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My Favourite sports digital executions.....
What makes a great piece of digital content and how can sports organisations maximise the commercial opportunities that they can provide?...
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The opportunity for sports brands in ‘The Metaverse’
Earlier this month I left the warm confines and storied halls of Wimbledon to start a new creative agency - Doppelgänger - alongside...
Feb 14, 20235 min read
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Fear of Sponsorship Measurement
As COVID restrictions have all but gone and confidence rises in the viability of major sports events, we have seen a lot of major...
Feb 14, 20235 min read
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The measurement & evaluation of sponsorship...
“If you don’t invest 5% of your budget in research, you don’t know what you’re doing” This was the headline that caught my attention from...
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A Founders Story.......
What is the founder(s) background? Donald began his career in 2006 at the (of its time) iconic consumer PR shop Shine Communications,...
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Young people are the future....
The sports biz has something of an obsession with “Gen Z” - constantly analysing, debating and attempting to second-guess what these...
Feb 14, 20235 min read
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Best Sports Stars Podcasts...
Podcasting is becoming a very attractive medium for former sports stars. Creating a podcast around a strong sporting personality lays the...
Feb 14, 20238 min read
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UK Basketball 2.0?
Like many others who stepped foot into the UK for the first time, one of the things I asked was where I could find good basketball - both...
Feb 14, 20232 min read
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Promoting grassroots sport.......
Organisation Name: Kent County Football Association – Kent FA Give us a very basic description of what you do? Kent FA is the...
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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My top 10 partnership deals in 2020
With the end of 2020 just days away, we ask Gary Linke of The Missing Linke to list his favourite new brand partnerships of the year and...
Dec 16, 20207 min read
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Are you listening to your own fans?
By Sophie Hind Voice technology is exploding and audio listening is booming, creating new channels to deliver new content. Sport is all...
Nov 19, 20203 min read
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The world of sport has changed, not just the players on the pitch but for everyone that works in it
By Oli Walsh Almost a year since the outbreak, we have all been affected by Coronavirus in different ways. I wanted to share my story...
Nov 9, 20203 min read
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It's Time To "Step Forward"
By Lucy Rickett “At a time when the world of sport is changing, I created Step Forward to get more women involved in the wider world of...
Oct 9, 20203 min read
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Sponsors: Stop Being Proud!
By Ian Thompson It’s much used - but is being a ‘proud sponsor’ meaningless and wasteful? At the recent 70th Anniversary GP from...
Aug 20, 20203 min read
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Is Sponsorship ROI an afterthought?
Sports rights holders continue to come under fire for failing to measure success and show ROI. A 2019 survey by Kantar explored advertisers
Jul 13, 20202 min read
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From Afghanistan to Arsenal: A World of Untold Stories
"We want to find real, authentic human stories". Sound familiar? If you are reading this, I am
guessing so.
Jun 18, 20203 min read
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The importance of taking stock
The industry press is awash with views on marketing in the time of you know what. Some is useful, but it’s often hard to separate myth...
Apr 17, 20203 min read
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Is there more to the sponsor-fan relationship than money?
Sponsorship is a machine that seems to just keep on growing. According to IEG, sponsorship spending grew at a rate of about 4-5% every...
Jan 24, 20204 min read
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