Sport

Southampton FC Hit 100k Twitter Fans…. With A Special Thank You From The Players

A quick post about a video that was flagged up on Twitter by the guys at LiveWire Sport.  Southampton have been doing a great job in using social media platforms

Vine: Are Football Clubs Making The Most Of Their 6 Seconds?

Vine should offer clubs a wonderful opportunity to engage with their audience. It’s taking what Twitter did for writing, and applying it to video. However, the question stood; Are you able to capture the necessary inside 6 seconds?

Hillsborough: LFC Fans Pay Their Artistic Tributes on Facebook

Social media has many detractors but when used for good, it can be an unstoppable force and the campaigners for justice have used it with great effect in recent years. Liverpool FC show us how they are utilising in tribute to the 96 who lost their lives on this day in 1989

Can We Help Combat Football Violence With Social Listening?

Following the problems at the FA Cup semi-final between Millwall and Wigan, Steven Woodgate looks at how communication and social listening can help in different ways

Making Change In Sport Doesn’t Always Come Easy: The MySeatz Story

Founder of start-up MySeatz, John Jenwood, talks openly about the barriers and learnings he made when trying to launch his digital business and why (this time) it didn’t work

Cool Job: Digital Sales Exec at European Tour

The European Golf Tour are seeking an enthusiastic ambitious individual with a strong digital interest to join their Marketing team working across the European Tour Brand

Young British Technology Entrepreneurs Kick Off with Sportlobster: The World’s First Sport Social Network

Andy Meikle and Arron Shepherd are today thrilled to announce the launch of Sportlobster. In an ambitious first for the sports and technology industries, the young British entrepreneurs have developed a free-to-join social networking site entirely dedicated to sport.

The Social Side of Golf [infographic]

Ahead of this weeks much anticipated first Major of the season we thought it would be a great opportunity to look at how golfers have taken to social media. Here is a great infographic of the top golfers on Twitter

Liverpool FC Installs Wi-Fi Network to Enhance Fans Match-Day Experience

Xirrus®, the leader in high-performance wireless networks, today announced that Liverpool FC – one of the world’s most historic and famous football clubs – has deployed its Wireless Arrays at Anfield

Pepsi IPL takes Twitter integration to new levels for 2013

This year see’s the IPL ramp up its social presence, working in collaboration with Twitter and digital agency Pulse Innovations, to engage fans like never before