Posting Your Shelf Item
Selecting from this dropdown will open the page where you submit your shelf item when ready.
Please ensure that you've claimed shelf item first from the shelf item's suggestion page.
Suggestions Lists
Selecting from this dropdown opens a comprehensive database of movies, TV series or books recommended to our audience by sport industry professionals. All items are sport-related.
You are encouraged to begin the process of adding shelf items to our system by starting here.
Your Work List
These pages are for organizing and managing claims you've made to the movies, TV series or books.
Manage the process of completing your shelf posts in three easy steps.
- Watch or read the item.
- Write notes, research reviews, brush up on summaries relevant to filling in the details required to do a shelf post for that item.
- Post your writeup and graphics related to the item claimed.
What is The Shelf?
The overall goal is to provide a resource to the SPMA reader to explore other sources and resources for information. The recommendations can be based on referrals and discussions as well as previous experience and provide connections and information relevant to the key categories presented on the site.
What does it do?
- Provide insight into books, TV shows, movie or song/music relevant to the business side of sport
- Allow readers to appreciate different facets of the business of sport
- Develop a link between themes on the SPMA site
- Increase traction from Google to SPMA
What am I expected to ensure when doing a shelf post?
- A clear connection and validity of the content and its relevance to the business side of sport
- Motivation to read, watch or listen to the content
- A connection/bridge in either logic or endorsement from past industry profiles
- A connection/bridge to key themes for at least one category (within Industry Areas, Trends, and Studying Sport) on the SPMA site
- An overview, not a critique, of the item
- An objective discussion (avoid opinions and subjectivity)
- An appropriate level of readability and avoiding jargon and complex vocabulary
- A preview of the material avoiding giving away too much of the content
Submitting Your Shelf Post?
Are you looking to finally submit your shelf post? Selecting the item you are looking to submit from this dropdown will bring you where you need to be.
Your Shelf Posts
Click on the shelf item from this dropdown that you'd like to see a list of all your posts for. If you don't have any, none will appear. Here you are able to track where your shelf items are in publication.
Understanding Statuses
Your status is marked as submitted automatically. Upon pressing submit on the post, your status is marked as such. This means it's been received by our publishing team, but it's yet to be processed.
Your status is marked as published when our publishing team has processed, approved it and made it live on the site.
Adding Shelf Suggestions
Want to suggest a movie, TV show or book that hasn't been added to our lists yet? Select which shelf item you'd like to suggest and fill out the easy form that loads upon clicking.