tips from an NFL Player Marketing Rep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdI4r9ES8NY Jacquelyn Dahl knows what it takes to be an athlete from every angle. She's a former student-athlete and founder of 1Up Sports Marketing where she provides marketing representation for some of the NFL's biggest stars in...
What Is A Sponsorship Activation?
Sponsoring an event or organization can be a great way for brands of bringing awareness, brand affiliation, and generate revenue-driving leads. Sponsorships can often foster brand loyalty more subtly and effectively than other marketing tactics. However, in today’s...
NIL Ready: Preparing Student-Athletes to Win in the New Era of Name, Image, and Likeness Rights | Part 2
Name, image, and likeness rights monetization is nothing new. In fact, athletes have been earning money this way for decades. Until recently — the moment that student-athlete compensation began to dominate the college athletics conversation — the term "NIL" was...
Leveraging Twitch Advertising to Reach New Audiences
Despite millions of daily users, there are still plenty of people who are unaware of one of the most popular streaming services around - Twitch. If you’re a gamer or just a tech savvy individual who knows all about it already, you can skip the next couple of...
How to Spot Fake Social Media Followers
In 2018, Twitter, one of the most widely used social media platforms in the world, culled almost 10% of their user base that they discovered were fake accounts. 70 million accounts were dropped from Twitter over the course of the year. To put that in perspective,...
NIL Ready: Preparing Student-Athletes to Win in the New Era of Name, Image, and Likeness Rights | Part 3
Athlete marketing is an art and science. While industry marketers are armed with actionable data, there are many variables at play when it comes to how a brand determines which athlete to work with. A brand may be after affiliation with a select superstar. Perhaps an...