(“Into the mind of the coach” – all the interview links) Please tell us something about yourself: where and when were you born and places you lived. Where do you live now? Hi. I was born in Tampa, FL in 1986, and when I was four my father and I moved to Plant City, FL. […]
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Today I had a diagnose by my neurologist that has made my decision to withdraw from competing in 2015 final. I attempted to accomplish some things in Brazil that faced serious opposition by forces that benefitted from the way things were (basically, delinquent). The reactions didn’t come as rational discussions, but rather systematic attacks, sabotage,
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Late on August 2015, Johnny Vasquez, Powerlifting Watch (PLW) owner, approached me with a proposal: help him with creating content for PLW. He is getting busier and busier with record keeping, ranking systems and other services that PLW provides to the community. Fishing for lifting news was consuming his non-existent spare time. He was very
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This article needs to be contextualized within the themes I have been exploring in sports marketing in general and sponsorship in particular. I have recently claimed that in small economic niches, potential sponsored property has a limited value to the company if traditional property / rights holder / company relationships are observed. I also claimed
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* sponsored property: athletes, coaches, events, etc * sponsoring companies: companies that acquire sponsoring rights to a property through a contract with the “rights holder”. I am especially addressing the small, almost amateur companies who can’t even afford a marketing department Companies: you really need to learn the difference between sponsored property, salesperson, rightsholder and
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(“Into the mind of the coach” project – all the interview links) Please tell us something about yourself: where and when were you born and places you lived. Where do you live now? Many people are always intrigued by my name or what it stands for. I get a balance of good reactions and bad
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As said before, you need to know why you are there, “there” meaning a specific social media, “why” meaning your detailed objectives. It is ok and even healthy to have your friends as “media friends” (the term “contact” is better), but if your chief purpose is professional, then your selection of contacts must reflect that.
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Until about 10 years ago, I was a total noob. Not only in Social Media Marketing. In social media, period. It was already there, but it was for “everybody else”. Lesson 1: you must know why you need or want to have an account with a certain social network. Even if it is not
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This is a series of interviews that some friends who are great coaches agreed to answer. My objective was to explore the personal aspects of each of these people’s lives that made them what they are: good coaches. That includes their childhood experiences and influences, the people they admired, and chance. Chance plays a big
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The pseudo-zealots. I have a problem with zealots in general but I’m not a hypocrite: I am a zealot myself when it comes to certain values I will never negotiate. So, in spite of totally disagreeing with them, I have some level of respect for people who consider having sex before marriage a sin, and
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