Last week I spoke at the social media and sports summit in Nottingham organized by the UK Sports Network. The name of the half day conference was ‘Breaking down the barriers’ as many in the UK sports industry are still tentatively feeling their way into social media. Keeping with the same theme, here are five [...]
Each day, more and more sports teams, organizations and athletes are launching social media programs, joining social networks and starting to jump on the social media bandwagon. The reasons are obvious – Their fans have shifted their media habits towards social platforms over official websites and want greater interaction with their team. The social tools [...]
Going for a 50/50 split this week between raw social media and social media and sport. Excited? Thought so!
1. How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing – Tamar Weinberg
With nearly half a billion users, Facebook is now a ‘must have’ for most businesses. However, creating the perfect Facebook page is easier said than done [...]
Ash Read is the co-founder of FundSport.com and a consultant here at Spearfish Labs. These roles allow Ash to combine his passions for social media and the development of sports at the grassroots level. You can follow Ash on Twitter at @ashread14
David Haye has the world at his feet. For those of [...]
Decided to drop the ‘Friday’ tag as I keep missing the Friday deadline, it would seem! Here are the picks for this week.
1. Will It Blend? – iPad – Blendtec
It would have been easy to go blind with all the iPad reviews over the past week so I thought it would be nice to kick [...]
Written yesterday but posted today, here are six posts from the past week that stood (and there is only one post about the ipad!). Let us know what you think of any of them in the comments or, even better, post your favourite from the last seven days.
1. 5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement With [...]
Back to the usual format of six posts for this week. There have been some good and really bad social media stories this week so, without further ado…
1. Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages – Caroline McCarthy
We could have picked from thousands of posts about Nestle’s Facebook shocker. Read the post for the [...]
For non-football fans, Andrey Arshavin is Russia’s most talented and flamboyant player, currently plying his trade with Arsenal. His talents on the pitch are there for all to see but a recent article in the Evening Standard highlighted his willingness to engage with his fans in a far more personal and human way than many [...]
“Of all the amazing new technologies that are opening up possibilities to communicate and connect in the digital space, video is the one that holds the most promise” (Valeria Maltoni – Conversation Agent)
Human beings are visual creatures and the experiences we get from seeing someone or something is far deeper than reading text or hearing [...]
The winners this week, in no particular order, are…
1. Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats” – Erick Schonfeld
Mark Andreesen (Co-Founder of Netscape and prolific investor) likens the development of the web and new media consumption to the discovery of the New World and offers the same advice to old [...]
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