Every year in the first full week of December, Major League (and Minor League) Baseball holds its Winter Meetings. They’re usually in a warmer climate, though that’s not always the case. They are always interesting though, no matter what your goal is as an attendant. If you’re the paparazzi or just a star-gazer, you’ll get
Category: From Minor League Baseball to Major League Business
Nick Gagalis: Digital Hoarder, the Sequel (with More Explosions)
So maybe I’m not Michael Bay. I don’t have an even more sexed-up Megan Fox to offer you, but I have something the Transformers director does not: a legitimate sequel to my work that continues the storyline without sacrificing anything (or using unnecessary slow motion with boobs and stuff blowing up in the background). In
What Marketing Lesson We Can All Learn from “Dirty Jobs”
Much of my career so far has been involved in content marketing in one way or another, though it might not seem that way until you give it some extra thought. Sports broadcasting is content marketing by definition, because the product and its marketing are one in the same. What better way is there to
From Minor League Sports to a Major Juggling Act
Whether you work for one team full-time, a couple (or few) teams part-time, or have a “pedestrian” job and a (or a couple) gig on the side, there are many different ways you can get involved in the sports broadcasting world. Within every league I’ve observed, there’s at least a little variance in the career
From Minor League Baseball to Major Congratulations
I won’t pretend to know Theo Epstein, Ben Cherington, Jed Hoyer, Josh Byrnes, or any of the other men– and hopefully women (if Kim Ng lands a position)– who land new executive-level jobs this baseball off-season. It would be great to be pals with any one or all of them, but that’s not what this
From Minor League Baseball to… Minor League Hockey: Part 8
I got a baseball job. What the heck does that have to do with minor league hockey? Quite a bit, actually. In fact, there’s no way I would have gotten this job if it weren’t for my hockey experience this season. Major props to Adam Kaufman (the Providence Bruins‘ Radio Broadcaster), who has been a
From Minor League Baseball to Broadcasting’s Wolf Pack
I recently had a vision for how the media family breaks down in minor league sports, and it reminded me of one of my favorite comedies: The Hangover. The way I see it, there are three main parts to media operations in sports: live in-house communication (like Public Address Announcing), live broadcasting communication (like radio,
From Minor League Baseball to Nihilism. What???
In my time being a consumer and a content creator, I’ve noticed a pretty simple principle about business and even life in general. It might actually be the most important part to having success monetarily, through brand equity or whatever yardstick you use to measure triumphs and tough times. Fortunately (or not), it’s something very
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