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2011 Open Golf Championship & Social Media
With the first golfers teeing off today on day one of the 2011 Open Golf Championship, what better time to look at the new innovations that the organisers are putting our way.
Manchester United Celebrate 1 Year on Facebook
Yesterday, Manchester United celebrated being on Facebook for a year…and what a successful year it has been. To celebrate they released a really interesting and good looking infographic…
Glasgow Rangers Launch Facebook and LinkedIn Pages
Yesterday saw the official launch of Glasgow Rangers FC’s official Facebook page, complete with a photo shoot to celebrate it. They have taken their time to enter into social media but it looks like they are going to take it very seriously.
The Future of Athletes on Digital? – James Haskell iPhone App
England International and former Stade Francais player James Haskell is someone who has taken to the new opportunities that social media and the world of apps has to offer enthusiastically. Here we look at his iPhone app and ask if it’s the future for athletes in digital.
EPL Social Media League
Football Marketing have released their first Social Media league which combines a teams Facebook and Twitter followings. It has been a busy data gathering time for them as they have also released a MLS version and a Worldwide football club version.
How Social Media is Changing the Future of Sports Marketing
Should athletes be looking after their presence more? Are they do more damage to their futures by taking freedom of speech and forgetting common sense? The future of sports marketing is changing.
London Sunday League team gains 2,500 Facebook fans in Argentina!
From The Metro this morning – Huracan FC London, who play on Clapham Common in south London, have attracted an army of devoted Facebook followers… in Argentina.
RFU & the Social Media Scrum
At Social Media Week week back in February we held the massively popular Social Media & Sport stream with huge amounts of held from Sophie Brendel at the BBC. One of the speakers was Tom Hines from the RFU who gave an insight into how they approach social media. Here is his take on it through his slides…
Social Media & Sport Presentation
Below are the slides I used to give when I spoke, along with Daren Forsyth, at a UK Sport conference with some of the National Governing Bodies present, all eager
Manchester United reach 11 million Facebook fans, as Arsenal and Liverpool hit 5
Manchester United hit the 11 million Facebook fans mark this week and are set to continue to rise with an astonishing 30k a day growth rate in fan followers. The Mancunian
