The Athletic Business Podcast: Social Media Strategy with Forward Madison FC

Nov 19, 2019

In this episode of The Athletic Business Podcast, we talk to Kuba Krzyzostaniak and Jason Klein of Forward Madison FC — the USL League One soccer team — about their successes using social media to launch a new brand.

We talk about some of their most successful campaigns, building a brand from the grassroots and best practices for engaging on social media, regardless of your industry.

Our great thanks to Kuba and Jason for joining us on this episode.

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