Guest post alert!

September 15, 2010

I was asked by a colleague to contribute to the Box Office Management Roundtable, Washington DC’s weekly blog on my work with the @NatsTix twitter account. In case you feel like you’re missing out between my random blog postings, go check it out. It’s split into two parts, so don’t forget to check in next week.
Ticketing & [...]

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Getting a job in professional sports: Job Fairs

July 15, 2010

Making the rounds on the D.C. networking scene, a lot of people ask me how I got my job with the Washington Nationals. I’m starting with a post on job fairs because the D.C. United are hosting one later today.
Last September I signed up for two job fairs, held about a week apart, hosted [...]

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Attention: Bragging within.

November 5, 2009

Bristol Community College won eight Medallion awards at the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) District 1 Conference in Atlantic City this week.
Gold: Social Marketing, BCC Facebook
Gold: Postcard, Orientation Postcard (Top 10/game board magnet card)
Gold: Radio PSA/Advertisement (Single or Series), Basement Blues
Gold: Catalog B (Print), 2009-2010 Course Catalog
Gold: Logo Design, Connecting to College
Silver: [...]

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This just in: The internet is not a fad.

November 5, 2009

Tim Matheson’s John Hoynes made the declaration jokingly on The West Wing in 1999. Ten years ago. For some reason the exchange  came to mind as I fielded some questions at NCMPR this week. “Why should I get into {insert social media platform here}? It will just change in a few months.”
Should you create [...]

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I’m not eavesdropping, I’m monitoring the conversation.

October 8, 2009

It’s been said in board rooms around the world. It has cost companies millions (if not billions) of dollars in focus groups and surveys.
“If only we knew what our consumers were thinking…”
Great news. Social media trends and technologies have made answering this question easier then ever. The web is buzzing with opinions. From Amazon reviews [...]

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