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How Creating a Vision Board Can Manifest Everything You Want In Your Life
Have you made your vision board yet? It’s such a fun, simple project for any age when looking to accomplish goals in your life….and it definitely works. Doesn’t matter if you are 5 or 55, it’s never too late to visualize what you want for the future. Although...
Why The Sports Card Market is the Real Deal for Investing
August 23, 2020 By Ryan Totka | Blog Most of us grew up collecting baseball cards. We spent all of our money on cards at flea markets, card shows and the corner stores. We couldn’t wait for the day when the new Beckett price guide arrived in our mail box to see...
Growing Up a Die Hard Sports Fan Led to My Entrepreneurial Destiny
I believe certain things are in our DNA, especially what we were destined to do. I grew up in Woodbridge, New Jersey where I was basically born with a baseball in my hand. Here is a picture to prove it. At the age of 5, I went to kindergarten with an NFL lunchbox and...
My 25 Bold Sports Predictions for the Next Five Years
AUG03 My 25 Bold Sports Predictions for the Next Five Years So much debate and controversy in the sports world these days, which makes it a never ending topic. Sometimes things move fast, other times we wonder why it never happened. Well, here are my predictions in...
The Best Ways for Young Entrepreneurs to Break Into the Sports Industry
Get Your Foot in the Door If your goal is to work for a professional sports team, you might have to do what ever it takes to get in there. So many young college graduates salivate over the chance to work for a professional franchise and the opportunities can be...
How My Orlando City Soccer Jersey Refound Love in Dallas for One Lucky Couple from Florida
I’ve always loved the way sports brings people together. There is an instant bond when one fans meets another fan, especially when in a different city. A hat, jersey or shirt immediately shows your team loyalty to another die hard fan, creating that trust. But on one...
Why Every NFL Team Needs to Hire a Social Media Expert to Oversee All of Their Players Accounts
We see it everyday. An athlete will put their “foot in their mouth” and not even realize it until they press send. By then, it’s too late and has already gone viral (within seconds). As long as it takes to build up a positive reputation, you can destroy it with...
Why Every Athlete Needs a Virtual Office and How I Got Terrell Owens His Wallet Back
I often explain to athletes all the time why they need a virtual office and someone handling all their website inquires and phone calls. There are plenty of wasted opportunities when a company is looking to contact an athlete for an appearance or speaking engagement...
Sports Team Marketing Mistakes, Ideas and Recommendations
Being a life long sports fan, I have probably been to over 1,000 live sporting events including NFL ,NBA, NHL, MLB and minor league baseball games. My Dad took me to my first games at Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium and the Meadowlands back in 1985. If I was lucky and...
How a Celebrity Can Profit from an Official Website
Being a celebrity booking agent, I have a pretty good pulse on the industry. If you are a celebrity or athlete with a following and fan base, your website should be an entire separate entity that works as a cash register, while you do what you do best. An official...