Page Six's source alluded to the volume of reach-outs Lin has received culminating with this flourish as the coup de gras: "He's met with IMG."
Oh yes. If you want to be a marketing force, if you want to be a brand - who you gonna call? Debbi Wilkes? For all her experience coupled with the sort of marketing acuity that speaks for itself, I'd say no. It's still IMG.
Unless you've made Debbi-directed decisions in your strategic marketing and publicity life that have become legitimate marketing agentry kryptonite. That's when you make a side trip to Japan to figure skate among wafting CGI rose petals to the great entertainment of everyone on tumblr.**
The Lin source mentions that it can take a year to nail down the types of deals being set up for Jeremy (Reportedly, Lin feels above the luxury watch market popular with other star b-ballers - he wants to bring Harvard in there somehow as part of his brand - a bit less ostentatious). I suppose that's similar except not to having your biggest deal (VM's with Roots) go down the toilet in less than a year when it was touted to be for four years.
But if Scott and Tessa were with IMG, chances are we'd never have gotten this:
But if Scott and Tessa were with IMG, chances are we'd never have gotten this:
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| This is classic Olympic gold medal winning endorsement quality right here. It's just like the stuff Michelle Kwan did for Chevrolet. |
*Safe bet the "story" came from Jeremy Lin's agent as the agent (Roger Montgomery) is the only non-star name bolded in the item even though the quotes are from an unnamed "source".
**I called this a "Hyandai" commercial in a prior post. It's Toyota hybrid - its brand qualities beautifully expressed by Tessa and Scott above and especially when the rose petals magically reconfigure into a bouquet once Tessa is comfortably soporific in the back seat.
Toyota can repurpose this commercial down the line - sell it out as stock footage for the happy pill market. Not cause I'm sleepy watching it but just look at those faces.
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*"Balance" is important to Jeremy.
This entry is just pitiable, as far as V/M.
ReplyDeleteScott and Tessa are Olympic gold-medalists, the first North American team to achieve this distinction. I've heard them described as a marketing dream. Are they really deciding to stick with their game-plan of sham and lies instead of putting themselves in a position comparable to Lin's? :(
I agree that Tessa and Scott's PR and management is complete shit but plenty of celebs do commercials in Japan. I don't think it's a bad thing for them at all. Besides, it is epically and unintentionally (I hope) hilarious.
ReplyDeletePlenty of celebrities used to only do commercials in Japan. But this is hilarious - you know they knew it was - and demonstrates how far they have to go and will go for a gig. With better representation they'd have endorsement opportunities on this continent that were neither one-offs nor a joke.
DeleteThe deal between Jamie sale & David pelletier & Roots fell through after only 1 yeartarter their Olympic win too! Which made no sense then either! Think i've heard that they (T&S) had to pay for any Roots stuff they kept or wanted, which would put a huge damper on the relationship since most endorsing companies let their "stars" have the swag for free! Could you imagine getting an invoice from the company your endorsing for stuff you thought was free?!! Like how rude! I can't think of any other reason the relationships would have fell through...
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