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How to transition from a salesperson to a sales leader
By Kristoffer Dolen - Sales Manager, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Too often when speaking with top sales representatives in the sports industry, I ask what their future career aspirations are, and I almost always hear, “I want to be a manager.” Sound familiar? On...
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Leading in Uncertain Times - 6 keys to remember
By tom theodorakis - Associate Athletics Director, Development at the University of Arizona
First, I would like to thank Bob Hamer and Sports Business Solutions for the opportunity to contribute. Now more than ever, you see the value of great organizations like this. During these difficult times,...
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9 Ways to Develop New Skills & Continue Learning While Working Remotely
By Dan Calamai - Founder and Managing Partner at Sangora
This was originally published on November 13, 2020 on Dan's site which you can see here. Working from home is hard. I’ve been doing it for the past five years and can relate to the hundreds of millions...
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4 Reasons Why Your Prospect Went Ghost
By ian tasso - sr. manager, premium sales at nfl on location
This article was originally published on October 15, 2020 at strategicsportsgroup.com. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The best answer in sales is “yes.” The second-best answer is “no.”...
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#MySportsBizStart - Denise Sicheneder: "Create your own journey"
By Denise Sicheneder - Vice President, sales and service at spinzo
Looking back at my career path thus far in the sports industry, you would likely see two patterns, I often took the road less traveled (or what some would say the harder route) and I pushed for my career...
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Sponsorship sales advice during COVID-19
By theClubhouse team
There's no doubt that if you're a sponsorship salesperson in sports right now, both doing deals and retaining deals is a tall task. Lucky for you, we have some fantastic sports industry leaders that have...
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Sports industry advice for salespeople during COVID-19
By theClubhouse team
For salespeople all around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is like nothing we've ever seen or had to deal with. Its been especially difficult for those in the sports, travel, entertainment and hospitality...
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My #SameHere Story: "The power of opening up"
By Scott Levine - Chief financial Officer at the florida panthers
While everyone goes through mental health challenges in their own unique way - based on genetics, combined with any challenging life experiences we have, mine manifested primarily in panic attacks. I believe...
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3 ways to sell during this COVID pandemic
By jen fusci - Director of ticket sales for the connecticut sun and new england black wolves
Here we are six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and our industry has been thrown for a massive loop. When the pandemic first hit there was a lot of “wait and see” as sales and service teams shifted...
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How we've transitioned our sales culture during COVID-19
By andrew hicks - manager, group sales at one world observatory (NY)
We have lived in a world of grey over these last 6+ months. For many, including myself, this has been difficult to adjust to. We all were used to a particular way of life pre-COVID, and when things would...
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Supporting and Maximizing Moms in Sports
By Abby Jacobs - Retail & Partnerships Manager at Xenith
A fellow Sports Biz Mom once told me, “People bring their whole selves to work every day. It might not be visible, but it’s part of who they are.” I think about this statement often and am grateful...
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My #SameHere Story: "Perspective and Finding Purpose"
By tyler marcotte - member experience executive, boston celtics
This year has certainly been a unique one with many societal issues being apparent and change being at the forefront. If there is something 2020 has taught me so far, it is the importance of perspective....
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#MySportsBizStart - Brittany Dvorak: "Life's a Ride.."
By Brittany Dvorak - Assistant to the General Manager at the Ralph engelstad arena
As a little girl growing up in Grand Forks, ND, I fell in love with sports. From being dropped off by my parents at all the early morning practices to the many late nights of spending extra time in the...
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3 keys to success in premium sales
By Brock Hendricks - Premium Sales Manager, AEG & the staples center
“The Premium Way” is how our Vice President, Manny Jacobo, describes our office. Quite frankly, it’s a taller task that requires a different approach. The difference between premium sales versus...
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This has to stop: Sports leading the charge for change
By bob hamer - president & founder of Sports business solutions and creator of theclubhouse
Full disclosure, I had planned on posting something else on theClubhouse platform today. But watching the most recent clip from Robert Horry moved me. It brought to light the very real pain and fear that...
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