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The Social Media Match-Day Experience – Be Useful!
The first aim for any club is to make match-days the most memorable, fun experience possible both on and off the pitch. Are clubs doing this with social media? Is there another way?
Surrey Storm score top marks with Twitter competition
It’s not often we get to talk on here about sports other than the big 3. So its nice to get to hear about a social media campaign by another sport, like Netball, and one that others can take something from.
Beckham to be interviewed on YouTube & host Google+ Hangout
This evening (Thursday 19th) Google will be interviewing the football icon David Beckham on his YouTube page and then Beckham will be hosting a hangout on his Google+ page straight afterwards. More here…
To Tweet or not to Tweet, that is the question
Is Social Media an opportunity or potential threat? This is a guest post by lawyer and footrball agent Iain Taker on athletes use of Twitter and the opportunities for good and bad it presents – and advice on how to reduce those risks
Win “The Ultimate Sports Social Media Job” with Xfinity
Comcast’s Xfinity Service is launching a contest to hire an individual who will serve as the new voice of Xfinity in the sports social media space and go behind-the-scenes at some of the biggest nationwide sporting events in 2012, sharing exclusive insights and updates with fans.
Mashup: Costly Twitter Outbursts, Australian Open and Barack Obama!
The first Mashup of 2012 and this start to January has been a very eventful one for social media and sport in the news. Some of it has been positive as social becomes more intertwined in major sports event and this week sees the start of the Australian Open tennis down in sunny Melbourne.
New way to get team Twitter updates with Sportsday.co
This is an idea that brings all tweets into one place where you can watch all the information about your team; follow games, transfer news, team updates, etc in an easy to view and aesthetic manner. Here’s some more…
Social Media & Sports – 2012 Predictions (Part 2 – UK)
In the second part of our look ahead to the world of Social Media and Sport in 2012 we get the thoughts of Mark Segal, Steven Dent, Chris Hughes, Mike Dunphy and Tom Hines. Enjoy…
Social Media & Sport – 2012 Predictions (part 1 – US/Spain)
To kick the year off in style I have been asking some of the top people in the industry to give us their insights into what to look out for in 2012 in the social media and sport industry. In part 1 we hear from Adam Bader, Pat Coyle and Brian Gainor
Intel launches ‘info stream football’
Intel has launched its new ‘info football stream’ for the European market that allows you to get live stats, player info and live chat (Facebook, Twitter and more) all in one app. Interested to find out more?…
