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Boardroom Battle Turns Into All-Out-War At Liverpool FC (and now its been sold…. or has it?)

I couldnt go to sleep tonight without first putting fingers to keyboard following a quite extraordinary statement released by Liverpool tonight.

Do you know your audience?

When talking to people about their social media plans, most will talk about Facebook and Twitter. Yes, these are the most popular platforms and we are all aware that Facebook has recently topped the 500 million mark. But is this the right audience for you?

5 Steps to Social Media Success

It doesn’t matter if you run a business, football club, international body or pub team. It’s about thinking clearly and understanding why you are doing it. Here are my tips……

How you can follow the 2010 Ryder Cup

The biggest event in the golfing calendar is almost upon us and what better time to have a look in how it will be integrating the latest technology.

Ryder Cup captains ban players from using Twitter

The main news ahead of the Ryder Cup, to be held in Wales this weekend, has been about the players ban on using social media before or during the event.

ECB appoint Social Media agency

The ECB have taken another step in formalising their social media approach by appointing the agency, Modern-English. Will it see massive changes in their strategy?

Why someone needs to train athletes on using Social Media!

After a summer of high profile gaffs on Twitter you may have thought that athletes would have learned and been more careful with what they say on social media sites…. but no

Revamp for UKSN looms

After 8 months in existance it has been an interesting journey for The UK Sports Network and myself. Now that I am embedded full-time int he social sphere with Carat in London and the direction the articles and interest shown has taken I have believed for a while a revamp is needed.

Man United Facebook Page passes 2.5m (and claims EPL top spot)

One of the newest and fastest growing Facebook Pages is the official Manchester United page. In the the two months it has been up it has grown to 2,589,988 (23 Sept) which is a staggering surge.

Should you moderate your Facebook Page?

When it comes to moderation… and this appears to be a touchy subject. When should the brand step in and delete comments or give warnings?