Tag "Football"
Kaka becomes first athlete to pass 10m fans on Twitter
Brazilian star @Kaka has become the first sportsman to pass the 10m mark on Twitter. He passed the landmark overnight with a total now of some 10,007,400 fans.
Cool Job: Community Manager – Chelsea FC
One thing we do get flagged occasionally here at UKSN is new social media/sport jobs that come up in the industry that look really cool….. and this one is certainly up there.
FA Women’s Super League Launch their Digital Ambassadors Programme
Fans of the FA Women’s Super League are to be given a unique insight into the lives of their favourite players with the launch of the new FA WSL digital player ambassador programme.
5 reasons Liverpool FC was voted best sports team on Twitter at Shorty Awards
Liverpool Football Club’s official Twitter feed @LFC has been voted the world’s best by a sports team at the Shorty Awards in the USA. Here’s a look at what they do well on Twitter and why they deserved it…
FIFA launches YouTube Channel
FIFA today debuts on the video-sharing platform YouTube (www.youtube.com/fifatv) to make the world football federation’s rich audiovisual content more accessible to fans.
Liverpool first Premier League club on Pinterest
Liverpool have followed the likes of AS Roma onto Pinterest and become the first Premier League club to do so. We took a look at the site and explore more about their offering
Arsenal advises young players on use of social media
Insight about what happens at Arsenal when it comes to social media tutoring for young players from communication director Mark Gonnella
#ArsenalLive
@Arsenal twitter account has been used today as take part in a live ‘Twitter Takeover’. They have been encouraging fans to tweet their questions to the players using the hashtag and then the players answer the best ones.
Liverpool’s zen Tumblr blog
With the odd exception, less is more when it comes to social media initiatives. The simpler you can make them more likely people are to engage, it’s why I’ve never been a fan of Facebook apps – permissions tend to get in the way of engagement.
Macheda latest player fined for Twitter outburst – what is the solution?
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you will know that this is certainly not the first time a player has got into trouble on Twitter. For the last 3 years there have been regular instances of this happening. So what is the answer?
