Sports Geek - A look into the world of Sports Marketing, Sports Business and Digital Marketing

This week on Sports Geek Podcast we head out to see the new digs for Essendon Football Club in the AFL now named True Value Solar Centre.  I chat with Justin Rodski & Marc Bertieri about the tough year the Bombers had with the ASADA investigation dominating their season and how they plan to bounce back in 2014. On ABC Grandstand with Francis Leach we look at two sides of social media with the #SFBatKid and Sydney FC dealing with trolls. We take a look at new platforms available that teens are migrating to. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-026-digital-crisis-management-with-essendon-fc-s-justin-rodski-marc-bertieri/

Twitter is now a public company, will it's focus on profits change the experience for sports fans? On Grandstand we discuss Twitter IPO and we discuss strategy how digital plays a big role in fan development. Then we chat with Director of CRM and Analytics at Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Eldersveld about how he uses Ticketnet to drive more ticketing leads into his database. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-025-what-does-twitter-ipo-means-for-sports-and-blue-jackets-on-ticketnet/

Richard Clarke is the managing editor for Arsenal Media Group driving all the content for Arsenal fans around the world, we chat with him on ABC Grandstand. In a recent visit to Perth I sat down with Matthew Gepp to discuss what has worked for West Coast Eagles and what they have planned for 2014. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-024-arsenal-content-strategy-and-westcoasteagles-digital-plans/

Westpac Stadium CEO Shane Harmon chats about his experience with Rugby World Cup in 2011 and his new role at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. On Harf Time we look look back at why #WarriorsLive was a success bringing fans into the huddle at a preseason practice. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-023-shane-harmon-on-digital-venues-and-warriorslive/

Collingwood Digital Media manager Jonathon Bernard discusses the importance of story telling for Collingwood TV and The Club on this week's Sports Geek Podcast. On Harf Time we look at what the NBL needs to do to reconnect with a lost generation of fans. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-022-collingwoodtv-to-the-club-jonathon/

In this Sports Geek Podcast we discuss that with Adrian Kinderis and look at the advertising from the AFL and NRL Grand Finals on comparison with NFL Super Bowl.  Education is a big part of sales process as LA Clippers explain variable and dynamic ticket pricing to their season ticket holders. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-021-call-to-action-in-sports-tv-advertising-and-clippers-explain-variable-and-dynamic-pricing/

In this Sports Geek Podcast we chat to Dan Harbison who has left the sports industry after several years leading the digital efforts of the Portland Trailblazers to take up a new role as head of New Media at Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas we chat with Dan on ABC Grandstand. On Harf Time we look at ticketing campaigns and promotions gone wrong and with A-League kicking off we take you behind the scenes at season launch and the Power The Game activation to rally fans support online. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-020-dan-harbison-on-learning-from-other-industries-and-a-league-powerthegame/  

In this Sports Geek Podcast we chat to Dan Butterly from the Mountain West looking back on how the conference started and how they developed a fan base and brand for the conference over last 10 years. Twitter does a deal with NFL what does it mean for sports fans in NFL and other sports and how does Facebook counter to show it's dominance online? Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-019-dan-butterly-on-developing-mountainwest-fan-base-and-facebook-vs-twitter-in-battle-for-sports-fan/

In this Sports Geek Podcast we chat to James Rigby from Blues about True Blue HQ built using Digital Cheer Squad helped him activate Blues fans with the team and a key digital sponsor. We also chat with Jarrod Price from the Brisbane Lions on dealing with upset fans when a club legend is let go as coach and then amplifying fans buoyed by the another club legend stepping in a new coach. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-018-activating-your-digital-cheer-squad-with-auckland-blues-managing-fan-reactions-online-with-brisbane-lions/

In this Sports Geek Podcast we look at the College Football scene with Chris Freet from the University of Miami. Chris talks about Hurricanes Game Pass a new loyalty system to reward the season ticket holders. We chat with Emeric Ernoult from Agorapulse about latest in Facebook trends as we compare the Facebook activity of teams in UK with Manchester United & Arsenal and USA with Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers, see the infographics below. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgp-017-chris-freet-on-hurricanes-game-pass-facebook-in-nfl-epl-with-agorapulse/