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A Riff on the Padres/MLB/RSN and the Business of Sports…

Is it possible for the Padres and MLB to maintain the same business model and revenue now that Diamond Sports Group has walked away from its media rights deal? No. I’ve got two reasons why I think this doesn’t work: The idea of sliding from the RSN model to an OTT model is hard to […]

Pricey! That’s What Watching Sports on TV is Going to Become! Also, UX v. Ticketmaster!

Hey! What did y’all think of yesterday’s webinar? Let me know by replying to this email. Check out the growing Dave shop. New offers and opportunities will be coming now that I have a technical issue fixed. Also, I’m doing my first in the new series of monthly webinars on brand management for professional service firms. This […]

7 Keys to Effective Brand Management for Professional Service Firms

I ran a survey on LinkedIn to help me discover what topics folks would like to learn more about to help grow their business: creating and capturing new profitable opportunities. So, I’m going to do the first one on 15 June 2023 at 1 PM Eastern. “7 Keys to Effective Brand Management for Professional Service […]

Brand Management for Ticket Sellers…

On Thursday, June 1 at 1 PM Eastern, I’m going to partner with AudienceView to deliver a FREE webinar called “The Basics of Brand Management for Ticket Sellers”. I’ve been working up an outline of ideas to include in the webinar. Here’s a taste of what you will learn: I. Definition of a Brand II. […]

Non-Profit “Product” Launch Case Study…

“Product” Launch to Improve Program Numbers Challenge: Regional non-profit in youth sports had been dealing with a 7-year decline in the number of children served in its various programs that were added to by the COVID-19 lockdowns and changes in behavior. Action: The leadership team built a “product” launch schedule for tryouts for the travel program […]

How Will Theatre (Everyone) Deal with New Realities?!

Hey There! Next week, 1 June 2023, I’m doing a FREE webinar with AudienceView about brand management for ticket-selling organizations. You’ll learn things like: Don’t miss it! To the Tickets! Share Talking Tickets! P.S. I’m going to start doing a monthly FREE webinar series. I’m asking for help figuring out where to begin. Can you help […]

Dave in the Media…Updated Frequently

Here are some links to places I’ve been featured or written for. I’ll update this regularly. Jeweller Magazine: Finding a Way to Deliver Something Different: This is about relative differentiation and standing out in a competitive market. Positioning isn’t about standing alone, but being unique in a special way. Voices of Project Management: I’ve been […]