Elevating Partnerships in the Sports Entertainment Industry

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In today’s episode of The HeyCreator Show, Matt Ragland (⁠@mattragland⁠) and Tim Forkin (⁠@timforkindotcom⁠) interview Cody (@Cody_Hock) & Cole Hock (@UpNorthCole). These two brothers manage entertainment creators, but we wanted to talk about Enjoy Basketball — the media and lifestyle company they founded with one of the biggest sports creators on the internet, Kenny Beecham.

(0:00) — Presented by Riverside

(1:45) — About today’s show

(2:53) — “Cold emailing is my favorite thing to do.”

(10:21) — What goes into a great cold email?

(15:38) — Why choose Kenny as the face of Enjoy Basketball?

(18:18) — The first channel that made sense for their business

(24:29) — How EB pulls almost every lever a creator business can pull

(28:29) — Why they partnered with ESPN & Omaha Productions

(35:54) — How physical products create serendipity

(38:48) — The value of in-person community building for creators

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