If you live in the United States, chances are your knowledge of Rugby is minimal and you probably have no idea the 2011 Rugby World Cup will begin this weekend. When will the Rugby World Cup take place you ask? It begins on September 9 and will continue until October 23. Give yourself an extra credit point if you can tell me where the event is being played. I didn’t know either. Answer — New Zealand. Much like has been the case with soccer on the world stage, Americans do not know the sport of Rugby. Its not televised. We have not grown up playing the sport. However, after quickly checking of…
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Adding Twitter Button to LinkedIn Profile
Last Weekend, while researching future Question and answer candidate profiles for this blog, I learned that you can now add a Twitter Button on your LinkedIn profile. I had not seen it before but I quickly learned how you can easily add this link to your profile to possibly connect with new folks as well as push current contacts to this Twitter stream. I took a picture of my LinkedIn profile so you can see where it appears today. If you can scan below, I have highlighted this in red. So the question is how do you do add this? I am here to show you that now. ** First…
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Driving Efficiently or Dangerously Sidetracked?
I am writing today’s blog while driving on the 405 freeway from Los Angeles during the height of traffic. No, I am not typing while I am driving. I’m actually using an Apple application called Dragon Dictation. In order to evaluate the functionality of this free app which I downloaded from Apple, I am speaking into a microphone while both hands are on the steering wheel. I often see other drivers holding their smart phone and checking messages and god for bid typing while they are driving on this freeway. In order to recommend or not recommend the Dragon dictation free application, I wanted to be able to deliver this entire…
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August is the Death Valley of Months for Major Sporting Events
Death Valley In baseball vernacular, August is referred to the dog days of summer. Before we reach August, Major League Baseball teams pass through July and the All-Star break. By this time, more than 80 games have already been played. Half of the season has been completed and you usually find out which teams are contenders (see Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks) and which ones are not (see Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets). But August is a month where grinding out games and nagging injuries takes place. Come September, the heat of pennant races take over. As of yesterday, only three on first place teams in baseball were four games out of first place…
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Practical Jobs Leads for Sports Jobs
Football season is just about here. Fans have waited throughout the lockout and now the pre-season. For those that want to work in the industry, this is your last chance for open positions if you want to work in sports. Below, there are job listings from the Eagles, Cowboys, Lions and a hockey job, from the Los Angeles Kings added for good measure. If you want to work in sports, this will help get you started in your search. Remember to check the blog roll for other sports related business resources within this website. Communications: Media/Public Relations Servicing Social Media Coordinator – The Philadelphia Eagles SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW The…
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The Deal, The Sponsor and What it Means
Quick, when you think of aspirin, what comes to mind? Is it baseball? The folks at Bayer HealthCare sure hope so. Communications folks from The New Jersey based company recently out and brought my attention to a new campaign it recently launched, called Speed Up Your Relief. This campaign is an attempt by Bayer Advanced Aspirin to leverage its new role as the “Official Pain Reliever of Major League Baseball.” How The Sponsorship Works Through the Speed Up Your Relief campaign, the company has pledged to donate $10 to the Red Cross for every strike 95 mph and over thrown during the remainder of the 2011 Major League Baseball regular and post season.…
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2011 MLB Team Salaries (INFOGRAPHIC)
I am not a designer. I admit it. However, I have been fascinated by all of the cool infographics that have been showing up online lately. I have mentioned them and posted a few here in the last two weeks. This includes the Facebook vs Twitter Infographic or the 2011 Obsessed with Facebook Infographic. This morning, I got up determined to create my first-ever sports infographic. I have not seen many online. The closest I have ever seen something like this in the sports world is the USA Today Snapshots from the printed paper. I stumbled across the salaries page on ESPN.comand thought that would be a good place to start. As a former PR…