Sports Marketing 2.0

Here’s a good site / network to check out:  Sports Marketing 2.0, which describes itself as a “digital think-tank for sports marketers in the Web 2.0 world.  Sponsors, teams, leagues, agencies, consultants, universities, and technology parters are…

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Tips for Using LinkedIn

We at The Convergence Network are big fans of LinkedIn.  Sometimes people ask us why they should join or how they can better use it.  So with no further ado, I am posting a nice little piece from Guy Kawasaki, the Silicon Valley guru and pundit.  It’s…

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Interesting news from Washington...

Fantasy Sports Score Victory: Supreme Court Strikes Out Major League Baseball, Confirming Firms’ Control

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Sports Museum Launches

After many years of dreaming, planning, fund-raising, and politicking, the Sports Museum of America in downtown NYC has finally launched.  Today — May 7, 2008 — marks the official opening.  Congratulations to Philip Schwalb, Sameer Ahuja, and John…

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Searching for Sports Exec 2.0

Anyone who works in sports quickly learns that it’s the ultimate “six degrees of separation” business, both in the realm of professional relationships and business experience. Unlike other business cultures within most corporate structures, sports organizations…

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