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	<description>If You Don’t Ask, You Will Never Know</description>
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		<title>Thanks for visiting Question of the Week</title>
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Thank you for visiting the &#8220;Question of the Week&#8221; blog.  I&#8217;m no longer posting to the &#8220;Question of the Week&#8221; blog.  If you&#8217;re interested, you can see The Telios Group tweets on Twitter here, ticket sales and retention tweets here, and my personal Twitter entries here.  I also have a Facebook Page with quotes, video and story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Suites and Luxury Seats</title>
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 Q. It’s been challenging selling suites and luxury suites in the poor economy. Have you come across anything unique that baseball teams are doing to create a unique experience and an attractive sell when it comes to suites and luxury seats?
A. The Chicago Cubs have created a unique and attractive offer with the Batter’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/selling-suites-and-luxury-seats</link>
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		<title>Variety of Partial Plan Examples</title>
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Q. Could you provide some examples of partial plans from various sports?
A. Here are six different links to partial plans from four different sports that include MLB, MLS, NBA, and NHL:
Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Kings
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Coyotes
Seattle Sounders
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		<title>Executing Mystery Fan Program</title>
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Q. What are your thoughts on sports teams using secret shopping companies (focused on sports and entertainment) to evaluate events and customer service?
A. It’s a terrific idea. Sports organizations should consistently evaluate their events and customer service with surveys, response cards, and periodic mystery fan event evaluations.
I&#8217;ve conducted hundreds of sporting event evaluations over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/executing-mystery-fan-program</link>
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		<title>Events To Sell Season Tickets</title>
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Q. What events would you recommend sports teams host to successfully sell season tickets?
A. Hosting events to sell season tickets is a great sales strategy. Events provide the opportunity for teams to invite hundreds of prospects to an event that could be two to four hours in duration, and it’s an efficient and successful way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/events-to-sell-season-tickets</link>
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		<title>Organizations, Associations and Magazines</title>
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Q. What are some professional organizations/associations and/or journals, magazines, and websites that you find useful?
A. I’m a long-time member of the American Marketing Association, the National Association of College Athletic Marketing Administrators, and a number of other online (and offline) networks and associations.
For sports business magazines, I recommend Street &#38; Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/organizations-associations-and-magazines</link>
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		<title>Sports Team’s Youth Jersey Night</title>
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Q. Jersey night used to be popular with fans.  Is this still a successful promotion and do you know of a sports team that has done it recently?
A. The Colorado Avalanche hosted its youth jersey night this past season when they gave away free youth jerseys to the first 5,000 youth 14 years old and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/sports-team%e2%80%99s-youth-jersey-night</link>
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		<title>All-You-Can-Eat Ticket Plans</title>
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Q. Could you share examples of how sports teams have successfully created all-you-can-eat ticket packages?
A. Here are three baseball team’s all-you-can-eat food and ticket package information:
Oakland A&#8217;s
Minnesota Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Here are two stories related to sports teams’ all-you-can-eat programs:
All-You-Can-Eat Seats: Baseball Fans Pig Out
Sports Teams&#8217; All-You-Can-Eat a Hit
Even Universal Studios has an all-you-can-eat program and they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/all-you-can-eat-ticket-plans</link>
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		<title>Food Alternative for College Athletics</title>
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Q. In the “Create a Sellout” eBook, three of the many ticket sales strategies you share are the “All You Can Eat” ticket package, the meal deal, and the family value days, which packages food and tickets for a reasonable price. We’d enjoy implementing these ticket/food packages, but our concessions charges a minimum of $8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theteliosgroup.com/qa/food-alternative-for-college-athletics</link>
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		<title>Minimum Numbers for Group Discounts</title>
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Q. As you consult with sports teams around the country, what do you find to be an average number for minimum number of group tickets in order for a group to receive discounted group tickets?
A. The minimum number of group tickets for college athletics and sports teams varies from college to college and team to [...]]]></description>
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