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DOWNLOAD: 2019 MLB Postseason TV Schedule
Unlike the NBA and NHL, the MLB post-season is short and sweet. With three rounds and an escalating amount of intensity, October can be a raucous run to crowing a World Series Champion. The entire [...]
What to Know About the ACC Network
Ladies, gentlemen and other esteemed guests, your long wait is over. The ACC launched their new network on August 22nd. If you’ve been in the sports-themed restaurant world for a while, then you’ve seen this [...]
Are You Ready for the 2019-20 NFL Season?
The NFL’s return is among the most welcome things to happen in sports bars. Just the prospect of 17 weeks of NFL action can make your restaurant relevant again after enduring the dog days of [...]
How to Generate an ROI on eSports Tournaments
Part Six: Managing and measuring your return on investment (ROI). A lot is going into the planning, marketing and execution of your sports bar’s first eSports tournament. But once the dust settles and you’re assessing [...]
How to Plan & Execute a Great eSports Tournament
Part Five: Planning and Goals Every great sports bar event starts with a plan and running an eSports tournament is no exception. This post will help you form the foundation of your event and keep [...]
How to Choose a Game for Your eSports Tournament
Part Four: Before You Host an Event, Know the Rules, Regulations and Background Previously, we’ve shared our thoughts on the massive potential that is the eSport community and why we believe sports bars and restaurants [...]
Preparing for Your Fan Club’s Offseason
By Nathan Hirsch & Symon Perriman We hope you have already learned a lot from FanWide’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Fan Club in your Sports Bar. You should now have all the best [...]
Beta Test Our New ‘Q Score’ Program
When SportsTV Guide started in 2003, we delivered 90% of our service via fax machine. That number has flipped to under 3% of our subscribers in the intervening 15+ years. The technology we employ today [...]
How Sports Bars Can Stream eSports Events
Part 4: Airing eSports Events on Your Sports Bar's TVs Ok, so you’re onboard and ready to show streaming eSports at your sports bar, but how do you do that? We’re glad you asked. There [...]
Host the Ultimate Game Watch Party for Your Fan Club
By Nathan Hirsch & Symon Perriman It’s the big day -- GAMEDAY!!! You’ve done all of this hard work to find an ideal team and grow their local fan club chapter. Now you need to [...]
Sports Bar Marketing Tips to Grow Your Fan Club Chapter
By Nathan Hirsch & Symon Perriman Welcome back to FanWide’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Fan Club in your Sports Bar. In our previous posts, we have reviewed the value of understanding the upcoming [...]
How to Fuel the Gaming Crowd with Strategic Marketing
Part Three: eSports Marketing for Sports Bars By Nick Vener and Andrew Jaffee Now that you understand who you’re targeting with eSports, the fun begins. You will need every arrow in your proverbial marketing quiver [...]
How to Start a New Fan Club Chapter at Your Sports Bar
By Nathan Hirsch & Symon Perriman If you have read our last two posts in FanWide’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Fan Club in your Sports Bar then you are ready for the big [...]
Finding the Right Team for Your Sports Bar
By Nathan Hirsch & Symon Perriman Welcome back to our second installment in FanWide’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Fan Club in your Sports Bar. Now that you have picked the best sports league [...]
What to Know about eSports Fans & Gamers
Part Two: Know Your Audience While you’ll find eSports fans across the age spectrum, it’s the younger generations – Millennials and even more so Gen Z – that have really embraced this “alternative” sports category. [...]
