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Personal Branding
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Give Your Student-athletes a
Competitive Edge in Personal Branding!
“Name, Image & Likeness” presents actionable insights into name, image, and likeness concepts. This first-in-its-class courseware introduces student-athletes to the world of personal branding through a robust set of resources, including an up-to-date text, lesson plans, quizzes, and assignment suggestions.
To take advantage of NIL opportunities, student-athletes need to focus on building strong and engaging personal brands. Help your student-athletes command attention from businesses, organizations, and fans by flexing their influence, telling impactful stories, and targeting the right audiences.
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Student-athletes
Will Learn To:
- Design a communications calendar for NIL social media efforts.
- Create a NIL one-page marketing plan.
- Recognize opportunities in the new NIL guidelines for NCAA student-athletes.
- Describe the key metrics that motivate NIL deals.
- Conduct a personal brand audit.
- Develop a personal brand statement.
- Define a morality clause and explain how it impacts deals.
- Conduct a personal brand SWOT analysis of individual strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Define a brand hook.
- Utilize strategies to gain more engagement and followers on social media.
- Develop buyer personas for segments of the best followers and fans.
- Write a personal brand elevator story.
- Recognize the key elements to look for in a contract.
- Develop a pitch to a business or individual.
- Create a media kit to present to businesses.
The Game Has Changed.
Here’s What to Expect …
Mimic NIL provides students hands-on educational experiences with important elements of name, image, and likeness concepts. In this simulation, students will take on the role of a consultant at Julian Communications Agency, a fictitious advertising agency.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Dr. Maribeth Kuzmeski
Dr. Maribeth Kuzmeski is a professor in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. She teaches several marketing courses, including Personal Branding: Name, Image & Likeness. Maribeth started The Brand Squad at OSU, a select group of business students certified to assist student-athletes with their NIL efforts. She brings a unique perspective and understanding of student-athletes to her career, as her son played Division I hockey, her nephew plays football at Wisconsin, and her nieces play Division I volleyball and soccer.
Additionally, Maribeth is the President of Red Zone Marketing, an award-winning marketing consulting firm with clients throughout the United States. Maribeth has a BA from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, an MBA from The George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.
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Give Your Student-athletes a Competitive Edge in Personal Branding!
“Name, Image & Likeness” presents actionable insights into name, image, and likeness concepts. This first-in-its-class courseware introduces student-athletes to the world of personal branding through a robust set of resources, including an up-to-date text, lesson plans, quizzes, and assignment suggestions.
To take advantage of NIL opportunities, student-athletes need to focus on building strong and engaging personal brands. Help your student-athletes command attention from businesses, organizations, and fans by flexing their influence, telling impactful stories, and targeting the right audiences.
Student-athletes Will Learn To:
- Recognize opportunities in the new NIL guidelines for NCAA student-athletes.
- Describe the key metrics that motivate NIL deals.
- Conduct a personal brand audit.
- Define a morality clause and explain how it impacts deals.
- Conduct a personal brand SWOT analysis of individual strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Develop a personal brand statement.
- Develop buyer personas for segments of the best followers and fans.
- Utilize strategies to gain more engagement and followers on social media.
- Define a brand hook.
- Write a personal brand elevator story.
- Develop a pitch to a business or individual.
- Create a media kit to present to businesses.
- Recognize the key elements to look for in a contract.
- Design a communications calendar for NIL social media efforts.
- Create a NIL one-page marketing plan.
This course dives into the marketing and business concepts necessary for elevating a personal brand, amplifying social media influence, and boosting entrepreneurial earning power.
Students will learn the theory, strategy, and tactics of successful branding, with an emphasis on engaging an audience, generating followers, and leveraging their position through successful pitch strategies.
What's Inside
Chapter 1: Build Your Brand for NIL Opportunities
Chapter 2: Evaluate Your Brand
Chapter 3: Define Your Brand
Chapter 4: Your Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Chapter 5: Your Target Audiences
Chapter 6: Your Brand Differentiation
Chapter 7: Making Your Pitch
Chapter 8: Brand Presentation
Chapter 9: Your Marketing Plan
Chapter 10: Your Brand Beyond College
About the Author
Dr. Maribeth Kuzmeski is a professor in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. She teaches several marketing courses, including Personal Branding: Name, Image & Likeness. Maribeth started The Brand Squad at OSU, a select group of business students certified to assist student-athletes with their NIL efforts. She brings a unique perspective and understanding of student-athletes to her career, as her son played Division I hockey, her nephew plays football at Wisconsin, and her nieces play Division I volleyball and soccer. Additionally, Maribeth is the President of Red Zone Marketing, an award-winning marketing consulting firm with clients throughout the United States. Maribeth has a BA from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, an MBA from The George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.
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