This is a Guest Post by Chris Hughes. Chris is Head of PR and Communications at Sine Qua Non and has extensive experience in the motorsport arena. You can follow him on Twitter @chrishughespr .
There is an increasingly common misconception about ‘social media’. It is a phenomenon that is still rather loosely interpreted [...]
Here’s an experiment for sports teams and organizations – Substitute the word ‘fans’ or ‘supporters’ for ‘customers’ and see how that impacts the thought process behind getting into social media and which departments should be involved or ‘own’ social media. Also, try replacing the word ‘players’ or ‘athletes’ with ‘staff members’ or ‘employees’ and then [...]
Daniel McLaren is founder of ‘The UK Sports Network’ and is a consultant here at Spearfish Labs. He also runs several groups on LinkedIn including ‘The UK Sports Network’ and ‘Social Media & Sport’. You can follow his tweets on @danielmclaren. This is his first post for Spearfish Labs so leave him some [...]
The football and rugby seasons are drawing to a close in the UK and while some teams are battling it out for honours and trophies, there are others who will spend the summer regrouping after being relegated or underperforming during the season. Those who have been successful may be developing their marketing strategies to focus [...]
Taking a break from the usual social media round up, this week we are having a look at six posts on our favourite topic – social media and sport. Sport is an inherently social activity and there is now a unique opportunity for teams, organizations and the athletes themselves to connect to their fans, and [...]
I think most people who follow football (Soccer to those across the pond!) will agree that Barcelona are the best team in the World it at the moment. Their manager, ex-player Pep Guardiola, took the reins last year and proceeded to win every competition they competed in and did so playing the most attractive and [...]
Sports teams and athletes are at an enormous advantage to corporate or consumer brands. They have a huge amount of content, they have an exisiting, passionate offline community who want their rpoduct. On top of that, sports fans are one of the most brand loyal groups of people I can think of and sport itself [...]
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