In this episode the tables are turned with Blair Hughes from Audio Boom interviews Sean Callanan you will learn about:
- Where Sean's passion for sports comes from
- How Sports Geek business card idea came about
- How Sean nearly started working in sports in 1993
- Why Sean was behind the first AFL Club TV show – Bulldogs TV
- How a USA sports trip was a big reason behind #SportsGeekTrip
- A look back at Mountain West data analysis project
- Why Sean barracks for Collingwood
- How Sean secured first Sports Geek clients back in 2010
- Please count how many times Blair says Fan Engagement 😉
- How the skills of digital teams has seen Sean working more with ticketing and sponsorship teams
- How community radio helped build skills for podcasting and radio
- Why Sean is thrilled that Sports Geek clients are amongst the most avid listeners to the podcast
- Why Sean is blown away from listener emails
- Why podcasting is getting so much press right now
- How Sean is looking forward to pushes more into podcasting
- What exactly is CHUNKY media?
- Wait for Sean's rant on fan engagement

Resources from the podcast
- Thanks again to Blair Hughes for interview connect with him on Twitter @mrblairhughes and on Linkedin
- Read more of Blair's thoughts on Fan Engagement at MrBlairHughes.com
- Follow Blair on Snapchat mrblairhughes
- Blair works for Audio Boom, you can find Sports Geek Podcast
- Here is the Pat Flynn recipe used to get Sports Geek Podcast started, listen to more at Beers, Blokes & Business podcast
- Check out CHUNKY media and follow co-founder Steve Vallas on Twitter @stevevallas
- Have you signed up for weekly Sports Geek News?
- Have you joined the world's largest #SportsBiz Slack Community?
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