Gregory (former Digital Media Czar for the Phoenix suns) nails this on the head as the following was my schedule covering the Coyotes as a beat reporter for my own start up. I was doing everything (Server admin, writer, video cameraman, social media, interviews, photographer, radio appearances, attending practices, attending games, advertising, marketing, conference calls with teams/players, flying off to events, pod casts, etc). I got burnt out working practically 24/7 for months on end. I loved it but it hurt me financially (long term) following this dream (which I kicked ass at).
"Days will start at 9 AM, and you’ll do your normal office work until 5 PM, when your second job begins, game night. You’ll work doing the various tasks your department requires during a game and wrap up sometimes hours after the final buzzer. (Especially if you’re on the digital or media relations side where your third job starts when the game ends.) Oh, and the next day, it’ll start bright and early as well so double check those alarms.
It can be a truly trying process if your heart isn’t 100 percent into it."
Even though I built my site to 500,000 unique visitors a month (not page hits) making barely $5 a month from advertising can’t pay the server bills.
If you want to break into ‘The Biz’ this is very good insight as to what’s involved. It’s a meat grinder (especially in the NHL) but it’s soooo fun.
So You Want to Work in the NBA?
"Days will start at 9 AM, and you’ll do your normal office work until 5 PM, when your second job begins, game night. You’ll work doing the various tasks your department requires during a game and wrap up sometimes hours after the final buzzer. (Especially if you’re on the digital or media relations side where your third job starts when the game ends.) Oh, and the next day, it’ll start bright and early as well so double check those alarms.
It can be a truly trying process if your heart isn’t 100 percent into it."
Even though I built my site to 500,000 unique visitors a month (not page hits) making barely $5 a month from advertising can’t pay the server bills.
If you want to break into ‘The Biz’ this is very good insight as to what’s involved. It’s a meat grinder (especially in the NHL) but it’s soooo fun.
So You Want to Work in the NBA?
