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How will social media and sports TV work? Here’s a few ideas…
This goldmine of fan created content is waiting to be tapped into and there is massive potential for how broadcasters can be creative in delivering the very latest “buzz” across social media. Here are a few ideas:
Marseille and adidas let fans pick Kit design to celebrate reaching 1m Facebook fans
The French Ligue 1 club promised their fans a special surprise if they could hit 1,000,000 Facebook likes on their official page. The Marseillais faithful did their job and as a reward for their loyalty the club revealed that they would let the fans pick the 2011-2012 kit.
FC Barcelona first club to pass 10m Facebook fans
Two of the worlds most famous clubs have now past the 10m milestone, Manchester United and Barcelona, with the fans of the Spanish outfit seeing their club past the post first.
Arsenal Raise The Bar on Facebook
Arsenals approach to their Facebook welcome/landing page really catches the eye and proves its not just about the numbers but what you do with them.
#smwldn_sport – event roundup and video
Thank you to everyone who came to the event at the Design Council in London tonight and those who couldnt make it but managed to watch it on Livestream instead. Some great stats from the night – in total we had over 120 people attending, the video viewing topped 150 at one stage, over 550 #smwldn_sport tweets sent out and the same again retweeted and the hashtag trended in London during the 2 hour event….. amazing!
Guest Post: Social Footballers Joining The Conversation
The current climate of leaked recordings, ambush exclusives and social media crises continues to make Twitter a feared channel for high profile sportspeople. Will Flood from specialist PR agency Multitude Media gives us some insights from their work with athletes and clubs.
Interview: Beijing Medalist Tony Jeffries on his love of Social Media
Tony Jeffries is a current Olympic Bronze Medalist after picking up the medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Since then he has turned professional and is undefeated in the Super Middleweight
Glamorgan Cricket – PR & Social Media #Fail
The Welsh club have created a PR storm with captain, director of cricket and chairman resigning but what have they done on their social networks to deal with it? and what presence do they actually have?
The 2018 World Cup Digital Battle Pt.4:The England Bid
The official site of the England bid has much of what we have seen elsewhere. However, it differentiates itself from the others we have seen by the way it knows its audience (the global football fan) and allows the reader to get involved – and in so many ways.
The 2018 World Cup Digital Battle Pt.3: The Russian bid
The theme of the Russian 2018 Football World Cup bid is ‘Ready to Inspire’. The official website features this slogan big and bold using Arsenal star Arshavin as the backdrop. Given the low numbers of followers in social media (only 50 on facebook) it would appear that the website has failed to inspire fans.
