by Kirk Wakefield – May 2014 The State of the Sports Sales Industry Survey With your help responding to the S3 Sales Report survey in December (N = 328) and the help of the NBA & Murray Cohn in surveying inside sales and account reps in the NBA and WNBA (N = 391), we gained…Continue Reading Top 5 Things We Learned About Compensation, Salespeople and Their Managers
by Kirk Wakefield – May 2014 Post questions to the community This month we introduce the Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) forum where you can post questions to others in the community. We encourage you to ask others what works for them in the area of ticket sales, sponsorship sales & activation, sponsorship metrics, sales analytics,…Continue Reading Got a Question? A New Idea? Ask the Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) Forum!
by Hannah Bouziden – May 2014 Successful Leaders in the Wide World of Sports Business Women increasingly move up the corporate ladder across America, but have faced a greater challenge in the once male-dominant industry of professional sports. In a world where people like Donald Sterling have been operating, what is it like for females as…Continue Reading 3 Key Insights for Women in the Business of Sports
by Kris Katseanes – May 2014 What happened to all the excitement? We all seek to hire highly competent, highly energized, hard-working individuals who invest everything they have in the effort of growing a career in sports. We strive to find individuals who have excelled in life, and are eager to translate that pattern of…Continue Reading The Six D’s of Destruction: How to Recognize and Avoid Sales Burnout
by Carson Heady – May 2014 How to sell: Put the ball in play Fundamental to any activity or sport is to put the ball in play. This necessitates action on the part of the participant(s) and begins with how and when we make contact. On the field, it is about formulating strategy, addressing the…Continue Reading Making Connections: Contact Puts the Ball in Play
by Bryce Killingsworth – May 2014 Collegiate ticket sales departments continue to expand. Some hired into these new sales positions have training in professional selling, while others may have worked their ways through college internships into the first open position that suits their aptitudes and attitudes. So, whether we are trained to sell or are…Continue Reading Selling Collegiate Sports: Happy Customers = Sales