In the past 18 months Sports Social Media has come a long way, especially in Football! In the English Premier League for example, it’s no wonder that the combined number of club Twitter followers...
This afternoon Glasgow side Celtic FC launched their first official Twitter presence in the cyberspace. The 1967 European Champions announced that they would be launching 4 accounts in order to accommodate with different audiences and needs – @CelticFC, @CelticFCTickets, @CFCCommercial and@CelticFCShop....
In a rather novel move this morning, Tony Fernandes – the QPR owner and Chairman – used Twitter to ask for ideas about the types of players Queens Park Rangers fans wanted to see in the future. Fernandes has been...
Yesterday, Real Madrid C.F. announced a partnership with CISCO systems to ‘make the Santiago Bernabeu one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the world’. Using CISCO’s Connected Sports Solutions, the Spanish arena will be fully optimised to improve web connectivity...
In yet another excellent display of fan engagement, Manchester City have proved that they are the Premier League leaders both on and off the pitch. In addition to an already extensive list of Social Media...
I couldn’t help but imagine this evening what the next step of in-stadium advertising would be – particularly for advertising Social Media. Already in 2011, Valencia put advertised their Twitteraccount on their kit, Fulham advertised their...
It’s that time of year again and everyone is making predictions about what the industry can expect over the next 12 months, and as ever we’re happy to join in. 2011 was an incredibly...
Manchester City revealed on Twitter this afternoon that they have taken a step closer to optimising theEtihad Stadium for Social Media. A photo tweeted from the official @MCFC account shows what appears to be a TV screen in the...
I recently came across a video by Sports Business blogger, Russell Scibetti at the Global Sports Forum in Barcelona. Russell gave an example of how very soon we can expect to see social media (more specifically online audience...
Why one of Europe’s largest football clubs is taking social mediavery seriously. I posted early this month that football clubs were failing to adopt social media, and often their idea of social media is broadcasting their...
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