google-document-embedder domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN. Still don’t have a personal and/or business profile/page on these sites? Time to join and pick up a following real quick before you end up well behind everybody else. As these social networking sites continue to pick up more value with increased offerings and publicity, other companies have been vying for a […]
Texas Tech has come out of the NCAA gates softer than expected this season, as they have a record of 2-2 at this point. Last season the team compiled 11 wins and produced star wide out Michael Crabtree, who has yet to officially begin his NFL career after being a hot commodity in the previous […]
It has been a while since I last wrote a post over at Lewis Howes’ SportsNetworker.com, but my most recent piece should be one that you all enjoy reading. The title is 8 Ways Agents Should Research Athletes Before They Sign Them, and I list 8 nonexclusive methods, with short descriptions for each one. Yes, […]
Very few agents allow anyone outside of their employees, and sometimes their interns, into their lives for a first hand look into their day-to-day life. I had two goals when I started this website: Become a more knowledgeable person by researching and studying the sports agent profession, while networking with established sports agents to adopt […]
I originally tweeted about this story, expecting to throw it up on our weekly Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up column. But then I realized that the post titled Sports and Social Media: Where Opportunity and Fear Collide, deserved to be discussed instead of merely linked. Particularly, this part of the first paragraph caught my attention: the […]
A couple of days ago, a new website called MakeItPro launched. The site is backed by Steve Nash, Gretchen Bleiler, Hasheem Thabeet, Bernard Berrian, Bill Duffy, and others. That’s right, the head of BDA Sports is a backer, and co-founder, of this new all-sport social network and sports resource that intends to unite the world’s […]
A good college friend and fraternity brother of mine, Adam Silverstein (@onlygators on Twitter) sent me a message to check out David Canter’s tweets criticizing Under Armor and the ad company that created UA’s new advertisement…and then his tweets backtracking from pressure yesterday. Canter’s criticism was blasted using Twitter as his medium of choice, which […]
Yes, I am the founder of a full-service sports and talent agency, but I also have interests outside of negotiating terms of contracts and searching endlessly for endorsement deals. One of my hobbies is keeping up to date with new technologies. Growing up, I was a gamer. That’s right, I loved video games…and I was […]
Shaquille O’Neal is a great promoter. And in this day and age, is it incredibly easy to make one’s self visible through the use of social media. Sometimes, though, there are pitfalls (in addition to the downsides of releasing contract terms) of using these outlets. Such is the case of O’Neal, for one, who has […]
Social media can create leverage for a sports agent in a ton of ways. For one, it can separate a sports agent from his competition by offering a new PR, advertising, branding medium for his clients. Social media also can create valuable connections for a sports agent to tap into when needed. But what about […]