{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0fb39aaf-aa29-4017-803e-c2b1bac2b8a9","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Megan Ebeck: Getting Inside the Event Marketing Game \u2013 Work in Sports Podcast e106\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/0fb39aaf-aa29-4017-803e-c2b1bac2b8a9\"></iframe>","title":"Megan Ebeck: Getting Inside the Event Marketing Game \u2013 Work in Sports Podcast e106","description":"Arena Marketing Manager Megan Ebeck is the queen of multi-tasking, marketing over 150 events each year including San Jose Sharks home games, US Figure Skating Championships, Nitro Circus and a bevy of concerts. How does she do it? Listen in and learn.\u00a0\u00a0Hi everybody, I\u2019m Brian Clapp Director of Content for <a href=\"http://WorkinSports.com\">WorkinSports.com</a> and this is the <a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/work-in-sports-podcast/\">Work in Sports podcast\u2026</a>I have this incredible fear of details. \u00a0Sound weird right, so many people fear sharks and heights and I fear details.But let me explain \u2013 I have this recurring nightmare that I tell people to show up somewhere important, somewhere I need them to be\u2026but I give them the wrong date and time to be there. This also happens to me in the day, I have panic moments of getting and sharing information wrong.Sick right?<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/eps44_cover-1.png\"></a>Someone in our audience will probably interpret that dream and tell me I\u2019m crazy, or I have daddy issues\u2026we\u2019ll see.But I think a lot of that comes from my journalism background where you are always so concerned with inadvertently providing false information and losing credibility.So that is one of my many issues \u2013 fear of details. One thing I\u2019ve realized lately is that it isn\u2019t just media roles who are obsessed with the details, it\u2019s marketing. There is no room for error!Imagine for a second you are promoting an event and give a wrong date\u2026or spell the name wrong of someone you are helping brand, or mischaracterize a products use and function.Sports marketing jobs take extreme attention to detail. Just think of the daily challenges this weeks guest <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganebeck/\">Megan Ebeck, Arena Marketing Manager for the SAP Center, Home of the San Jose Sharks </a>takes on\u2026Megan conducts marketing efforts for 41 Sharks home games, 34 San jose barracuda games (their minor league affiliate) and then US figure skating championships, Nitro Circus and other sports events like the \u00a0Harlem Globetrotters \u00a0\u2026and then the entertainment focus of her job\u2026 Nicki Minaj? Fleetwood Mac? Panic! At the disco \u2013 yep she\u2019\u2019s marketing that too.Details matter for Megan every single day. Keeping straight multiple clients needs, event details and marketing tone and voice through a blur of events\u2026 it\u2019s a crazy pile of details she needs to keep straight.Enough me talking\u2026 let\u2019s hear more about Megan\u2019s job as Arena Marketing Manager for the SAP center, Home of the San Jose Sharks\u2026 from herBut first\u2026 the Work in Sports podcast is brought to you by WorkinSports.com not only are we the #1 job board for the sports industry, we are also hosting our first <a href=\"http://workinsports.com/atlanta\">Sports Career Accelerator 2-day event September 13th-14th in Atlanta</a>. We\u2019re constantly looking for ways to serve our fan base better, and after much research and focus groups we determined what you wanted was more hands-on career focused events. But we didn\u2019t want some basic career fair, we wanted to turn the volume up.This two day event will put you behind the scenes and networking with executives and staff form the Atlanta Hawks, Braves, Falcons, United, College Football Hall of Fame, Mercedes Benz Stadium Phillips arena and more.Learn, network and engage with experts in the sports industry!We are limiting this event to the first 40 people because we want to keep this intimate and give you one on one exclusive time with our incredible guests.For more information and to be added to our interest list \u2013 visit <a href=\"http://workinsports.com/atlanta\">workinsports.com/atlanta</a>This event will crush any career event you\u2019ve ever participated in before. Trust me.And now\u2026 it\u2019s time for Megan Ebeck, Arena Marketing Manager for the SAP Center, Home of the San Jose Sharks!Questions for Megan Ebeck, Arena Marketing Manager SAP Center, Home of the San Jose Sharks1: You manage the marketing f...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/610c01fa-c464-4ff9-ba5f-18264295500e/wispod-cover.png"}