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Would a the Florida Bill Targeting Anti-Competitive Practices in Tickets Create Change?

October 25, 2023
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Hey! You like secondary market analysis and ticket market analysis…so today, I look at the new bill in Florida that is aimed at ticketing in the Sunshine State. What issues are you concerned with heading into 2024? Let me know. So I can give you the best ideas and thinking on issues that will help […]

Mark Ritson says, “American Marketing is Off the Boil”. Is He Right?

October 24, 2023
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The latest episode of “The Uncensored CMO” had me thinking for a few days. It was another conversation between Jon Evans and Mark Ritson. Early in the episode, Mark says that “American marketing is off the boil.” He also stated that he couldn’t put his finger on why that was, pointing to the culture wars and checking […]

Tesla’s Net Revenue Drops 44%.

October 19, 2023
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Hey! Forgive me for taking a victory lap this morning, but Tesla’s earnings came in yesterday and I can’t say anything, but I told you so. I have a long running aversion to discounts because discounts: I can go on. Let’s look at the results from Tesla’s 3rd quarter earnings call: All of these numbers are […]

“Funflation” is on the Rise!

October 18, 2023
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Hi! Join me for an end of the year planning session for 2024. The Wall Street Journal told me it is getting too expensive to have fun and I wanted to look at some of the numbers involved. Why? Because a lot of times numbers can be manipulated to tell you what you want to hear. Let’s […]

Legacy Hip Hop Tours Sell Well! Why? Brand Management Tells Us All!

October 17, 2023
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Hey! I want to talk to you about hip hop today. Legacy hip hop is selling well. I saw the question asked, why this is happening. To me, the answer is pretty simple…but let’s look at it so that you can apply it in your business because the same situation applies in sports, rock or […]

Are We One Thing? Or Many?

October 12, 2023
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Hi! I was reading an HBR piece this morning about portfolio careers and the idea of creating a drawing with all of the different ways you’ve added value during your career to be pretty interesting. I took a bit of a sabbatical over the summer after 2022 was a year of all hell breaking loose for me […]

The Predators Use AI to Set Up 400 New Sales Calls…

October 11, 2023
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Hi! Just a head’s up, The Coalition for Ticket Fairness is hosting a dinner in London on 9 November at Steak and Company. My latest free webinar is on one of the most common ticket questions I receive, “How can I make the secondary market work for me now?” A few links and a few thoughts […]