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Blog by Kevin Jagger

Recent Posts Related to Amateur Athlete Sponsorship & Promotion

September 4th, 2011
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Since arriving back in Calgary I have been approached by a number of fellow athletes looking for help with their individual fundraising, promotion and personal branding efforts. I'm always happy to sit down and share my thoughts as it is a subject matter that I am very passionate about and interested in.




Thought I would compile some of my recent posts on the subjects into one place. The ...

Be Your Own PR Rep, How Amateur Athletes Can Leverage Twitter to Gain Exposure

July 23rd, 2011
As an athlete leveraging social media your aim is to share your story and expand your audience. By doing so, you are putting yourself out there as an active member of your community. 

I have spoken as well as written here before on the merits of Twitter and specifically how it can be leveraged to reach out to members of the media. Well, that works two ways. By using appropriate hashtags and ...

Sports Marketing Social Feed at The Irish Heather

June 17th, 2011
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I have written on this blog before about the importance of taking online relationships off line. For me, Hill Sprints Club has been a great opportunity to meet many of the people I have interacted with over Facebook and Twitter.

Though, sometimes it is hard to strike up a compelling conversation when you are doubled over in pain and gasping for your breath ;)

Nonetheless, the benefits are ...

South Park Takes a Jab at the NCAA

May 26th, 2011



UPDATE (3-June-2011): South Carolina head coach, Steve Spurrier has come forward and suggested that players be paid a stipend of $300 per game. He even offered to pay for it himself (would cost him just over $300,000 a year) and recruited fellow head coaches from around the SEC to join him. Read more here at CNNSI.com.

An interesting clip from a recent South Park episode that tabs a shot ...
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