Welcome to the first Sports Geek Podcast for 2017!
On this week's episode Sean catches up with J.W. Cannon, Senior Project Lead – Sponsorships and Events at UPS and Co-Founder of #SBChat.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How the sponsorship game has changed over the years
- Some of J.W.'s most memorable sponsorship activations
- How digital has changed sponsorship but fundamentals remain
- Where #SBChat began and why you should at least lurk
- J.W.'s advice on those wanting to break into the #sportsbiz industry
- How my new basketball tracks my shooting percentage

Resources from the podcast
- Thanks again to J.W. Cannon, connect with him on Twitter @CannonJW, Linkedin and Instagram
- Articles of interest
- Inside the SportsBiz Studio: J.W. Cannon
- What is #SBChat
- Other podcasts that may interest you:
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Some tweets you may have missed
Go Dukes!
In a bar, in Tampa, Dukes just scored, I'm the only one yelling. Who cares. #GoDukes #FCSChamp 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/6Wpj3YYUe6
— J.W. Cannon (@cannonjw) January 7, 2017
Very clever Heineken
These @Heineken promotional jump drives have actual #beer in them. Nice. #marketing (via @uberhumor) pic.twitter.com/zEOptjl6ds
— J.W. Cannon (@cannonjw) December 22, 2016
What are my stats?
Getting shots up with the brand new #WilsonX. How’d I do @WilsonBasktball? #Wxballer #clutch #sportstech pic.twitter.com/1JSoWC62sm
— Sean Callanan (@seancallanan) January 6, 2017
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