In this episode I catch up with Eric Fernandez, Founder and Managing Partner of SportsDesk Media.
On this Sports Geek Podcast you will learn about:
- Turning fan passion into brand passion
- Data is meaningless, insights are invaluable
- Eric's thoughts on how sponsorship changed in last 15 years
- How Cleveland Browns nabbed a new sponsorship simply from analysing data
- How UFC is tackling and targeting cord cutters
- How sponsorship has moved to activations through digital
- My thoughts on Kobe's retirements, the social media stats and missed opportunities
- Are you pixelling your website?

Resources from the podcast
- Connect with Eric Fernandez on Linkedin and Twitter @eman14
- Check out SportsDesk Media's website
- Follow @SportsDeskMedia on Twitter
- Read my article on Kobe's retirement and the power of the athlete digital platforms
- Revisit my podcast with Dan Migala (one of SportsDesk's co-founders) earlier this year on Big Bash success
- Have you signed up for weekly Sports Geek News?
Tweets from Eric
New toys for the office
New toys for the @GoTeamPCG & @SportsDeskMedia office courtesy of @DanMigala. #betterthanabeerfridge pic.twitter.com/Ek0h3LycSX
— JoSabato (@JoSabato) December 4, 2015
Agree ouch!
Ouch! RT @stringsays: looks like the horns misspelled "prestigious" on all of their offer letters. pic.twitter.com/ApuQBbQupc
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) August 1, 2015
Interesting kiss cam
Good move Clipps RT @ArashMarkazi: Steve Ballmer and Mark Cuban on the Kiss Cam, well, kind of. pic.twitter.com/dmNJBb3C0f
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) October 30, 2015
Great opening day 2 by Dan Migala
Nice opening @danmigala #SEAT2015 @SEATconference "be opportunistic, openness matters & share the dream!" pic.twitter.com/ZkjBTDaxqM
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) July 21, 2015
So true
Love this. So true. RT @ArtOfLinkedIn: People I most enjoy working with — jeffweiner pic.twitter.com/EjwoccNUBE
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) May 24, 2015
Always great working with Eric
Drinks up! RT@seancallanan: Thanks for the tweetage for my #NSF15 keynote today, hope you're enjoying happy hour… pic.twitter.com/QDXgn22mW7
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) February 9, 2015
Love this quote on Big Data
@vvargas – great way to define Big Data… pic.twitter.com/XNAWKQvQjT
— Eric Fernandez (@eman14) September 8, 2014
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Stumbled across this podcast over the last month and have now gone back and listened to over most of the episodes. I haven't listened to one where I haven't learning something new and been inspired… I even had a tear listening to episode 74. I look forward to meeting Sean at some point over the next few years and attending SEAT myself!
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