And why no mention or consideration of the amount of business that is derived from these entertainment events, increasing the companies revenue, increasing employment and money available for salaries, benefits, R&D, marketing, expansion of goods and services provided, etc...
Like I said above about my department where I work. We spent in excess of $100,000 on Hurricanes hockey games to "entertain" clients and potential clients. We get more bang for that buck than our marketing department ever would. That investment generated millions in new business for us during the season.
Taking a prospect to a game with his wife and kid and getting the kid on the jubmo tron is something they won't soon forget.
One that sticks out in my mind from this past season was a person I was going after and I learned she and her husband moved here from Montreal. So I took her and her husband to see the Canadians play the Hurricanes. Who do you think got their business?
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Like I said above about my department where I work. We spent in excess of $100,000 on Hurricanes hockey games to “entertain” clients and potential clients. We get more bang for that buck than our marketing department ever would. That investment generated millions in new business for us during the season.
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I realize that I am in the minority and will get blasted for saying this, but I think this is form of bribery. And that Greed will be the downfall of our society.
A free enterprise system should be based on the value of a product or service, rather than on bribery. Supply and demand based on the best quality for the best price. Not influenced by blackmail or bribery. That is not a free enterprise system.